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Alfred Hitchcock's The birds /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 2021539 | Universal Studios Home Entertainment61120097 | Universal Studios Home Entertainment61176557 | Universal Studios Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, Spanish, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish, French Series: Alfred Hitchcock the masterpiece collectionPublisher: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2012]Edition: Limited edDescription: 1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • Title on set box: Alfred Hitchcock : the masterpiece collection. The birds
  • Birds
Uniform titles:
  • Birds (Motion picture)
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989. Birds
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .B573 2012
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.
Cast: 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.Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room BLU-00181 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050303940

Based on a story by Daphne Du Maurier.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.

Special features: deleted scene ; the original ending ; 'The birds' Hitchcock's monster movie ; All about 'The birds' ; storyboard sequence ; Tippi Hendren's screen test ; Hitchcock/Truffaut interview excerpts ; 'The birds' is coming ; suspense story ; production photographs ; theatrical trailer ; 100 years of Universal: restoring the classics ; 100 years of Universal: The lot ; my scenes ; pocket BLU app. ; BD-live.

MPAA rating: PG-13.

Blu-ray ; widescreen ; 1080p High-definition ; English DTS-HD master audio, 2.0 mono. ; Spanish, French DTS surround, 2.0 mono. ; requires Blu-ray player.

English or dubbed Spanish or French dialogue with optional Spanish or French subtitles; English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. Closed-captioned.

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