| Description |
4 videodiscs : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
Part of a 15 disc set. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Contents |
The birds -- Marnie -- Torn curtain -- Topaz. |
| Performer |
The birds: Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette. Marnie: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, diane Baker, Martin Gabel. Torn curtain: Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, Hansjoerg Felmy, Tamara Toumanova, Ludwig Donath, David Opatoshu. Topaz: Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, John Vernon, Karin Dor, Michel Piccoli, John Forsythe. |
| Credits |
The birds (1963): screenplay by Evan Hunter, based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier. Marnie (1964): screenplay by Jay Presson Allen, from the novel by Winston Graham. Torn curtain (1966): screenplay written by Brian Moore, music by John Addison. Topaz (1969): screenplay by Samuel Taylor, music by Maurice Jarre. |
| Summary |
The birds : Melanie Daniels is a beautiful blonde who arrives in Bodega Bay in pursuit of the handsome and eligible Mitch Brenner. But love is not the only thing in the air when thousands of birds descend upon the town, attacking and terrorizing its residents. Soon Melanie and Mitch are fighting for their lives against a deadly, unexplainable force in this spine-tingling portrait of nature at its most powerful and ruthless. |
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Marnie : Marnie is a complusive thief who attempts to rob her boss, Mark Rutland but instead ends up marrying him. Her obsessive behavior continues, but when she is pushed to the edge after a terrible accident, Marnie's groom urges her to confront the past in the shattering conclusion of this psychological thriller. |
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Torn curtain : An edge-of-your-seat Cold War thriller set behind the Iron Curtain. Michael Armstrong is a renowned scientist attending an international physics conference in Copenhagen with Sarah Sherman, his fiancee/assistant. The heart-pounding action begins when Sarah picks up a message intended for Michael and discovers that he is defecting to East Germany ... or is he? |
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Topaz : The best-selling spy novel bursts onto the screen in this riveting story of adventure and international intrigue. An American CIA agent hires a French operative to travel to Cuba and intestigate rumors of Russian missiles and Topaz, a NATO spy. The inquiry soon spins into a life-threatening escapade of espionage, betrayal and murder. |
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Birds -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Thieves -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Cold War -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Spies -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.
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Hedren, Tippi.
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Taylor, Rod, 1930-
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Connery, Sean.
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Newman, Paul, 1925-2008.
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Andrews, Julie.
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Forsythe, John, 1918-2010.
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Stafford, Frederick, 1928-1979.
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| Added Title |
Birds (Motion picture)
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Marnie (Motion picture)
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Torn curtain (Motion picture)
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Topaz (Motion picture : 1969)
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| ISBN |
1417059168 (set) |
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9781417059164 (set) |
| Standard No. |
025192834622 (set) |
| Music No. |
17999 Universal |
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17909 (set) Universal |
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