The Birds (1963) - Universal (Blu-ray, 2012)
The Birds (1963)
Important Note
- See below for details of the audio and subtitle languages included in the various regional releases of this disc.
Product Links
This film is released as part of the following Blu-ray box sets:
- Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection - Universal (Blu-ray, USA, 2012)
- Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection - Universal (Blu-ray, UK, 2012)
- Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection - Universal (Blu-ray, Germany, 2012)
Overview
- The Birds (1963)
Blu-ray Information
- released by Universal in 2012
- region encoding: Blu-ray region free
- format: 1 dual-layered Blu-ray disc
- main transfer: 1080P colour
- database ID: 5707
Blu-ray Contents
- 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
Extras
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
- Production photographs
- length: 14 minutes (00:14:10)
- 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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Comments and Notes
Reviews
- DVD Beaver
- Blu-ray.com - video quality 6 out of 10
- Home Theater Forum - video quality 9 out of 10
Links
Relevant Message Board Topics
- Hitchcock Wiki Forums - Universal Blu-ray set
- Criterion Forum - Hitchcock on Universal DVD and Blu-ray
- Home Theater Fourm - USHE Announcement: Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection (Blu-ray)
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- Released by Universal
- Released in 2012
- Blu-ray region free
- Blu-ray releases
- English language audio
- French language audio
- Spanish language audio
- English subtitles
- French subtitles
- Spanish subtitles
- Italian language audio
- German language audio
- Japanese language audio
- Italian subtitles
- German subtitles
- Dutch subtitles
- Danish subtitles
- Finnish subtitles
- Icelandic subtitles
- Norwegian subtitles
- Portuguese subtitles
- Swedish subtitles
- Chinese subtitles
- Japanese subtitles
- Korean subtitles