182 Birds, The (1963)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
182 Birds, The (1963)
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): at the start of the film walking two dogs
past the pet shop (the dogs were actually his own).
- Hitchcock tried to hire 'Joseph Stefano' (qv) (writer of
"Psycho (1960)" (qv)) to write the script, but he wasn't interested in the
story. The final screenplay (from a 'Daphne Du Maurier' (qv) story) was
written by 'Evan Hunter' (qv), best known to detective story fans under his
pen name 'Ed McBain' (qv).
- Hitchcock spotted 'Tippi Hedren' (qv) in a diet drink commercial.
- The scene where Hedren is ravaged by birds near the end of the movie
took a week to shoot. The birds were attached to her clothes by long
nylon threads so they could not get away.
- The film does not finish with the usual ``THE END'' title because Hitchcock
wanted to give the impression of unending terror.
- An intended final shot with the Golden Gate bridge covered in birds was
not filmed because of cost.
- The poster for the movie said: ``THE BIRDS IS COMING!'' irritating English
teachers nationwide.
- Hedren's daughter 'Melanie Griffith' (qv) claims she was given a present
by Hitchcock during the filming. It was a doll of her mother in a coffin,
which Hitchcock intended as a joke.
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