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unit 9:

Discussion:

"The Birds" has many critics. Now it's your chance! Choose a position on the effectiveness of the film and illustrate it with at least two scenes from the movie.

The story started off, and remained slow throughout the film. The main drama was the birds attacking, but there was so substance to go along with it. You can see Tippi Hedren's beauty, but her acting abilities and grace on the screen are nothing compared to the other 'Hitchcock Blondes'.

Quiz:

1)French filmmaker Francois Truffaut conducted a famous 50-hour interview with Hitchcock in 1962 that was turned into a book.

 

1.            TRUE

 

2.            FALSE

 

2.            Though for "Psycho" he was nominated for both, Hitchcock didn't win the Best Director award from his peers at the Directors Guild of America or the Oscar at the Academy Awards.

 

1.            TRUE

 

2.            FALSE

 

3.            Lew Wasserman worked with Hitchcock to sell the rights to his films, including Psycho, to MCA-Universal in exchange for stock in the company, making Hitchcock millions of dollars and the third largest shareholder in the company.

 

1.

 

2.            FALSE

 

4.            "Tippi" Hedren was famously discovered by Hitchcock when she appeared in a TV commercial.

 

1.

 

2.            FALSE

 

5.            Hitchcock had "Tippi" Hedren followed by Universal Studios security as part of his obsession with her.

 

1.

 

2.            FALSE

 

6.            In "The Birds", the first on-screen bird attack is when Melanie ("Tippi" Hedren) pilots a boat through Bodega Bay.

 

1.

 

2.            FALSE

 

7.            "Tippi" Hedren thought that mechanical birds would exclusively be used in "The Birds" for the attack scenes but was sadly mistaken.

 

1.

 

2.            FALSE

 

8.            In "Marnie", "Tippi" Hedren stars at the lead character, a kleptomaniac with several emotional and sexual issues, which her husband Mark, played by Sean Connery, attempts to fix.

 

1.

 

2.            FALSE

 

9.            "The Birds" was considered a failure at the box office upon its' release.

 

1.            TRUE

 

2.            FALSE

 

10.          The famous shower murder scene in "Psycho" took seven days to film, even though it is less than four minutes of screen time.

 

1.            TRUE

 

2.            FALSE

 

 

 

11           "The Birds" final shot following Tippi and Rod Taylor driving out of Bodega Bay where all the birds are watching them was, as he said, one of the hardest shots that Hitchcock had ever done.

1              TRUE

2              FALSE

12           "Tippi" Hedren thought that mechanical birds would exclusively be used in "The Birds" for the attack scenes but was sadly mistaken.

1              TRUE

2              FALSE

13           In "The Birds", the first on-screen bird attack is when Melanie ("Tippi" Hedren) pilots a boat through Bodega Bay.

1              TRUE

2              FALSE

14           In "The Birds," Melanie ("Tippi" Hedren) reveals to Mitch (Rod Taylor) that her mother abandoned her - unlike Mitch's mother Lydia, who is a large part of his life.

1              TRUE

2              FALSE

 

15           French filmmaker Francois Truffaut conducted a famous 50-hour interview with Hitchcock in 1962 that was turned into a book.

1              TRUE

2              FALSE

16           To accommodate a major scene in "The Birds", and even though it sounds a little ridculous, Hitchcock had a huge cage constructed around the house set so that the real birds couldn't fly off.

1              TRUE

2              FALSE

17           Bernard Herrmann was not involved in the final soundtrack of "The Birds," shocking a lot of people after his amazing score on "Psycho."

1              TRUE

2              FALSE

18           Lew Wasserman worked with Hitchcock to sell the rights to his films, including Psycho, to MCA-Universal in exchange for stock in the company, making Hitchcock millions of dollars and the third largest shareholder in the company.

1              TRUE

2              FALSE

19           Hitchcock boasted that actress "Tippi" Hedren was completely under his control during filming of "Marnie", making her yet another of the "Hitchcock Blondes."

1              TRUE

2              FALSE

20           The famous shower murder scene in "Psycho" took seven days to film, even though it is less than four minutes of screen time.

1              TRUE

2              FALSE