The Birds (1963)

Important Note

See below for details of the audio and subtitle languages included in the various regional releases of this disc.

This film is released as part of the following Blu-ray box sets:

The Birds (1963) -- US release
- length: 120 minutes (02:00:18)
- video: 1080P (AVC High@L4.1, 23.976fps)
- audio: English mono (DTS-HD 2.0, 24bit, 48kHz, 1785kbps)
- audio: French mono (DTS 2.0, 24bit, 48kHz, 448kbps)
- audio: Spanish mono (DTS 2.0, 24bit, 48kHz, 448kbps)
- subtitles: English, French & Spanish
- ratio: 1.85:1 (1920x1038 pixels)
- bitrate: approx 29Mbps

The Birds (1963) -- UK & European release
- length: 120 minutes (01:59:30)
- video: 1080P (AVC High@L4.1, 23.976fps, 25.8GB)
- audio: English mono (DTS-HD 2.0, 24bit, 48kHz, 1785kbps)
- audio: French mono (DTS 2.0, 24bit, 48kHz, 448kbps)
- audio: Spanish mono (DTS 2.0, 24bit, 48kHz, 448kbps)
- audio: Italian mono (DTS 2.0, 24bit, 48kHz, 448kbps)
- audio: German mono (DTS 2.0, 24bit, 48kHz, 448kbps)
- audio: Japanese mono (DTS 2.0, 24bit, 48kHz, 448kbps)
- subtitles: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Chinese, Japanese & Korean
- ratio: 1.85:1 (1920x1038 pixels)
- bitrate: approx 31Mbps

Subtitle languages for extras mostly mirror those available for the main film.

The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie - new featurette
- length: 14 minutes (00:14:23)
- video: 1080P (AVC High@L4.1, 23.976fps, 1.9GB)
- audio: English stereo (DD 2.0, AC3, 192kbps)
- subtitles: various
- ratio: 1.85:1

All About The Birds - documentary
- length: 80 minutes (01:19:49)
- video: 480I NTSC (AVC Main@L3.2, 29.970fps, 3GB)
- audio: English mono (DD 2.0, AC3, 192kbps)
- subtitles: various
- ratio: 1.33:1

Tippi Hedren's screen test
- length: 10 minutes (00:09:57)
- video: 480I NTSC (AVC Main@L3.2, 29.970fps)
- audio: English mono (DD 2.0, AC3, 192kbps)
- subtitles: various
- ratio: 1.33:1

Deleted scene - script and production photographs
- length: 4 minutes (00:04:20)
- video: 480I NTSC (AVC Main@L3.2, 29.970fps)
- audio: none
- subtitles: none
- ratio: 1.33:1

The original ending - script and storyboard shots
- length: 4 minutes (00:03:40)
- video: 480I NTSC (AVC Main@L3.2, 29.970fps)
- audio: none
- subtitles: none
- ratio: 1.33:1

Storyboard sequence
- length: 24 minutes (00:24:21)
- video: 480I NTSC (AVC Main@L3.2, 29.970fps)
- audio: none
- subtitles: none
- ratio: 1.33:1

Hitchcock-Truffaut Audio Interview Excerpts
- length: 14 minutes (00:13:58)
- audio: English mono (DD 2.0, AC3, 192kbps)
- subtitles: none

Theatrical trailer
- length: 5 minutes (00:05:11)
- video: 480I NTSC (AVC Main@L3.2, 29.970fps)
- audio: English mono (DD 2.0, AC3, 192kbps)
- subtitles: various
- ratio: 1.33:1 (letterboxed)

Universal International Newsreel - "The Birds is Coming"
- length: 1 minute (00:01:17)
- video: 480I NTSC (AVC Main@L3.2, 29.970fps)
- audio: English mono (DD 2.0, AC3, 192kbps)
- subtitles: various
- ratio: 1.33:1

Universal International Newsreel - "Suspense Story"
- length: 2 minutes (00:01:54)
- video: 480I NTSC (AVC Main@L3.2, 29.970fps)
- audio: English mono (DD 2.0, AC3, 192kbps)
- subtitles: various
- ratio: 1.33:1

100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics - new featurette
- length: 9 minutes (00:09:13)
- video: 1080P (AVC High@L4.1, 23.976fps)
- audio: English stereo (DD 2.0, AC3, 192kbps)
- subtitles: various
- ratio: 1.85:1

100 Years of Universal: The Lot - new featurette
- length: 9 minutes (00:09:25)
- video: 1080P (AVC High@L4.1, 23.976fps)
- audio: English stereo (DD 2.0, AC3, 256kbps)
- subtitles: various
- ratio: 1.85:1

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