Cinematic background from The Birds 1963 - Chic socialite Melanie Daniels enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the bird population runs amok. Suddenly, the townsfolk face a massive avian onslaught, with the feathered fiends inexplicably attacking people all over Bodega Bay.
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – Two men are walking down the street in front of a gas station; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman sitting on top of a wooden fence; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman holding a bird in a cage; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A person wearing a black jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – An old car parked in front of a post office; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman wearing a fur coat standing in front of a body of water; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – An old time gas station with cars parked on the side of the road; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman sitting next to a young girl in front of a piano; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman with blonde hair wearing a fur coat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman in a fur coat is on a boat; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A person wearing a fur coat; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A painting of a man and a woman standing on a hill; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A person wearing a fur coat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A man and a woman standing in front of a bird in a birdcage; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman with blonde hair and blue eye shadow; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman sitting in a chair with a cigarette in her mouth; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman getting her hair combed by a stylist; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman smoking a cigarette while sitting on a bench; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A car that is on fire with birds flying around it; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman driving a car on a road; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A person wearing a fur coat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A person wearing a green jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman in a green jacket looking up at the sky; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman sitting in a chair with a cigarette in her mouth; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman holding a pencil in her hand while standing in front of a cage; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman in a fur coat leaning on a metal object; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – An older woman wearing a green jacket and a gold necklace; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – An oil painting of a harbor with a lot of cars parked in it; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A person touching her hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman sitting in a chair with a cigarette in her mouth; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman with blonde hair wearing a black jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A road with a mountain in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman talking on a phone while sitting in a chair; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A painting of a woman in fur standing in front of a body of water; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – An older woman with blonde hair and a green jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – An old car driving down a street past a building; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman with blonde hair wearing a fur coat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – An old fire truck in front of a burning building; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman with blonde hair wearing a green jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman standing in front of a store with people in the background; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman sitting in a chair holding a drink; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A beautiful woman with blue eye shadow and red lipstick; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A car parked in front of a flock of birds; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A group of people sitting at tables in a restaurant; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A man and a woman are looking at the camera; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – Two women are smoking cigarettes in front of each other; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman in a fur coat smiling for the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – An old time gas station with an old car parked in front of it; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman with blonde hair and a green sweater; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A man sitting at a bar with a drink in his hand; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – An older woman walking up a set of stairs; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman is crossing the street on a busy street; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman in a green coat and a man in a suit; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – An older man wearing glasses and a brown apron; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman leaning on a post in front of a house; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman wearing a fur coat sitting on a boat; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – Two people running down a dirt road near a church; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – An older woman holding a young girl's head while a young man holds her hand over her head; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman driving a car in front of a building; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A man and a woman are talking in the back of a car; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman with blood all over her face drinking a glass of wine; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A car driving down a road near a church; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman with blonde hair and blue eye shadow; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman sitting on a couch with a young girl; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A car parked in the middle of the night; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman sitting on the back of a boat in the water; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman standing in front of a counter in a room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A group of people looking out of a window; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A young girl with blue eyes is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – An aerial view of a town with a fire in the middle of the street; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A man and a woman walking down a street; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A flock of birds sitting on top of a tree; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A group of people standing on the side of a road; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman with blonde hair is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – An old car is on fire in a parking lot; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – An old fashioned gas station with cars parked in front of it; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Birds” (1963), directed by Alfred Hitchcock – A woman in a green jacket looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle