Product Information
In THE BIRDS, Alfred Hitchcock's heart-pounding follow-up to PSYCHO, the director couples a tone of rigorous morality with dark humor to create a thriller that begins as a light comedy and ends as an apocalyptic allegory. Tippi Hedren (Melanie Griffith's mother) carries the picture in her first film role ever, embarking on a career as an icy-cool leading lady. Loosely based on a Daphne du Maurier story and a Santa Monica newspaper account, "Seabird Invasion Hits Coastal Homes," THE BIRDS also features groundbreaking special effects that, in 1963, surprised and delighted audiences.Wealthy reformed party girl Melanie Daniels (Hedren) enjoys a brief flirtation with lawyer Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a San Francisco pet shop and decides to follow him to his Bodega Bay home. Bearing a gift of two lovebirds, Melanie quickly strikes up a romance with Mitch while contending with his possessive mother and boarding at his ex-girlfriend's house. One day, during a birthday party for Mitch's younger sister, a flock of birds attacks the children in what seems to be a random incident. In fact, it signals the beginning of a massive avian assault on the residents of the town--a mysterious assault that no one can explain...and from which no one may come out alive.Product Identifiers
UPC0025192156533
eBay Product ID (ePID)117404123
Product Key Features
ActorSuzanne Pleshette, Veronica Cartwright, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Rod Taylor
EditionCanadian; Universal 100th Anniversary Edition
Movie/TV TitleBirds
DirectorAlfred Hitchcock, Sir Alfred Hitchcock
FormatDVD
Release Year2012
GenreHorror, Horror/Suspense
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
Display FormatCanadian; Universal 100th Anniversary Edition
Signal StandardDvd
Leading RoleSuzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy
Release Date20120904