Alfred Hitchcock's the birds / Universal Pictures presents ; screenplay by Evan Hunter ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Birds (Motion picture)
Alfred Hitchcock collection.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Authors: Gassmann, Remi (Composer)
Sala, Oskar (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Universal Pictures (Firm)
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
Other Authors: 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)
Cartwright, Veronica (Actor)
Griffies, Ethel, 1878-1975 (Actor)
McGraw, Charles, 1914-1980 (Actor)
McDevitt, Ruth, 1895-1976 (Actor)
Chapman, Lonny, 1920-2007 (Actor)
Mantell, Joe, 1915-2010 (Actor)
Weaver, Doodles, 1911-1983 (Actor)
Atterbury, Malcolm, 1907-1992 (Actor)
McGovern, John, 1902-1985 (Actor)
Swenson, Karl, 1908-1978 (Actor)
Deacon, Richard, 1922-1984 (Actor)
Wilson, Elizabeth, 1921-2015 (Actor)
Quinn, Bill, 1912-1994 (Actor)
Lang, Doreen, 1915-1999 (Actor)
Burks, L. Robert, 1909-1968 (Cinematographer)
Boyle, Robert (Robert F.) (Designer)
Head, Edith (Costume designer)
Tomasini, George (Film editor)
Milo, George (Set designer)
Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975 (Consultant)
Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989
Language:English
French
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English or dubbed French dialogue; with optional English subtitles for the deaf or hard-of-hearing.
Published: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, [2012]
Series:Alfred Hitchcock collection.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Birds > Behavior > Drama.
Human-animal relationships > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Du Maurier, Daphne, > 1907-1989 > Film adaptations.
Du Maurier, Daphne, > 1907-1989.
Birds > Behavior.
Human-animal relationships.
Man-woman relationships.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Horror films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Horror films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 120 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Birds.
Format: Video DVD

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511 1 |a Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright, Ethel Griffies, Charles McGraw, Ruth McDevitt, Lonny Chapman, Joe Mantell, Doodles Weaver, Malcolm Atterbury, John McGovern, Karl Swenson, Richard Deacon, Elizabeth Wilson, William Quinn, Doreen Lang. 
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521 8 |a MPAA rating: PG-13. 
520 |a 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. 
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