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It is the apocalyptic story of a northern California coastal town filled with an onslaught of seemingly unexplained, arbitrary and chaotic attacks of ordinary birds - not birds of prey. Ungrammatical advertising campaigns emphasized: "The Birds Is Coming. Novelist Evan Hunter based his screenplay upon the collection of short stories of the same name by Daphne du Maurier - Hitchcock's third major film based on the author's works after Jamaica Inn and Rebecca In du Maurier's story, the birds were attacking in the English countryside, rather than in a small town north of San Francisco. The film's technical wizardry is extraordinary, especially in the film's closing scene a complex, trick composite shot - the special visual effects of Ub Iwerks were nominated for an Academy Award the film's sole nomination , but the Oscar was lost to Cleopatra Hundreds of birds gulls, ravens, and crows were trained for use in some of the scenes, while mechanical birds and animations were employed for others. The film's non-existent musical score is replaced by an electronic soundtrack including simulated bird cries and wing-flaps , with Hitchcock's favorite composer Bernard Herrmann serving as a sound consultant. Hitchcock introduced a 'fascinating new personality' for the film - his successor to Grace Kelly - a cool, blonde professional model named 'Tippi' Hedren, in her film debut in a leading role. Daphne Du Mauriers The BirdsDaphne Du Mauriers The Birds Video
Daphne du Maurier “The Birds” - Short Story #333Shelves: 20th-centuryshort-storiesclassicshorrorfictionanimals The Birds, Daphne du Maurier The Birds is a horror story by British writer Daphne du Maurier, first published in her collection The Apple Tree.
It is the story of a farmhand, his family, and his community that are attacked by flocks of birds and seabirds in kamikaze fashion. By the end of the story it becomes clear that all of Britain is under aerial assault. Nat Hocken, is working part-time for a farm owner when he notices a large number of birds behaving strangely along the peninsula where his family lives.
He attributes this to the sudden arrival of winter. That night, he hears a tapping on his bedroom window and encounters a bird that pecks his hand, causing him to bleed. As the night progresses he encounters more birds, especially those flocking into his children's room, but the birds leave at dawn. Nat reassures his wife that they were restless because of a sudden change Thd the weather.]
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