Spoilt socialite and notorious practical joker Melanie Daniels is shopping in a San Francisco pet store when she meets Mitch Brenner. Mitch is looking to buy a pair of love birds for his young sister's birthday; he recognises Melanie but pretends to mistake her for an assistant. She decides to get her own back by buying the birds and driving up to the quiet coastal town of Bodega Bay, where Mitch spends his weekends with his sister and mother. Shortly after she arrives, Melanie is attacked by a gull, but this is just the start of a series of attacks by an increasing number of birds.
AMAZON.COM REVIEWS FOR THE BIRDS (1963):
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- Academy Awards, USA
1964
Nominated
Oscar
Best Effects, Special Visual Effects
Ub Iwerks
- DVD Exclusive Awards
2001
Won
Video Premiere Award
Best DVD Original Retrospective Documentary/Featurette
Laurent Bouzereau
For All About 'The Birds' (2000) (V).For the Collector's Edition.
Nominated
Video Premiere Award
Best DVD Overall Original Supplemental Material
Laurent Bouzereau (writer/director/producer)
Colleen A. Benn (executive in charge of production)
For the Collector's Edition.
- Edgar Allan Poe Awards
1964
Nominated
Edgar
Best Motion Picture
Evan Hunter
- Golden Globes, USA
1964
Won
Golden Globe
Most Promising Newcomer - Female
Tippi Hedren
Together with Ursula Andress for Dr. No (1962) and Elke Sommer for The Prize (1963).
- Satellite Awards
2005
Nominated
Satellite Award
Outstanding Classic DVD
For Alfred Hitchcock - The Masterpiece Collection.Also for Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Rope (1948), Rear Window (1954), _Trouble With Harry, The (1955)_ , The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Vertigo (1958), Psycho (1960), Saboteur (1942), Marnie (1964), Torn Curtain (1966), Topaz (1969), Frenzy (1972) and Family Plot (1976).