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The Birds (1963)

Cast

  • alfred hitchcock movies
    Alfred Hitchcock
    as Man Walking Dogs Out of Pet Shop
  • tippi hedren movies
    Tippi Hedren
    as Melanie Daniels
  • veronica cartwright movies
    Veronica Cartwright
    as Cathy Brenner
  • suzanne pleshette movies
    Suzanne Pleshette
    as Annie Hayworth
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Genres & Description

Action Drama Horror Mystery Romance

7.7 / 10

Melanie Daniels is the modern rich socialite, part of the jet-set who always gets what she wants. When lawyer Mitch Brenner sees her in a pet shop, he plays something of a practical joke on her, and she decides to return the favor. She drives about an hour north of San Francisco to Bodega Bay, where Mitch spends the weekends with his mother Lydia and younger sister Cathy. Soon after her arrival, however, the birds in the area begin to act strangely. A seagull attacks Melanie as she is crossing the bay in a small boat, and then, Lydia finds her neighbor dead, obviously the victim of a bird attack. Soon, birds in the hundreds and thousands are attacking anyone they find out of doors. There is no explanation as to why this might be happening, and as the birds continue their vicious attacks, survival becomes the priority.

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Comments on this trailer
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The MadCatter
WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT OF THIS MOVIE!!!??? I DONT UNDERSTAND!!!!!!! - @Sunday, November 11, 2018 7:03 AM

Fnord Fnordington
birds in this film are what humans are to gvnts - @Saturday, November 10, 2018 5:06 AM

Diontae Daughtry
This is the most creative movie I have ever seen 🐤🐦 - @Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:14 AM

Jesse Horn
4:10 Now why would he do that? - @Sunday, September 23, 2018 6:48 PM

Vincent Spinella
Hitchcock definitely knew how to promote a damn movie. - @Thursday, August 16, 2018 8:16 PM

Will Smif
The birds. Pft. More like the CGI Birds. Ka bababba bong ding. - @Wednesday, July 4, 2018 6:48 PM

Charlotte Smith I
Just found out not to long ago. My. COUSIN. Louis blue boy. Jones. Sang the. Soundtrack in this. Movie!! Birds are coming!! Never saw the movie! But. ..Now I might but knowing me I probably will hide under my blanket. Lol!! - @Friday, May 25, 2018 11:18 PM

L Pendergast
This is quite possibly my all-time favorite trailer. If both sets the distressing tone of the movie as well as sprinkles in a whole bunch of black humor that Hitchcock himself was known for. And everyone who's seen the film says that they never give an explanation to why the birds start attacking. If you ask me this trailer tells me very loud and clear. - @Friday, April 6, 2018 6:47 PM

The Cinema Cynic
This is so passive-aggressive. I love it. - @Wednesday, April 4, 2018 3:58 AM

Steven Mitchell
Weird lol - @Tuesday, March 20, 2018 3:17 AM

KingTeDdY62
When you think about it, what an horrifying sight it must be for the bird in the cage to see a man toying with feathers, a hat made with a dead bird and starting to cut the meat of a chicken. - @Thursday, February 1, 2018 7:23 PM

Holger Heeren
They're coming! They're coming! - @Tuesday, January 2, 2018 7:24 PM

SPURGO.de
It's actually a pledge to go vegan, guys! Take his words seriously... - @Friday, December 15, 2017 1:29 PM

Alfonso Ågren
Just fantastic! What a genious he was! Funny and informative and then comes the scare. hahaha! I ljust love it! - @Friday, November 24, 2017 1:57 PM

Brynley Jones
The Walt Disney of horror. - @Tuesday, November 21, 2017 4:21 PM

BullyScholarshipWii
Brilliant trailer - @Monday, October 23, 2017 9:03 PM

Joe Whitehead
So this is why those attacks happened then? Cus of the way people have treated birds? - @Monday, August 21, 2017 4:58 PM

Ritchie Valenz
Oh the irony! - @Saturday, July 29, 2017 9:56 PM

MsFrancescaF
It's pure genius - @Saturday, June 3, 2017 6:09 AM

Dee Montgomery
ooo, now why would he do that? lmao - @Saturday, May 6, 2017 3:16 AM

Jack Morris
Genius - @Sunday, April 30, 2017 8:46 PM

Ricardo Cantoral
Great trailer. Hitchcock's lecture lead us to believe that the birds will do exactly what they did the movie, retaliate. - @Monday, April 17, 2017 1:06 AM

Iamwolf134
hitchcock is a master at shock. The birds story is thought to be a metaphor for the attacks on London during World War II, or The Blitz in particular. - @Sunday, April 16, 2017 3:51 PM

