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(At around twenty-nine minutes) Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) holds the cotton ball against her wou [...]	D
This picture was a departure from Hitchcock's usual suspense film. He recognized it as a horror film [...]	D
Shortly before he died, Japanese director Akira Kurosawa created an unranked, chronological list of [...]	D
Sir Alfred Hitchcock considered Sean Connery for the role of Mitch Brenner, but preferred him for Ma [...]	D
Veronica Cartwright (Cathy Brenner) celebrated her thirteenth birthday during filming (April 20, 196 [...]	D
Tippi Hedren's daughter Melanie Griffith was given a present by Alfred Hitchcock during filming: a d [...]	D
While the studio spent an estimated $200,000 on creating mechanical birds for the film, the majority [...]	D
The classic scene in which Tippi Hedren watches birds attacking the townsfolk was filmed in the stud [...]	D
The production design makes much use of the color green.	D
While Mitch is trying to pull Melanie from the bedroom, several birds clearly escape from the room.	D
Sir Alfred Hitchcock briefly considered Cary Grant for the role of Mitch Brenner, but decided agains [...]	D
An overhead shot of Tippi Hedren trapped in the phone booth outside the restaurant in Bodega Bay ech [...]	D
The city park where Mitch first sees Melanie going to the pet shop was shot in San Francisco's Union [...]	D
The famous poster art for the movie where a woman is pictured screaming was not Tippi Hedren, but wa [...]	D
Suzanne Pleshette wanted to play Melanie, but settled for the role of Annie just to get to work with [...]	D
In the film, Mrs. Bundy treats "blackbird" as a synonym for the bird species "Euphagus cyanocephalus [...]	D
Rod Taylor claims that the seagulls were fed a mixture of wheat and whiskey. It was the only way to [...]	D
The climactic scene, in which Melanie (Tippi Hedren) is attacked in the bedroom, took seven days to [...]	D
Though their characters barely interact here, this is the second of three filmed productions starrin [...]	D
The schoolhouse in this movie is the Potter Schoolhouse, which served Bodega, California from 1873 t [...]	D
(May 26, 2012) The green suit worn by Tippi Hedren in this movie was showcased at Ireland's "Museum [...]	D
Alfred Hitchcock: at the start of the movie, man walking two dogs out of the pet shop. The dogs were [...]	D
According to Tippi Hedren, she signed a seven year contract with Sir Alfred Hitchcock to work on thi [...]	D
The schoolhouse in the movie, Potter schoolhouse, is actually in the small town of Bodega, 5 miles f [...]	D
Before the release of the movie, Tippi Hedren was featured on the cover of Look magazine with the ca [...]	D
The first bird attack on a person is 25 and a 1/2 minutes in; the 2nd is about the same amount furth [...]	D
Hitchcock films are well known for good scripts, which he is known to have participated in the devel [...]	D
The song the children are singing at the school as the crows mass outside is known as "Risseldy Ross [...]	D
Richard Deacon who plays Mitch's SF neighbor, also played the role of Fred Rutherford on "Leave it t [...]	D
Alfred Hitchcock's legendary attention to detail was evident during research and preparation for thi [...]	D
Doodles Weaver was the uncle of Sigourney Weaver, who worked with Veronica Cartwright in Alien (1979 [...]	D
The schoolhouse in Bodega, California has also been known to be haunted, even back during filming. A [...]	D
Before filming the final attack scene when Melanie goes upstairs, Tippi Hedren asked Sir Alfred Hitc [...]	D
The audio special effects included the use of spring and plate reverb units, as well as an Echoplex [...]	D
Daphne Du Maurier's story "The Birds" was originally purchased for use on Alfred Hitchcock presenta [...]	D
Dinard , France, hosts a British Film Festival, with a Golden Hitchcock as the prize. There is also [...]	D
The character of Melanie had spent the previous summer in Rome. Ironically, so did Suzanne Pleshette [...]	D
In the film, Mrs. Bundy treats "crow" as a synonym for the bird species "Corvus brachyrhynchos". The [...]	D
Debut of actress Darlene Conley.	D
In this movie, it appears as if the schoolhouse is within the bay town limits. The frightened childr [...]	D
The main setting of the film is Bodega Bay, California. It is a real-life village in Sonoma County, [...]	D
The final draft of the screenplay describes Melanie Daniels as "mid-twenties" and Annie Hayworth as [...]	D
In 2007, another adaptation of the book with Naomi Watts starring and Martin Campbell directing was [...]	D
