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 could be said that the plot of The Birds is ridiculous, and it is. The idea of birds, a type of animal that isn't aggressive, attacking humans despite living with us for millions of years is preposterous and is never likely to happen. However; it is here where the film's horror potency lies. Birds live with us in harmony; we're so used to them that for the most part we don't even realise that they're there, and the idea of something that we don't notice suddenly becoming malicious is truly terrifying. Especially when that something is unstoppable, as the birds are portrayed as being in this film. The fact that the birds' motive is never really explained only serves in making it more terrifying, as it would appear that somewhere along the line they've just decided to attack. Of course, the film could be interpreted as having Melanie's arrival, or the presence of the lovebirds as the cause for it all; but we don't really know. This bounds the film in reality as if there was a reason given, it might be improbable; but there's no true reason given (although there are several theories), so it can't be improbable!
The first forty minutes of the film feature hardly any - if any - horror at all. Hitchcock spends this part of the movie developing the characters and installing their situation in the viewers' minds, so that when the horror does finally come along, it has a definite potency that it would not have had otherwise. In fact, at first the birds themselves come across as a co-star in their own movie as there are brief references towards them, but they never get their full dues. However, once the horror does start, it comes thick and fast. Hitchcock, the master craftsman as always, uses his famous montage effects and never really shows you anything; but because you're being bombarded with so many different shots, you'd never realise it. Many people have tried to copy this technique, but most have failed. Hitchcock, however, has it down to an art and this is maybe the film that shows off that talent the best. There are numerous moments of suspense as well, many of which are truly nail biting. We see the birds amassing and ready to strike - but they don't. And this is much more frightening than showing an attack from the off. Hitchcock knows this. The final thirty minutes of The Birds is perhaps the most thrilling of his entire oeuvre. First, Hitchcock gives us an intriguing situation where numerous inhabitants of the town give their views on the events, and also explains the birds' situation with humans, even giving the audience an angle of expertise from an ornithologist's point of view. He then follows it up with a truly breathtaking sequence of horror that hasn't been matched since for relentless shock value.
Hitchcock has made many great films, and this certainly stands up as one of them. Here, Hitchcock gives a lesson in film directing and creates a truly macabre piece of work in the process. I dread to think what the state of cinema would have been if Hitchcock had never picked up a camera, but luckily for us; he most certainly did.
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- 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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- Budget
- 2.500.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 54.531 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 59 minuti
- Proporzioni
- 1.85 : 1