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.
