The Birds (story) The Birds (story) "The Birds" is a horror story by British writer Daphne du Maurier, first published in her 1952 collection "The Apple Tree". It is the story of a farmhand, his family, and his community that are attacked by flocks of birds and seabirds in "kamikaze" fashion. The story is set in du Maurier's native Cornwall shortly after the end of the Second World War. By the end of the story it becomes clear that all of Britain is under aerial assault. The story was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's film "The Birds", released in 1963, the same year
The Yellow Birds (film) 47% based on 34 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 5.4/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""The Yellow Birds" has a strong cast and a worthy message, but they're both lost in this war drama's rote, clichéd story." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". The Yellow Birds (film) The Yellow Birds is a 2017 American war film directed by Alexandre Moors and based on the novel "The Yellow Birds" by Kevin Powers. The film stars Tye Sheridan, Alden Ehrenreich, Toni Collette, Jason