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For the Birds - a Tribute To Alfred Hitchcock

Children in the schoolhouse Chant a structured, uneasy song “Risseldy-rosseldy Mow-mow-mow" Monkey Bars behind a bench... She nervously lights a cigarette Something is about to happen A single crow lands. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydLJtKlVVZw

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/16/2015 6:28:00 PM

Oooooh, ME LIKES!!!!

Tim Ryerson
Date: 11/16/2015 6:43:00 PM

Being a movie lover, I'm sure you've seen it?

Carrie Richards

Date: 11/10/2015 3:48:00 PM

Just watched this again, for the umpteenth time !!! I never tire of Hitchcock films......I have seen each one more times than I can count !! Love what you've done with that scene! (oh.....poor Suzanne Pleshette....not a nice way to treat a schoolteacher !!)...But at least she'll reincarnate to wake up in bed with Bob Newhart !! LOL !!

Carol Eastman

Date: 11/4/2015 11:40:00 AM

The kids now a days would love this movie if they'd only watch it... A hard thing to get them to do... to begin with it.

Monterey Sirak

Date: 10/27/2015 7:47:00 AM

This is fantastic! I absolutely love that movie, one of my favorites. I still can't see more than three or four birds sitting on a wire together without thinking of it.

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 10/25/2015 2:10:00 AM

I loved that movie. It was one of his best. You capture that moment before the onslaught so well Tim. Good luck in the contest.

Donna Jones

Date: 10/24/2015 10:00:00 PM

Hey you..hello! I watch this movie evey few years..awesome ..well done

Kp Nunez

Date: 10/24/2015 4:14:00 PM

Not a fan of the genre, but this is eerie and I can feel the suspense. Well-written, Tim. Hope you're keeping well. hugs!