Just before the scene where Lydia leaves for the Fawcett farm, Mitch is shown at a distance raking s [...]	D
When the children are running down the street from the schoolhouse, extra footage was shot back on t [...]	D
The film is based on a highly pessimistic horror short story, "The Birds" by Daphne du Maurier. In t [...]	D
In the Gli uccelli II (1994), Tippi Hedren did not play her character in this movie of Melanie Danie [...]	D
Tippi Hedren found out that she won the title role in Marnie (1964) while filming the scene on a hil [...]	D
Tippi Hedren donated her script from this movie to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American His [...]	D
The headline in the August 18, 1961 edition of the Santa Cruz Sentinel screamed "Seabird Invasion Hi [...]	D
In the end, when Melanie is carried outside, Mitch opens a door. There was no door used in filming, [...]	D
Bodega Bay, California (the main setting of the film) derives its name from the Spanish explorer Jua [...]	D
Jessica Tandy, who plays Mitch's mother in "The Birds", married Hume Cronyn the year before he appea [...]	D
The antiseptic used on Melanie Daniels' bleeding head wound is identified as "peroxide" (typically s [...]	D
Voted seventh-scariest movie of all time by a poll carried out on the British public by Channel 5 an [...]	D
Tippi Hedren's age was listed as 28 in press releases when the film came out, an unsurprising fabric [...]	D
Screenwriter Evan Hunter, a.k.a. Ed McBain, wrote a short book called "Me and Hitch" about his succe [...]	D
Several endings were being considered. One that was considered would have shown the Golden Gate Brid [...]	D
Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright later appeared in episodes of Will & Grace (1998), as Kare [...]	D
Alfred Hitchcock revealed on The Dick Cavett Show (1968) that 3,200 birds were trained for the movie [...]	D
For the scene in which Annie (Suzanne Pleshette) is killed, Pleshette told Sir Alfred Hitchcock it w [...]	D
Although it was never shot, another ending was scripted by Evan Hunter and sketched by Harold M [...]	D
Costume designer Edith Head referred to Tippi's suit's shade of green as "Eau de Nil" (Nile water).	D
Stars Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren were born eight days apart, respectively on January 11 and 19, 193 [...]	D
Filming began on March 5, 1962 and was completed on July 10, 1962.	D
There is no musical score for this movie except for the bird sounds created on the mixtrautonium, an [...]	D
Screenwriter Evan Hunter had Anne Bancroft in mind to play Annie Hayworth.	D
In the film, Mitch Brenner uses the Latin phrase "caveat emptor", which translates to "Let the buyer [...]	D
One bird, named Archine, really seemed to dislike Taylor, who played Mitch Brenner. The feathered st [...]	D
The first time Tippi Hedren looked at herself in the mirror after the injuries make-up was applied, [...]	D
Sir Alfred Hitchcock disliked filming on-location, so he filmed as much as possible in the studio on [...]	D
The car driven by Tippi Hedren was an Aston Martin DB2/4 drop-head coupe.	D
Alfred Hitchcock said he based the character of the drunken philosopher in the bar, played by Karl S [...]	D
Sir Alfred Hitchcock screentested Sandra Dee for the role of Melanie Daniels.	D
In the film, Mrs. Bundy refers to the Archaeopteryx as the oldest known bird. It was a bird-like din [...]	D
Also attending the London premiere were two flamingos, fifty red cardinals and starlings, and six pe [...]	D
According to her dialogue, Cathy Brenner can not distinguish whether her pet lovebirds are male or f [...]	D
Sir Alfred Hitchcock saw Tippi Hedren in a 1961 commercial aired during the Today (1952) show and pu [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of the Top 100 Most Heart-Pounding American M [...]	D
Director Sir Alfred Hitchcock and screenwriter Evan Hunter considered Audrey Hepburn for the role of [...]	D
This movie and the original story by Daphne Du Maurier share no characters, and in fact have only in [...]	D
Mitch Zanich, owner of the Tides Restaurant at the time of shooting, told Alfred Hitchcock he could [...]	D
A subplot of the film is Melanie Daniels transporting lovebirds as a gift for Cathy Brenner. "Lovebi [...]	D
The song Annie's pupils are singing in the school house, while Melanie watches the birds gathering t [...]	D
Tippi Hedren's character plays "Deux Arabesques" by Claude Debussy (1888) while at the Brenner house [...]	D
Voted one of the scariest movies of all time, Veronica Cartwright appeared as the mother in the prol [...]	D
A scene in the movie shows a service station where a bird knocks over an attendant filling a car wit [...]	D
