The Birds (film) The Birds (film) The Birds is a 1963 American horror-thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on the 1952 story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. It focuses on a series of sudden, unexplained violent bird attacks on the people of Bodega Bay, California over the course of a few days. The film stars Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren (in her screen debut), supported by Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright. The screenplay is by Evan Hunter, who was told by Hitchcock to develop new characters and a more elaborate plot while keeping du
Based on a True Story (The Starting Line album) label pushed the band to write singles, however, the group "fought to the death" to write the record they wanted rather than "Say It Like You Mean It," Part 2. According to Vasoli, most of the themes on "Based on a True Story" stem from having the songs but being frustrated by having to wait to get into the studio to record them. He thought the band had "definitely got more comfortable" with the songwriting process. Vasoli claimed the band expanded their musicality with "Based on a True Story". "Inspired by the $" came about when Vasoli attempted to write