The Birds

Film • 1963 • 1h 59m

A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.

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Status: Released
Release: March 28, 1963 (63 years ago)
Runtime: 1h 59m
Rating: NR
Language: English
Origins: United States
AKA: Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds
Tags: based on short story bird attack birds fireplace intense lovebird pet shop playground practical joke schoolhouse schoolteacher seagull seclusion shopkeeper socialite thriller unsolved mystery

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‘The Birds’ Review: Hitchcock's Feathered Feature Earns Its Legendary Status
After 60 years, Alfred Hitchcock’s feathered feature remains nightmare material.
The Birds
Read the Empire Movie review of The Birds. Genuinely disturbing thriller classic from the master of...
EMPIRE ESSAY: The Birds
Read the Empire Movie review of EMPIRE ESSAY: The Birds. A mysterious army of enemies, with no sugggested motive and, what's worse, they're your friendly...
My favourite Hitchcock: The Birds
Xan Brooks: Here is a film that provides no answers and no escape. Chaos reigns from top to tail. Might this be the essential Hitchcock?
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'The Birds Is Coming' the advance posters twittered ungrammatically but with justifiable excitement. With death dropping blandly out of a clear sky - its menace
The Birds - The Village Voice
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock (1963). Jaws before the world was ready, Hitch’s much misappreciated follow-up to Psycho is arguably the greatest of all disaster fil...