On the night the Blackhawks lay a huge egg vs. the Canucks at United Center in Game 1 of the NHL Western Conference Semifinals, many Chicagoans actually tuned into a special edition of "Svengoolie" on WCIU 26 The U. Chicago's legendary horror movie host featured a gem from the "Master of Suspense", the late, great Alfred Hitchcock, 1963's masterpiece "The Birds".

While this digitally remastered movie classic starring Rod Taylor & Tippi Hedren won its time slot last Saturday night, "U" are in luck if "U" missed out on seeing one of Hitchcock's signature films. "Sven" will feature a rebroadcast of "The Birds" at his regular time, Saturday, May 15th at 9p, presented in crystal clear HD where available. If "U" missed it the first time, "U" better not miss it again. Sorry, folks, I can't help myself. According to the film's distributor, now known as NBC Universal, this classic Hitchcock movie will NOT be broadcast anywhere for at least 3 years after "Svengoolie" replays "The Birds" May 15th.

Caught a bit of it while at Balmoral on Saturday while flipping through channels between races. It had alot of birds in it.

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You can't say any Hitchcock films are bad, but for me this ranks way below "Vertigo" "North By Northwest" and "Rear Window".

I remember as a yout being scared by the birds everywhere, the school, the town, but the ending is very confusing and leaves a lot of unresolved issues. Why are the birds doing this? How did it start? What will stop it? Never really answered.

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Some people will tell you thats the genius of it.

I agreee with you. Im all for an open ending but jeez gimme something