The Birds

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American film film horror film suspense film

The Birds is a 1963 suspense-horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, renowned for its terrifying depiction of unexplained bird attacks on a coastal town and its pioneering use of special effects and sound design.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
The Birds canonical	30
The Birds (1963 film)	3
The Birds (film universe)	2
"The Birds"	1
1963 film The Birds	1
The Birds (screenplay)	1
The Birds (short story)	1
The Birds bird-covered playground sequence	1
The Birds final house siege sequence	1
The Birds franchise	1
The Birds restaurant attack sequence	1
The Birds schoolhouse attack sequence	1
setting for coastal town in "The Birds"	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ film ⓘ horror film ⓘ suspense film ⓘ
aspectOf	New Hollywood precursor ⓘ
award	Academy Award nomination for Best Special Effects ⓘ
basedOn	The Birds self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Birds (short story)
basedOnAuthor	Daphne du Maurier ⓘ
character	Annie Hayworth ⓘ Lydia Brenner ⓘ Melanie Daniels ⓘ Mitch Brenner ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Robert Burks ⓘ
colorProcess	Technicolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ
distributedIn	North America ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
distributor	Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	George Tomasini ⓘ
filmingLocation	Bodega Bay, California ⓘ San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California
genre	horror ⓘ suspense ⓘ thriller ⓘ
hasTheme	nature turning against humanity ⓘ unexplained terror ⓘ
MPAARating	PG-13 (later home video rating) ⓘ
musicBy	Bernard Herrmann ⓘ surface form: Bernard Herrmann (sound consultant)
notableFor	depiction of unexplained bird attacks ⓘ innovative sound design ⓘ pioneering use of special effects ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Alfred Hitchcock filmography ⓘ
producer	Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ
productionCompany	Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions ⓘ Universal Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate	1963-03-28 ⓘ
releaseFormat	theatrical film ⓘ
releaseYear	1963 ⓘ
runtime	approximately 119 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Evan Hunter ⓘ
setting	Bodega Bay, California ⓘ
starring	Jessica Tandy ⓘ Rod Taylor ⓘ Suzanne Pleshette ⓘ Tippi Hedren ⓘ Veronica Cartwright ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	contemporary early 1960s ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

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