Alfred Hitchcock's the birds
(DVD) 

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Contributors
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980. Director
Hunter, Evan, 1926-2005. Screenwriter
Taylor, Rod, 1930-2015. Actor
Tandy, Jessica. Actor
Pleshette, Suzanne, 1937-2008. Actor
Published
Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, c2012.
MPAA Rating
PG-13 Rated
Status
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Birds -- Behavior -- Drama.
Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989 -- Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Horror films.
Human-animal relationships -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

More Details

Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
025192147289, 025192183645
Notes
General Note
Re-issued as part of Universal Studio's 100th anniversary.
General Note
Based on a story by Daphne Du Maurier.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.
General Note
May include digital copy.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Robert Burks ; production designed by Robert Boyle ; assistant director, James H. Brown ; costumes designed by Edith Head ; edited by George Tomasini ; production manager, Norman Deming ; special effects, Lawrence A. Hampton ; set decoration, George Milo ; wardrobe supervisor, Rita Riggs ; electronic sound production and composition by Remi Gassmann and Oskar Sala ; sound consultant, Bernard Herrmann.
Participants/Performers
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.
Description
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.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: PG-13.
System Details
DVD, NTSC region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, dual layer format; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono.
Language
In English or dubbed French dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf or hard-of-hearing.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)

Hitchcock, A., Hunter, E., Taylor, R., Tandy, J., Pleshette, S., Hedren, T., Cartwright, V., Griffies, E., McGraw, C., McDevitt, R., Chapman, L., Mantell, J., Weaver, D., Atterbury, M., McGovern, J., Swenson, K., Deacon, R., Wilson, E., Quinn, B., Lang, D., Burks, R., Boyle, R., Head, E., Tomasini, G., Milo, G., Gassmann, R., Sala, O., Herrmann, B., & Du Maurier, D. (2012). Alfred Hitchcock's the birds. Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Alfred Hitchcock et al.. 2012. Alfred Hitchcock's the Birds. Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Alfred Hitchcock et al.. Alfred Hitchcock's the Birds. Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2012.

UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)

Hitchcock, A., Hunter, E., Taylor, R., Tandy, J., Pleshette, S., Hedren, T. and Cartwright, V. et al (2012). Alfred hitchcock's the birds. Universal City, Calif.: Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)

Hitchcock, Alfred, et al. Alfred Hitchcock's the Birds. Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2012.

Note: Citations contain only title, author, edition, and publisher. Only UCL Harvard citations contain the year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of May 2025.

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