Country: USA
Year: 1963
Duration: 119'
Hitchcock’s only horror movie, inspired by a short story by Daphne du Maurier and the invasion of sea birds at Santa Cruz, California, just like at Bodega Bay (the movie’s location). Around Tippi Hedren, Hitch weaves a web of attraction, jealousy, and Oedipus complexes, rendered explosive by the inexplicable aggression of the murderous birds. Not just crows: all of them, even sparrows. Growing tension, a spectacular, climatic attack on the diner, the school, the phone booth, an enigmatic finale. A flight into fear.
Cast
& Credits
alfred hitchcock
THE BIRDS
Usa, 1963, 119’, col.
regia, produttore/director, producer
Alfred Hitchcock
soggetto/story
dall’omonimo racconto di/from the short story of the same title by Daphne du Maurier
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Evan Hunter
fotografia/cinematography
Robert Burks
montaggio/film editing
George Tomasini
effetti speciali/special effects
Lawrence A. Hampton
scenografia/production design
Robert Boyle
costumi/costume design
Edith Head
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Rod Taylor (Mitch Brenner), Tippi Hedren (Melanie Daniels), Jessica Tandy (Lydia Brenner), Suzanne Pleshette (Annie Hayworth)
produzione/production
Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions