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Alfred Hitchcock Returns for Remake of ‘The Birds’!

October 8, 2022 | 6:31 PM
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Remember how you hid your eyes? Photograph by Boysenberry45.

By Boysenberry45

What a surprise to find Alfred Hitchcock setting up a shot for the remake of his infamous horror-thriller movie, The Birds, at the corner of 96th and Broadway early one morning this past week!

First of all, the mainstream media claimed quite convincingly in April 1980 that Sir Alfred had passed away. Yet there he was with a cup of coffee in hand, watching a flock of trained pigeons rehearse a scene, looking surprisingly full of vim and vigor at the ripe old age of 123.

Also, the original 1963 movie, based on a short story by Daphne du Maurier, was set in Bodega Bay, California, so the urban setting on the East Coast for the remake was quite a change.

The competition for the lead role of socialite Melanie Daniels played by Tippi Hedren was fierce, but ultimately Scarlett Johansson plucked the role out of the clutches of both Kristen Wiig and Greta Gerwig.

The Mayor’s Office for Film and TV reluctantly granted a film permit for the shoot at the notoriously busy intersection, being careful to reassure New Yorkers that the scary birds in the movie were trained, professional birds and that birdwatching is a very safe pastime. Filming is expected to continue throughout October. The movie’s release is expected during Fall Migration 2023.

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susan
susan
3 months ago

Bravo Boysenberry! Well Done! It’s high time the Rag took notice of this scene.
Susan

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Penny
Penny
3 months ago

The Birds should pluck out the eyes of whatever stupid Hollywood producer decided to remake this film.

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chris
chris
3 months ago

And Trump won the 2020 Election??

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Aaron
Aaron
3 months ago

A New York remake really should be called “Da Boids.”

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Carol Bisig
Carol Bisig
3 months ago

I cannot believe someone has the audacity to attempt a remake of a great, classic Hitchcock movie! Hitchcock? Please, Scarlett Johansson as Melanie Daniels? With all of the great Mysteries , or Thrillers just waiting for a talented screen writer and a Director with vision that could be made, why waste time, money, and resources on perfection? Think of the cast, Jessica Tandy, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette, Veronica Cartwright, Ethel Griffies, Ruth McDermott, the character actors in this movie are better than our so called stars of today! Pick out a Kaira Rouda book, or CS Harris, and make a new classic, choosing British actors who care more about their craft than money.

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LAWRENCE BRAVERMAN
LAWRENCE BRAVERMAN
3 months ago
Reply to  Carol Bisig

Carol Bisig-

So wait Carol; your tail feathers are all aflutter over the casting of this purported remake, but Hitchcock returning from the dead… “The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller returns.”

elicits crickets?

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Susan T
Susan T
3 months ago

“The Birds” is one of the best classic movies ever…and while a remake is a sort-of homage to this great film, sometimes it is best to leave things “as is” and forego any attempts to remake, reimagine or redo the original.

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Weird that Way
Weird that Way
3 months ago

You’re jerkin’ our chains, right?

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Jean
Jean
3 months ago

They already remade PSYCHO with the same exact dialogue and same exact music. Why bother?

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Dagwood
Dagwood
3 months ago
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I agree…remakes have little if anything to do with art and are generally an attempt to cash in on a new generations film ignorance and make a quick buck! The only thing done differently in the psycho remake was Norman playing his slide trombone while peeking at Miss Daniels through the peephole in his office! It was pretty pathetic….just as the 90’s remake of The Haunting was an abysmal failure! Sometimes they work and sometimes not…like Here Comes Me. Jordan, remade as Heaven Can Wait did reasonably well,, but how many people can name the more recent remake of that film?
So is this for real or is it as Weird That Way queried just someone yanking our chains?
April 1st is a ways off yet, but let’s hope for our sake and for Me. Hitchcocks …that our chains are getting jerked!!!

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Josie
Josie
3 months ago

I saw “tons” of birds at that same location on Sept. 8. I thought it was a natural thing, not a film shoot.
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Honeybunch99
Honeybunch99
3 months ago

Why can’t Hollywood leave Classics movies alone!

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LAWRENCE BRAVERMAN
LAWRENCE BRAVERMAN
3 months ago

Wait! Every comment here took the remake of this movie as a given… but it’s a joke, right? Anyway, that’s how I took especially after reading the sub-head, next to the date:

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Aaron
Aaron
3 months ago
Reply to  LAWRENCE BRAVERMAN

Almost every comment.

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West Side Rag
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West Side Rag
3 months ago
Reply to  LAWRENCE BRAVERMAN

You are correct of course

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