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The Birds (The Alfred Hitchcock Collection) [VHS]
enlarge	Director: Alfred Hitchcock Actors: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette, Jessica Tandy, Veronica Cartwright Studio: Universal Studios List Price: ~~$9.98~~ Buy New: $5.00 as of 5/21/2012 23:16 CDT details You Save: $4.98 (50%) In Stock New (10) Used (29) Collectible (4) from $2.55 Seller: booktowners Sales Rank: 85,739 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, NTSC Language: English (Unknown) Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: VHS Tape Discs: 1 Running Time: 119 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5 Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.5 x 1.2 ISBN: 0783235666 UPC: 096898472739 EAN: 9780783235660 Release Date: August 3, 1999 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.com Vacationing in northern California, Alfred Hitchcock was struck by a story in a Santa Cruz newspaper: "Seabird Invasion Hits Coastal Homes." From this peculiar incident, and his memory of a short story by Daphne du Maurier, the master of suspense created one of his strangest and most terrifying films. The Birds follows a chic blonde, Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren), as she travels to the coastal town of Bodega Bay to hook up with a rugged fellow (Rod Taylor) she's only just met. Before long the town is attacked by marauding birds, and Hitchcock's skill at staging action is brought to the fore. Beyond the superb effects, however, The Birds is also one of Hitchcock's most psychologically complicated scenarios, a tense study of violence, loneliness, and complacency. What really gets under your skin are not the bird skirmishes but the anxiety and the eerie quiet between attacks. The director elevated an unknown model, Tippi Hedren (mother of Melanie Griffith), to being his latest cool, blond leading lady, an experience that was not always easy on the much-pecked Ms. Hedren. Still, she returned for the next Hitchcock picture, the underrated Marnie. Treated with scant attention by serious critics in 1963, The Birds has grown into a classic and--despite the sci-fi trappings--one of Hitchcock's most serious films. --Robert Horton

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