Tabor 7
The Birds (1963) is a lot better than Hitchcock's stupid propaganda films in 1940s especially Lifeboat and Notorious. - @Thursday, April 6, 2017 1:46 PM

Narnianist
No wonder the birds turned on them. "The birds are our slaves- I mean friends" I was looking for an explanation as why they attacked on the film, who knew the answer would be on the trailer. - @Friday, March 24, 2017 4:46 AM

Patricia Bradnor
"I dont think ill eat just now- hardly proper with all you here"! I love his humor. Alfred hitchcock is my Hero and his films are the most intresting and subtle - @Wednesday, March 8, 2017 6:49 PM

Justin Blystone
This guy was an inspiration for me when typing an 11th grade essay. - @Thursday, August 25, 2016 11:02 PM

cinzia kess
my favorite director - @Sunday, July 31, 2016 10:42 PM

Kyle Shiflet
Long Live Hitchcock - @Sunday, July 31, 2016 10:31 PM

19 kilo
This and the Psycho trailer are my two favorite trailers. I love how they both showed nothing yet gave away everything. - @Saturday, July 30, 2016 6:56 AM

Veston Bruno
Alfred Hitchcock is a great lecture guy, even with his British friendly accent, but then Tippi Hedren comes by and warns him that The Birds are coming! Kind of like how Paul Revere warned the American's, the British are coming! No offense, Alfred. - @Tuesday, July 19, 2016 9:29 PM

Jw Nj
They don't make trailers like these anymore. Now its just spoilers or pretty much the entire plot. - @Thursday, July 7, 2016 1:30 PM

Timothy Achacoso
Somehow I imagine him play Alfred in the Batman series! :) - @Friday, June 24, 2016 2:47 PM

Geeky Ravenclaw
Satire! Satire everywhere - @Friday, May 6, 2016 2:23 AM

JM FILMS
In the psycho theatrical trailer, they did the same style where it tricks you into thinking it's something happy. - @Tuesday, April 26, 2016 10:41 PM

Charles Micheaux
The greatest master of suspense the cinema world has ever known and he's great fun too! - @Friday, April 1, 2016 2:48 PM

steve ninetyfeetpermin
Hitchcock could be extremely funny. On a Dick Cavett show in which he appeared, they went to a commercial break. The commercial featured a laxative. It starts with people playing tennis, bike riding and jogging. When they cut back to him after the commercial he says in his own inimitable voice: "With all that jumping about I would think they wouldn't need a laxative". - @Monday, February 29, 2016 1:17 AM

Spaceface 371
Love this movie - @Tuesday, February 16, 2016 7:45 PM

yojoe O
Dude was a actor himself. - @Thursday, January 14, 2016 9:57 PM

TheOrangeMamba
I guess you can say, those birds were acting pretty "fowl" HA - @Friday, November 6, 2015 1:39 PM

sugarcane*12
I find it interesting how he uses a lot of sarcasm, in order to get his point across. - @Monday, October 26, 2015 8:21 AM

Iris Leason
Hmmm, now why would it do that? - @Tuesday, September 29, 2015 7:57 PM

Dr Famine
This is both disturbing and funny, I love it. Also, this is an amazing teaser. It doesn't really spoil anything, yet it sets you in the right mood for the movie. - @Sunday, September 20, 2015 12:50 PM

Evan Bernardi
You see whats interesting about this trailer is (spoilers apologize) It Kiiiiiiiiinda explains why the birds are attacking in the movie. - @Wednesday, September 9, 2015 3:14 AM

UltraManBG
Ah..The lost art of the director trailer. Check out the 10 Commandments trailer with DeMille if you need more. Good evening. - @Monday, September 7, 2015 10:55 AM

opwave79
Hitchcock trolls moviegoers! - @Saturday, August 22, 2015 12:46 AM

The Conqueror of Worlds
Still my favorite film by the master himself. - @Monday, May 25, 2015 10:29 PM

Thomas Henry
As he went on, and on, and on, describing mans relationship with birds I kinda didnt want to watch the trailer anymore, everything he described was so disturbing and horrific, yet I couldnt stop. Saw the movie by the way, it was horrifying. - @Friday, February 20, 2015 3:25 PM

gaurdianAQ
Alfred Hitchcock was certainly an interesting guy, I read behind the scenes he was anything from a troll/innocent prankster to being sadistically cruel with some of them... The more I read about him the more I feel I should watch his movies... - @Monday, January 12, 2015 4:33 AM

Anni Pfan
Oh this great sense of humour, I just love it. - @Saturday, December 13, 2014 12:21 AM

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