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- 20th Century60s
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The Birds, 1963
English
USA
Profile of The Birds
The mood of The Birds is atmospheric, scary, and suspenseful. The plot centers around dangerous animals, danger, and chaos and mayhem. It is a thriller, horror, and romance movie. Stylistically, The Birds is surreal and is gory. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a small town. The Birds happens in the 1960s. It is derived from a short story. The movie is known for being a classic, essential viewing, and an award winner.
Summary of The Birds
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.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 28 March 1963 |
| Runtime: | 119 min |
Cast and Crew
as Melanie Daniels
as Mitch Brenner
as Lydia Brenner
as Annie Hayworth
as Cathy Brenner
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- 10.January.2011
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- by: Netflowers
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- 22.March.2009
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- by: Matthew
- Matthew rated this movie6/10Okay
