Metro Cinema Society: The Birds

The Birds

New 35mm print!

USA 1963, 120 min, 35mm, Dir: Alfred Hitchcock

...Alfred Hitchcock’s legendary doomsday fantasia is cinema’s greatest disaster movie, and one of the director’s finest works. Tippi Hedren, in her screen debut, plays Melanie, a smitten San Francisco socialite who pursues bachelor lawyer Mitch (Rod Taylor) back to his sleepy hometown of Bodega Bay - a pretty enough place, really, until our fine feathered friends start taking major ornithological offence at humankind. Based on a short story by Daphne du Maurier, The Birds was Hitchcock’s most elaborate technical undertaking; showcasing some 371 trick shots, the talents of renowned Disney animator Ub Iwerks, and an innovative electronic soundtrack, the movie is a tour de- force of special effects technology. (Jim Sinclair, Pacific Cinematheque).

Staff Meal will cater special concession items for the screening on Sept 16 @ 7PM

Staff Meal is a group of local chefs interested in promoting Edmonton’s local food scene as well as local farmers and producers by hosting unique events for people who really love food. At the heart of what they do is the belief of celebrating the communal act of eating together within our communities.