Product Overview
The Birds DVD 1963 Hitchcock Collection / Directed by Alfred Hitchcock / Starring: Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren
UPC 3259190355897
MADE IN NETHERLANDS
REGION 2,4 PAL DVD
AUDIO: English 2.0 mono, German 2.0 mono
SUBTITLES: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
TOTAL RUNTIME: 115 MINUTES
English Summary:
Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren), a young socialite, meets criminal defense attorney Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a San Francisco pet shop. Mitch wants to purchase a pair of lovebirds for his sister's 11th birthday, but the shop has none. He recognizes Melanie from a court appearance she attended for her involvement in a practical joke that ended with a window being broken, but she does not know him; he plays a prank by pretending to mistake her for a saleswoman. Melanie is infuriated by the prank, but finds herself romantically intrigued by Mitch.
Melanie purchases a pair of lovebirds and drives to Mitch's weekend address in Bodega Bay to deliver them. Wanting to surprise him, she rents a motorboat so she can approach the Brenner house from the bay instead of the road. She sneaks the birds inside the house and heads back across the bay. Mitch discovers the birds, spots Melanie's boat during her retreat, and drives around the bay to meet her. Melanie is attacked and injured by a gull near shore on the town side. Mitch treats her abrasion and invites her to dinner; she hesitantly agrees.
German Summary:
In dem Zoofachgeschäft von Mrs. MacGruder in San Francisco lernt der Anwalt Mitchell „Mitch“ Brenner die attraktive Melanie Daniels kennen. Die verwöhnte Millionärstochter hat in der Vergangenheit durch pikante Schlagzeilen in Boulevardzeitungen auf sich aufmerksam gemacht. Auf der Suche nach „Liebesvögeln“ (Sperlingspapageien) als Geburtstagsgeschenk für seine bald elfjährige Schwester Cathy spielt Mitch der selbstbewussten jungen Dame einen Streich. Von seinem sarkastischen Auftreten herausgefordert, beschafft Melanie ein Paar der gewünschten Vögel und überrascht Mitch mit einem spontanen Besuch in dessen Elternhaus in Bodega Bay. Kurz darauf wird sie von einer Möwe angegriffen und am Kopf verletzt. Sie beschließt zu bleiben und kommt im Gästezimmer der Lehrerin Annie Hayworth unter. Diese ist Mitchs ehemalige Geliebte und klärt Melanie über dessen distanziert erscheinende Mutter Lydia auf: Dem herrischen Verhalten der Witwe liege die Befürchtung zugrunde, ihr Sohn könnte sie wegen einer Frau für immer verlassen.
Cast / Besetzung:
- Tippi Hedren as Melanie Daniels
- Rod Taylor as Mitchell "Mitch" Brenner
- Jessica Tandy as Lydia Brenner
- Suzanne Pleshette as Annie Hayworth
- Veronica Cartwright as Cathy Brenner
- Ethel Griffies as Mrs. Bundy, ornithologist
- Charles McGraw as Sebastian Sholes, fisherman
- Lonny Chapman as Deke Carter, innkeeper
- Doreen Lang as Hysterical Mother
- Karl Swenson as Christian preacher
- Joe Mantell as Cynical Businessman
- Ruth McDevitt as Mrs. MacGruder, owner of the bird shop
- Malcolm Atterbury as Deputy Al Malone
- John McGovern as Mail Clerk
- Richard Deacon as Mitch's neighbor in San Francisco
- Elizabeth Wilson as Helen Carter, Deke's wife
- Doodles Weaver as Fisherman helping with rental boat
- William Quinn as George - farmhand.
- Alfred Hitchcock makes his signature cameo as a man walking dogs out of the pet shop at the beginning of the film. They were two of his own Sealyham Terriers, Geoffrey and Stanley.
- Morgan Brittany as Schoolchild / Brunette Girl at Birthday Party (uncredited)
- Jeannie Russell as Schoolchild (uncredited)
- Darlene Conley as Waitress (uncredited)
- Dallas McKennon as Sam the Cook (uncredited)
| Directed by | Alfred Hitchcock |
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| Produced by | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Screenplay by | Evan Hunter |
| Based on | The Birds by Daphne du Maurier |
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| Cinematography | Robert Burks, ASC |
| Edited by | George Tomasini |
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Production
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Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time
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115 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
