The birds
By: Universal Pictures ; screenplay by Evan Hunter ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Contributors: Tandy, Jessica; Pleshette, Suzanne, 1937-2008; Hedren, Tippi; Burks, Robert; Tomasini, George; Head, Edith; Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989
Edition: Anamorphic widescreen format ; collector's ed.
Series: The Alfred Hitchcock collection; Alfred Hitchcock collection
Publisher: Universal
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Universal City, CA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Subjects: Drama; Birds
Other titles: Alfred Hitchcock's The birds
Description: A small California town is attacked by thousands of birds.
Notes: At head of title: Alfred Hitchcock's.

From the story by Daphne Du Maurier.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963.

Includes featurette All about The birds, deleted scene, 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' bios, theatrical trailer, and Universal web link.

Director of photography, Robert Burks ; editor, George Tomasini ; Miss Hedren's costumes designed by Edith Head.

Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren.

MPAA: Rated PG-13.

DVD player required; Dolby digital 2.0 mono.; region 1.

Soundtrack in English or French; subtitles for the hearing impaired in English.

Closed-captioned.