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45th
Anniversary Screening!
35mm print!
Alfred Hitchcock’s
THE
BIRDS
(US,
PG-13, 1963, 119 min)
This is one of
Hitchcock's most enigmatic and fascinating masterpieces,
a true puzzle without an answer. Spoiled socialite and
notorious
practical joker Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) is shopping in a San
Francisco pet store when she meets Mitch Brenner. Mitch is
looking to buy a pair of lovebirds for his young sister's birthday; he
recognizes Melanie but jokingly pretends to mistake her for an
assistant. Piqued, she decides on a whim to follow Mitch as
he
travels up the coast to his Bodega Bay hometown for the
weekend.
But at the same time as she arrives in the town, gulls, crows, and
every manner of species begin attacking humans for no good reason.
Ultimately, a handful of survivors besiege themselves in a farmhouse
against the terrifying onslaught. Essentially employing
thousands
of trained birds, Hitchcock was able to create the illusion of them
attacking the quiet community of Bodega Bay. The result was a
box-office smash and his last truly classic film.
Viewer’s
Guide: Violence and suspense.
SCREENINGS - Saturday at 1:05 p.m. & Sunday at 7:25 p.m.
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