TY - BOOK TI - The Birds SN - 0-7832-4023-6 PY - 1963///, 2000 CY - Universal City, Calif PB - Universal Studios KW - Adaptation KW - Feature KW - Horror N1 - 1 DVD (2 hours). MPAA rating: PG-13. Starring Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren. Based on Daphne DuMaurier's classic suspense story N2 - A plague of birds almost ruins a peaceful Northern California community and threatens the life of its inhabitants, including a wealthy playgirl, a young lawyer, his possessive mother, and his eleven-year-old sister ER -