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| The Birds (Collector's Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Veronica Cartwright
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  312 reviews
Sales Rank: 1558
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 120
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD20275D
ISBN: 0783240236
UPC: 025192027529
EAN: 9780783240237
ASIN: 0783240236
Theatrical Release Date: March 28, 1963
Release Date: March 28, 2000
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| Customer Reviews:
 Hitchcock's BEST... September 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
People can argue about the movie vs. the novel it was based on; however, I haven't read the book, so I can't join the debate. I wish it would've been clearer in the film WHY this was happening. However, there was a hint of it from the town drunk in the diner ("It's the end of the world!"). The impression I always had before was that when the character Melanie Daniels came to Bodega Bay with the lovebirds, the town's native birds decided they didn't like it. Maybe Hitchcock didn't think it was a good idea to put the explanation in...perhaps he wanted the mystery to remain and be discussed? :)
That aside, this is the best Hitchcock movie I've seen. Those of you who haven't seen this who think this sounds "lame" and "boring"...well, you are in for a rude awakening if you put this in your DVD player. These birds are out to kill! And kill they do, particularly going after Melanie Daniels and Mitch's family and friends. It's still realistic looking today and also shocking, considering that our feathered friends in real life are so incredibly passive. If you only watch one Hitchcock movie in your life, make it this one. It's simply amazing.
the birds August 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was so greatful that we could still get this movie. It is as scary as it was when it first come out.
The ultimate pagan movie July 22, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A world where nature is out to destroy man and there is no salvation from any god. A world where jealousy, competition, and lust simmers below the surface. A world where three women compete for the affections of one apollo-like beauty of a man. A world where something as simple as throwing away a match can set off a series of events that leaves an entire town struggling to survive. A world where there seems to be no reason why disaster and destruction occur. Nothing makes sense. Reason is useless. The world is irrational - and damned dangerous! Welcome to Alfred Hitchcock's, "The Birds."
Early critics were not too kind to this movie. Today, we can see how this movie is one of Hitchcock's darkest views of life and (except for the failure of the ending - but there really was no way to end this movie) one of his most skillfully crafted films. Tippi Hedren is gorgeous as is Rod Taylor. Some of the scenes (such as the playground) will have you chewing your nails in suspense.
A great film!
 inferior to Daphne du Maurier's short story June 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This Hitchcock classic simply isn't up to the horror of the original du Maurier short story--an avian world holocaust with the imminent extinction of the human race. Hitchcock's catastrophe is apparently limited to a few miles of North California coast.
Possibly this was done to produce a Hollywood more-or-less happy ending but it was a mistake. That combined with the limited acting skills of some of the actors, makes this a film easy to pass over.
Ron Braithwaite author of Mexican Conquest novels, "Skull Rack" and "Hummingbird God"
One of Hitchcock's more memorable films June 9, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
After seeing The Birds again, including Hitchcock's tongue and cheek "lecture" in the trailer for the film, (1963) as one reviewer has written, it,s the suspense during those moments of silence between those unrelenting onslaughts of violence against their chosen rivals, human beings. The big question that is not answered in the film, is why the birds turn with such fury?
Nature takes its revenge?
Based on the short story by Daphne Du Maurier, Melanie Daniels (Tippy Hendren) chases a man she's smitten with to a small town outside San Francisco, Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) when, slowly the birds begin to attack with a vengence: "Their coming, their coming!" screams Daniels, in the classic trailer with an expression of utter terror.
What really makes the film is the silence of suspence between attacks. "Suspence" almost became Hitchcock's trademark, and The Birds is one of his best.
It is well known that Hitchcock did not have a high regard for actors - he viewed them as merely pawns to tell his story. Tippy Hendren, it has been written somewhere caught the brunt of old Alfred's arrogance, but stuck with him for another great film, Marnie.
Although not as subtle as some of the old Englishman's films, this is one of the Master's more memorable pictures of the 60's.
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