The birds

Resource Information

The work The birds represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Fulton County Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The birds

Statement of responsibility

Universal Pictures presents ; screenplay by Evan Hunter ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Title variation

Alfred Hitchcock's the birds

Contributor

• Wilson, Elizabeth, 1921-2015
• Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Atterbury, Malcolm, 1907-1992
• Boyle, Robert, (Robert F)
• Burks, Robert
• Cartwright, Veronica
• Chapman, Lonny, 1920-2007
• Deacon, Richard, 1922-1984
• trueDu Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989
• Gassmann, Remi
• Griffies, Ethel, 1878-1975
• Head, Edith
• Hedren, Tippi
• Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975
• Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980
• Hunter, Evan, 1926-2005
• Lang, Doreen, 1915-1999
• Mantell, Joe, 1915-2010
• McDevitt, Ruth, 1895-1976
• McGovern, John, 1902-1985
• McGraw, Charles, 1914-1980
• Milo, George
• Pleshette, Suzanne, 1937-2008
• Quinn, Bill, 1912-1994
• Sala, Oskar
• Swenson, Karl, 1908-1978
• Tandy, Jessica
• Taylor, Rod, 1930-2015
• Tomasini, George
• Weaver, Doodles, 1911-1983

Actor

• Taylor, Rod, 1930-2015
• Atterbury, Malcolm, 1907-1992
• Lang, Doreen, 1915-1999
• Mantell, Joe, 1915-2010
• McDevitt, Ruth, 1895-1976
• Cartwright, Veronica
• McGovern, John, 1902-1985
• McGraw, Charles, 1914-1980
• Pleshette, Suzanne, 1937-2008
• Chapman, Lonny, 1920-2007
• Quinn, Bill, 1912-1994
• Deacon, Richard, 1922-1984
• Swenson, Karl, 1908-1978
• Tandy, Jessica
• Weaver, Doodles, 1911-1983
• Griffies, Ethel, 1878-1975
• Wilson, Elizabeth, 1921-2015
• Hedren, Tippi

Screenwriter

• Hunter, Evan, 1926-2005

Composer

• Gassmann, Remi
• Sala, Oskar

Cinematographer

• Burks, Robert

Consultant

• Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

Costume designer

• Head, Edith

Director

• Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980

Designer

• Boyle, Robert, (Robert F)

Film editor

• Tomasini, George

Set designer

• Milo, George

Subject

• Gulls -- Drama
• Feature films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Birds -- Behavior -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Human-animal relationships -- Drama
• Horror films

Genre

• trueDrama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Feature films
• Horror films

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• eng
• eng

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

Member of

• Birds (Motion picture)

Cataloging source

PX0

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

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

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13

Language note

In English or dubbed French dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf or hard-of-hearing

PerformerNote

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

Runtime

120

Target audience

general

Technique

live action