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The birds maurier5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() As if, is the war really over, or not? then the end, A true Hitchcock ending where he leads a person to where they thingk there is an ending, then gives it a twist to where there is no real ending. It switches here to day with the camera slowly panning to the left and New England school house with a rail fence and playground equipment which is covered with all kinds of birds chattering while the radio is telling of how the bird war is over. In the original, as Rod Taylor is begins driving Hedren to help you hear the radio stating the bird war is over. ![]() I watched the original several times in my youth and the ending burnt into my mind and made me a fan of Alfred Hitchcock. Her works include The Apple tree (1952) a collection of short stories, including ‘The Birds which inspired the Hitchcock horror film. ![]() English novelist, biographer and playwright. In the internet movie the radio announcement is even missing. Author Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, in 1930s. There were robins, finches, sparrows, blue tits, larks, and bramblings, birds that by nature’s law kept to their own flock and their own territory, and now, joining one with another in their urge for battle, had destroyed themselves against the bedroom walls or in the strife had been destroyed by him. In the VHS movie, Rod Taylor is driving Tippi Hedren to help with the radio playing stating the bird war is over in a news announcement. ![]() Most internet sites give a current movie similar to the VHS tape that was put out, which destroys the original movie and it's dramatic, gripping ending. ![]()
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