During the crow attack at the schoolhouse, Annie is seen running down the hill behind the last group [...]	D
This movie featured 370 effects shots. The final shot is a composite of 32 separately filmed element [...]	D
The crow that sits on Alfred Hitchcock's shoulder in all of the promotional photos was not in the mo [...]	D
When Lydia goes to Dan Fawcett's house and suddenly discovers his dead body, eyes pecked out by murd [...]	D
This was not the first dramatization of Daphne Du Maurier's short story. It was previously adapted f [...]	D
Two versions of the scene where Melanie brings Lydia tea in bed were filmed. For the first, Sir Alfr [...]	D
Although there is no musical score for this movie, composer and Sir Alfred Hitchcock collaborator Be [...]	D
Some viewers found the age gap between Mitch and Cathy unrealistic for two full-blooded siblings. Ho [...]	D
In one of the first scenes, Tippi Hedren can be seen crossing the street to the pet shop. As she doe [...]	D
Sir Alfred Hitchcock approached Joseph Stefano (screenwriter of Psyco (1960)) to write the script, b [...]	D
According to Norman Lloyd, it was Bernard Herrmann's idea not to use music.	D
In Northern Monterey Bay in Northern California in 1961, the region found itself inundated with craz [...]	D
It is never revealed why the birds started attacking people.	D
The cast has some spooky astrological coincidences. Tippi Hedren was born on January 19 and Suzanne [...]	D
Toward the end of the film, Mitch goes to his car and listens to the news. The numbers on his radio [...]	D
During the birthday party attack, in order to ensure that the gulls could pop the balloons, pins wer [...]	D
When this movie aired on NBC in the U.S. on January 6, 1968, it became the highest rated movie shown [...]	D
When Lydia discovers Dan Fawcett, on the wall behind her is a drawing of the gas station explosion b [...]	D
Tippi Hedren was cut in the face by a bird in one of the shots.	D
The scene where Melanie (Tippi Hedren) is ravaged by birds near the end of the movie took a week to [...]	D
The use of standard bluescreen techniques for doing matte shots of the birds proved to be unacceptab [...]	D
In Daphne Du Maurier's book this takes place in England; not America.	D
Universal Pictures production number 6590.	D
Last Hitchcock film to be nominated for an Academy Award (special effects; lost to Cleopatra).	D
Much of the production team and scriptwriters, were interested in making a sequel, however the studi [...]	D
Tippi Hedren and Suzanne Pleshette were real-life smokers at the time. Hedren quit about five years [...]	D
Since this movie never had an original score, Fenton band and orchestra teacher Andrew David Perkins [...]	D
This was the first movie to carry the Universal Pictures name after dropping the Universal-Internati [...]	D
This movie does not finish with the usual "THE END" title because Sir Alfred Hitchcock wanted to giv [...]	D
According to her autobiography, Jill Ireland auditioned for the role of Melanie Daniels.	D
In the film Hitchcock uses the colors pale green and reddish orange many times to match the colors o [...]	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
The film is based on the 1952 horror short story "The Birds" by Daphne du Maurier, an author known p [...]	D
Alfred Hitchcock originally wanted Farley Granger for the role of Mitch Brenner, but he was unavaila [...]	D
Originally, a scene took place between Melanie and Mitch after Lydia Brenner left for the Fawcett fa [...]	D
Melanie wears the same green suit throughout the movie, so Tippi Hedren was provided with six identi [...]	D
Most of the birds in the huge long shots, were fake. The birds on the swing set in the schoolhouse a [...]	D
Sir Alfred Hitchcock kept a graph in his office, charting the rise and fall of the bird attacks in t [...]	D
When audiences left the U.K. premiere at the Odeon, Leicester Square, London, they were greeted by t [...]	D
Near the end of the movie, when Mitch carries Melanie down the stairs, it is actually Tippi Hedren's [...]	D
Doreen Lang plays a panicked woman in the diner scene who hysterically, and mistakenly, blames Tippi [...]	D
In May 2001, the son of "The Birds" author Daphne Du Maurier reported that he and his wife were bein [...]	D
There was originally going to be an attack scene that took place inside of a pet store, but it had t [...]	D
Included amongst the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the four hundred movies nominated for th [...]	D
One of the girls at Cathy's birthday party who walks and stands by the door was played by Suzanne Cu [...]	D

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