The Bird
date:Tuesday, October 7, 2008 time:7:30 PM venue:Cinestudio address:300 Summit Street Hartford, CT 06106 View map from:Cinestudio
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay by Evan Hunter, based on the novel by Daphne Du Maurier. Cinematographer: Robert Burks. Sound design by Bernard Herrmann. Cast: Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette.
Fans of the exquisite suspense of Alfred Hitchcock get their wish: the opportunity to see both The Birds and Psycho this fall, on the giant single screen at Cinestudio! It is a tribute to the genre-defying genius of Alfred Hitchcock that a flock of birds landing on a jungle gym can no longer be seen without a frisson of fear. Then-newcomer Tippi Hedren plays a spoiled blonde socialite who meets a handsome lawyer (Rod Taylor) in a pet shop, and then impulsively decides to bring a pair of lovebirds to the small town of Bodega Bay, where he stays with his sickly mother (Jessica Tandy) and young sister. But inexplicably, birds large and small start to unleash their fury at the town - and everyone in it... 119 min.
