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  2. The Birds (film) - Wikipedia

    • The Birds is a 1963 American natural horror-thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, released by Universal Pictures and starring Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, and introducing Tippi Hedren in her film debut. Loosely based on the 1952 short story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier, it focuses on a series of sudden and unexplaine… See more

    Release dateMarch 29, 1963 (USA)
    Content ratingPG-13 · TV-PG
    GenreDrama · Horror · Mystery · Romance
    Directed byAlfred Hitchcock
    Plot

    At a San Francisco pet store, socialite Melanie Daniels meets lawyer Mitch Brenner, who wants to buy lovebirds for his sister Cathy's 11th birthday. Recognizing Melanie from her court appearance regarding … See more

    Cast

    Rod Taylor as Mitch Brenner
    Jessica Tandy as Lydia Brenner
    Suzanne Pleshette as Annie Hayworth
    Tippi Hedren as Melanie Daniels… See more

    Production

    The screenplay for the film is based on Daphne du Maurier's novella "The Birds", which was first published in her 1952 short story collection The Apple Tree. The protagonist of the novella is a farm hand living in Co… See more

    Soundtrack

    Hitchcock decided to do without any conventional incidental score. Instead, he made use of sound effects and sparse source music in counterpoint to calculated silences. He wanted to use the electroacou… See more

    Analysis

    Among the central themes explored in The Birds are those of love and violence. The representation of the birds in the film constantly changes to reflect the development of these themes, and the story itself. … See more

     
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