Alfred Hitchcock's The birds
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Subjects

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

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Published
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2012].
Format
Blu-ray
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English

Notes

General Note
Videodisc release of the 1963 motion picture.
General Note
Based on a story by Daphne Du Maurier.
General Note
For specific features see interactive menu.
General Note
Closed captioned.
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.
System Details
Blu-ray ; widescreen ; 1080p High-definition ; English DTS-HD master audio, 2.0 mono. ; Español, Français DTS surround, 2.0 mono. ; reguires Blu-ray player.
Language
In English or dubbed Spanish or French dialogue with optional English, Spanish or French subtitles.
Local note
BLU-RAY

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, L. R., Boyle, R., Head, E., Tomasini, G., Milo, G., Gassmann, R., Sala, O., Herrmann, B., & Du Maurier, D. (2012). Alfred Hitchcock's The birds ([blu-ray edition].). Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

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

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

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

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hitchcock, Alfred, et al. Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds [blu-ray edition]., Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2012.

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