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Birds, The : Collector's Edition
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Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) / Production Year: 1963 / Special Edition / Region 1
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All-Time Sales Rank: 542
| Overall Rating:  4.5 out of 5, including 3 reviews
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Nothing equals The Birds for sheer terror when Alfred Hitchcock unleashes his foul friends in one of his most shocking and memorable masterpieces. As beautiful blond Melanie Daniels ('Tippi' Hedren) rolls into Bodega Bay in pursuit of eligible bachelor Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor), she is inexplicably attacked by a seagull. Suddenly thousands of birds are flocking into town, preying on school children and residents in a terrifying series of attacks. Soon Mitch and Melanie are fighting for their lives against a deadly force that can't be explained and can't be stopped in one of Hollywood's most horrific films of nature gone berserk.
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Features:
| All About The Birds
Deleted Scene
The Original Ending
Storyboard Sequence
'Tippi' Hedren's Screen Test
The Birds Is Coming (Universal International Newsreel
Suspense Story: National Press Club Hears Hitchcock (Universal International Newsreel)
Production Photographs
Production Notes
Cast and Filmmakers
Theatrical Trailer
Universal Web Link | Video:
| | Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) | | Audio: (more info) | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
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| Studio: Universal Studios
Production Year: 1963
Release Date: 3/28/2000
Length: 120 mins
Rating: PG-13
Chapters: 20
| Packaging: Keep Case
Number of Discs: 1
Disc: SS-DL
Item Code: 61020275
UPC Code: 025192027529
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Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5, including 3 reviews
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An excellent thriller! - 4.25 out of 5 (4/14/2000)
I don't think there is any question that Alfred Hitchcock was genius!
Most people point to "Psycho" as his crowning achievement, but I honestly would have to say it is instead "The Birds."
"The Birds" is a story where there is no moral, no logic and seemingly no end to the horror that nature has in store for mankind. Even as the characters drive off in the end, you still have that sinking feeling that they aren't going to make it away safe. Hitch planned that. He delighted in maki
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Customer Review
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This classic got the treatment it deserved... - 4.75 out of 5 (7/23/2000)
If you make a movie that is an instant classic, it will get that style of class and treatment it deserves.
This was the second movie by Hitchcock that I saw. (Obviously, Psycho was the first). This was the first DVD that I bought without having seen the movie first, and I was very pleasently surprised.
On top of getting an excellent transfer, you get a great collection of extras including trailers, newsreels, screen tests and a full length featurette. Its extra bonuses like these that mak
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Customer Review
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THE BIRDS is coming - 4.5 out of 5 (4/28/2000)
Following the success of the Collector's Editions for both PSYCHO and VERTIGO, THE BIRDS has flown in courtesy of Universal in a wonderful package well up to its predecessors. First up the film comes in its true screen ratio (widescreen) and is an eagerly anticipated anamorphic transfer. For diehards, whose only acquaintance is with the frequent TV outings of the movie, the result on DVD is stunning. The quality of the original stock is showing its age, but the effect of the movie in stunnin
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