All About 'The Birds' 25 years old

A wonderfully informative 80-minute documentary combining current interviews with archival materials and scenes from the film. Hitchcock's daughter Pat, production designer Robert Boyle, screenwriter Evan Hunter, matte artist Albert Whitlock's colleagues Syd Dutton and Bill Taylor, storyboard artist Harold Michelson, Hitchcock collaborator Hilton Green, actors Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright and Rod Taylor, filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich, author Robin Wood, makeup artist Howard Smit, and composer Bernard Herrmann biographer Steven Smith all contribute valuable input to Hitchcock's memorable classic.

Credits

All About 'The Birds' Cast

Name Character
Alfred Hitchcock He was 99, 80 years old when he died as Himself (archive footage)
Veronica Cartwright She was 49, now 75 years old as Herself
Peter Bogdanovich He was 59, now 84 years old as Himself
Tippi Hedren She was 68, now 94 years old as Herself
Rod Taylor He was 68, 84 years old when he died as Himself
Pat Hitchcock She was 70, now 95 years old as Herself

All About 'The Birds' Crew

Name Department
Laurent Bouzereau as Director. He was 37 (now 62) years old Directing
All About 'The Birds' poster
All About 'The Birds' (25 years)

  • Release day: Friday, January 01, 1999
  • Runtime: 80 minutes