The Birds II: Land's End

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The Birds II: Land's End
Directed by	Alan Smithee (Rick Rosenthal)
Produced by	Ted Kurdyla
Written by	Short Story: Daphne du Maurier Teleplay: Ken Wheat Jim Wheat Robert Eisele
Starring	Brad Johnson Chelsea Field James Naughton Jan Rubes Tippi Hedren
Music by	Ron Ramin
Cinematography	Bruce Surtees
Release date(s)	March 14, 1994
Running time	87 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	The Birds

The Birds II: Land's End is the 1994 television movie sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 classic The Birds. It stars Brad Johnson, Chelsea Field, James Naughton, and Tippi Hedren, though in a different role than what she played in the original Hitchcock film. The original music score was composed by Ron Ramin.

The plot of the sequel is very similar to the original. Biology teacher Ted, his wife, and children move to a summer house on an island after the death of their son. While there, flocks of birds start attacking individuals for no apparent reason. The town mayor denies the birds' role in the injuries, but is forced to believe after further incidents of violence by the birds.

Contents 1 Main cast 2 Reviews 3 Trivia 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Main cast

Actor	Role
Brad Johnson	Ted
Chelsea Field	May
James Naughton	Frank
Jan Rubes	Karl
Tippi Hedren	Helen
Richard K. Olsen	Doc Rayburn

[edit] Reviews

The TV-film received widely negative reviews and was criticized by many critics. Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly slated the production^[1], especially criticizing the writing and acting, saying: "The actors in Birds II have little to do except widen their eyes in terror, and even that seems a daunting stretch for Johnson." He also commented on the fact that it was an Alan Smithee film, the pseudonym used when a director wants to disown the final film, writing "...but the poster and cassette box that Showtime sent along with the review tape clearly state that Rick Rosenthal directed Birds II", before adding "He has good reasons to want his name erased from it. If it were me, I'd sue."

Many other reviews were in the same vein, the New York Times calling the film "feeble." The film also received a score of 2.6 out of 10 on Imdb^[2]. Film fans have also criticized the film.

[edit] Trivia

• It is credited as an Alan Smithee film.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Birds II: Land's End at the Internet Movie Database
• The Birds II: Land's End at Allmovie