Based on a short story by daphne du maurier, hitchcock’s terrifying 1963 classic of a world in which birds attack humans stars rod taylor, tippi hedren and suzanne pleshette.   spoiled socialite melanie daniels pursues lawyer mitch brenner to his bodega bay home after they meet in a bird shop. Melanie sails across the bay to deliver the gift of a lovebird to mitch's young sister, only to be attacked by a gull on her way back. Soon random attacks on humans are taking place all over bodega, as birds of all varieties mass in their thousands overhead. Director alfred hitchcock's classic is not for those easily perturbed by our feathered friends. Running time 119 minutes region region 2 subtitles english german dutch swedish norwegian danish finnish release date 17 oct. 2005