Una ricca donna di mondo di San Francisco segue un potenziale fidanzato fino a una piccola città del nord della California. La situazione pian piano diventa bizzarra quando volatili di tutti... Leggi tuttoUna ricca donna di mondo di San Francisco segue un potenziale fidanzato fino a una piccola città del nord della California. La situazione pian piano diventa bizzarra quando volatili di tutti i tipi cominciano d'improvviso ad attaccare le persone.Una ricca donna di mondo di San Francisco segue un potenziale fidanzato fino a una piccola città del nord della California. La situazione pian piano diventa bizzarra quando volatili di tutti i tipi cominciano d'improvviso ad attaccare le persone.
- Candidato a 1 Oscar
- 5 vittorie e 7 candidature totali
- Melanie Daniels
- (as 'Tippi' Hedren)
- Sam
- (as William Quinn)
Trama
Lo sapevi?
- QuizWhen audiences left the U.K. premiere at the Odeon, Leicester Square, London, they were greeted by the sound of screeching and flapping birds from loudspeakers hidden in the trees to scare them further.
- BlooperAfter two birds break the glass on the phone booth, it appears that the glass isn't shattered when Melanie is grabbed out of it.
- Citazioni
Mother in Diner: [to Melanie] Why are they doing this? Why are they doing this? They said when you got here the whole thing started. Who are you? What are you? Where did you come from? I think you're the cause of all of this. I think you're evil. EVIL!
- Curiosità sui creditiThere were no ending credits. And in the opening credits the title "THE BIRDS" was slowly pecked away by the passing crows.
- Versioni alternativeThe Australian theatrical version removed 25 seconds of the bloodied farmer with eyes pecked out to gain a 'Suitable Only For Adults' rating in Australia. It was later re-classified 'PG' in its uncut version.
- ConnessioniEdited into Cada ver es... (1981)
- Colonne sonoreRissle-dy, Rossle-dy
(uncredited)
("I married my wife in the month of June")
Derived from the traditional Scottish folk song "The Wee Cooper o'Fife"
Additional lyrics by Evan Hunter
Sung by the schoolchildren
It's scarier when there are no birds on screen. The tension, the silence, the uncertainty, the mystery. That's what suspense is about.
I was amazed of how carefully Hitchcock builds the suspense in this movie. You watch the birds standing there, and they do not move, they are just waiting. Even when you think they are dumb something tells you they are thinking. They are analyzing your moves.
This was possible with the aid of a top-notch screenplay, and great performances of the actors. This was probably the most difficult film for Hitchcock, specially for the technical aspects that were involved, but when you watch it, it really was worth the pain.
The main plot is well-known: Melanie Daniels(Tippi Hedren),a young girl goes to Bodega Bay looking for Mitch Brenner(Rod Taylor),a handsome man she met in San Francisco, when suddenly, the birds start attacking humans by no reason. Pretty straight forward, and by this date very outdated, but Hitchcock adds his magic and the script spices this with the very complex relationships between the characters.
The complex relationship between Mitch and his mother Lydia(played by Jessica Tandy), and the conflict that she has with Melanie is very interesting and brings back memories from Psycho. Also, Melanie's relationship with her own mother and the bond that she creates with Lydia and Mitch's 11 years old sister Cathy(Veronica Cartwright) is fascinating.
The scene when the four of them are trapped inside the house with the birds waiting outside is classic; not only is, as I wrote above, a perfect example of the use of suspense, it is an awesome study of the characters and how their relation grows. I think that this particular movie was main inspiration for George A. Romero's claustrophobic climax in his landmark film "Night of the Living Dead"(1968).
The technical aspects may be the focus of many studies, but the characters deserve to be praised, even the support cast with a few lines develop a personality of their own. The restaurant scene is Hitchcock at his best with witty dialogs that are both humorous and creepy. Very good ensemble.
Overall, this is an awesome movie, many reviewers have said it, I know. But I wanted to point that beyond the technical advances this experimental movie features, it is a perfect example of why Alfred Hitchcock is considered, "The Master of Suspense".
9/10. Classic.
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Dettagli
- Data di uscita
- Paese di origine
- Lingue
- Celebre anche come
- Los pájaros
- Luoghi delle riprese
- 835 Bay Hwy, Bodega Bay, California, Stati Uniti(The Tides Restaurant)
- Aziende produttrici
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Botteghino
- Budget
- 2.500.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 54.531 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 59 minuti
- Proporzioni
- 1.85 : 1