What is The Birds (movie)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox movie |name = The Birds |image = The Birds original poster.jpg |caption = Theatrical release poster |director = [[Alfred Hitchcock]] |producer = Alfred Hitchcock | based_on = Story ''[[The Birds (story)|The Birds]]'' by<br/>[[Daphne du Maurier]] |screenplay = [[Evan Hunter]] |starring = [[Rod Taylor]]<br/>[[Jessica Tandy]]<br/>[[Suzanne Pleshette]]<br>[[Tippi Hedren]] |music = [[Oskar Sala]]<br/>Remi Gassmann<br/>[[Bernard Herrmann]] |cinematography= [[Robert Burks]], ASC |editing = [[George Tomasini]] |distributor = [[Universal Pictures]] |released = {{Film date|1963|3|28|mf=y}} |runtime = 119 [[minute]]s |country = [[United States]] | language = English |budget = [[United States dollar|$]]3.5 [[million]] |gross = $11,403,529 }} '''''The Birds''''' is a 1963 [[United States|American]] [[horror movie]]. It was [[movie director|directed]] by [[Alfred Hitchcock]]. It is set in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. The movie stars [[Rod Taylor]] and [[Tippi Hedren]]. It was Tippi Hedren's first movie. It also stars [[Jessica Tandy]], [[Suzanne Pleshette]] and [[Veronica Cartwright]]. The movie is part of the [[National Film Registry]], because it is culturally significant. == Plot == The story is about bird attacks. Melanie Daniels is a city woman. She meets Mitch Brenner at a pet store. She pretends to work at the store. She drives to [[Bodega Bay]] to give love birds to his daughter. She first goes to the center of town. She meets the school teacher Annie Hayworth. She takes a boat to cross the lake. She drops off the birds and goes back in the boat. Mitch follows by car. A seagull attacks Melanie on the boat. Mitch helps her out of the boat. Mitch bandages her cut in the restaurant. Later Mitch invites Melanie to the birthday party of Cathy. There, birds attack the children. Lydia's chickens have not been eating. So she goes to the neighbor. She finds his dead body. His eyes have been removed. Dea