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

Alfred Hitchcock as Himself (archive footage)

Veronica Cartwright as Herself

Peter Bogdanovich as Himself

Tippi Hedren as Herself

Rod Taylor as Himself

Pat Hitchcock as Herself

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 85 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 96 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' (25 years)

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