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The Resource Alfred Hitchcock's The birds, Universal Pictures presents ; Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc. ; screenplay by Evan Hunter ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock's The birds, Universal Pictures presents ; Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc. ; screenplay by Evan Hunter ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Label
Alfred Hitchcock's The birds
Title
Alfred Hitchcock's The birds
Statement of responsibility
Universal Pictures presents ; Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc. ; screenplay by Evan Hunter ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Title variation
Birds
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • 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
Cataloging source
ZCU
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
Birds (Motion picture)
Credits note
Director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomasini ; sound consultant, Bernard Herrmann
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13
Language note
English and French language soundtracks with optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired
PerformerNote
Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Veronica Cartwright
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1899-1980
  • 1926-2005
  • 1930-2015
  • 1937-2008
  • 1907-1989
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Hitchcock, Alfred
  • Hunter, Evan
  • Taylor, Rod
  • Tandy, Jessica
  • Pleshette, Suzanne
  • Hedren, Tippi
  • Cartwright, Veronica
  • Du Maurier, Daphne
  • Universal Pictures (Firm)
  • Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
  • Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
119
Series statement
Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Du Maurier, Daphne
  • Birds
  • Human-animal relationships
  • Man-woman relationships
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Alfred Hitchcock's The birds, Universal Pictures presents ; Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc. ; screenplay by Evan Hunter ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1963
  • Based on a story by Daphne Du Maurier
  • Some copies issued as part of a box set with title: Alfred Hitchcock, the masterpiece collection
  • Special features: deleted scene, original ending, production photographs, production notes, trailer, Tippi Hedren's screen test, two Universal newsreel stories on the film
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen
Extent
1 videodisc (119 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 025192147289
  • 025192147289
  • 025192147289
  • 025192147289
Other physical details
sound, color
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
  • 11156401
  • 11156401
Publisher number
  • 268642
  • 28304R0
  • 61122846
  • 11156401
  • 11156401
  • 11156401
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm62252814
  • (Sirsi) o62252814
  • (OCoLC)62252814
  • 524386
  • 524386
System details
DVD; Dolby digital 2.0; aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Alfred Hitchcock's The birds, Universal Pictures presents ; Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, Inc. ; screenplay by Evan Hunter ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1963
  • Based on a story by Daphne Du Maurier
  • Some copies issued as part of a box set with title: Alfred Hitchcock, the masterpiece collection
  • Special features: deleted scene, original ending, production photographs, production notes, trailer, Tippi Hedren's screen test, two Universal newsreel stories on the film
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen
Extent
1 videodisc (119 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 025192147289
  • 025192147289
  • 025192147289
  • 025192147289
Other physical details
sound, color
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
  • 11156401
  • 11156401
Publisher number
  • 268642
  • 28304R0
  • 61122846
  • 11156401
  • 11156401
  • 11156401
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm62252814
  • (Sirsi) o62252814
  • (OCoLC)62252814
  • 524386
  • 524386
System details
DVD; Dolby digital 2.0; aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Video recording format
DVD

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