The film stars Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren in her screen debut. The screenplay is by Evan Hunter, who was told by Hitchcock to develop new characters and a more elaborate plot while keeping du Maurier's title and concept of unexplained bird attacks.
At the 36th Academy Awards, Ub Iwerks was nominated for Best Special Effects for his work on the film. The award, however, went to the only other nominee, Emil Kosa Jr. for book-based film Cleopatra.
The film was released in theaters on March 28th, 1963.
In 2016, The Birds was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress, and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry.
Here is The Birds' scene that inspired Jordan Peele's 2019 film US:
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