The birds

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Title:

The birds

Alternate title:

Hitchcock's the birds

Author:

Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, director.

Hunter, Evan, 1926-2005, screenwriter.

Taylor, Rod, 1930-2015, actor.

Tandy, Jessica, actor.

Pleshette, Suzanne, 1937-2008, actor.

Hedren, Tippi, actor.

Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989. creator.

Universal Pictures (Firm)

Series:

Alfred Hitchcock, the masterpiece collection.

Summary:

Melanie Daniels is a beautiful blonde who arrives in Bodega Bay in pursuit of the handsome and eligible Mitch Brenner. But love is not the only thing in the air when thousands of birds descend upon the town, attacking and terrorizing its residents. Soon Melanie and Mitch are fighting for their lives against a deadly, unexplainable force in this spine-tingling portrait of nature at its most powerful and ruthless.

General Note:

Originally released as a motion picture, 1963.

Based on a story by Daphne Du Maurier.

Special features: Deleted scene, alternative ending, storyboard sequence, Tippi Hedren's screen test, Universal newsreel stories.

Edition:

Collector's ed.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre:

Feature films.

Horror films.

Local Note:

Midwest Tape

Subject Term:

Birds -- Behavior -- Drama.

Author(s):

Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980,

Hunter, Evan, 1926-2005,

Taylor, Rod, 1930-2015,

Tandy, Jessica,

Pleshette, Suzanne, 1937-2008,

Hedren, Tippi,

Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989.

Added Corporate Author:

Universal Pictures (Firm)

Publisher:

Universal Studios,

Publication Date:

2005

1963

ISBN:

9780783240237

Publication Information:

Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, 2005.

Call Number:

DVD BIRDS

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Summary

Normally docile birds brutally attack the residents of a small coastal town for no apparent reason.

Summary

The story begins as an innocuous romantic triangle involving wealthy, spoiled Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren), handsome Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor), and schoolteacher Annie Hayworth (Suzanne Pleshette). The human story begins in a San Francisco pet shop and culminates at the home of Mitch's mother (Jessica Tandy) at Bodega Bay, where the characters' sense of security is slowly eroded by the curious behavior of the birds in the area. At first, it's no more than a sea gull swooping down and pecking at Melanie's head. Things take a truly ugly turn when hundreds of birds converge on a children's party. There is never an explanation as to why the birds have run amok, but once the onslaught begins, there's virtually no letup. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi