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MRS. BUNDY
Birds are not aggressive creatures,
Miss. They bring beauty to the world.
It is mankind, rather, who...
HELEN
(going to door leading
to kitchen)
Three Southern fried chicken, Sam.
Baked potato on all of them.
LAUGHTER from salesman at table.
...
SALESMAN
Yeah, birds. All they do is make a
mess of everything. Who needs them?
MRS. BUNDY
We need them.
SALESMAN
Not if they're starting a war.
MRS. BUNDY
They are incapable of organized
warfare!
MELANIE
Have you ever seen a jay protecting
a nest?
MRS. BUNDY
I have seen jays doing everything it
is conceivable for jays to do.
Ornithology happens to be my
avocation, Miss Daniels. You're
talking about preservation of the
species, a hen protecting her young.
There's a vast difference between...
MELANIE
Maybe they're all protecting the
species. Maybe they're tired of being
shot at and roasted in ovens and...
MRS. BUNDY
Are you discussing gamebirds now?
All birds are not gamebirds, you
know.
MELANIE
I don't know anything about birds
except that they're attacking this
town.
SALESMAN
Then fight back. Get yourselves guns
and wipe them off the face of the
earth.
MRS. BUNDY
That would hardly be possible.
DEKE
Why not, Mrs. Bundy?
MRS. BUNDY
Because there are 8,650 species of
birds in the world today, Mr. Carter.
It's estimated that five billion,
seven hundred and fifty million birds
live in the United States alone. The
five continents of the world...
SALESMAN
(muttering)
Kill them all. Get rid of them.
Messy animals.
MRS. BUNDY
...probably contain more than a
hundred billion birds!
DRUNK
It's the end of the world!
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The theatrical trailer for this movie featured Alfred Hitchcock bemoaning the unfortunate fate of many birds and how they're mistreated by humans, while feasting what appeared to be a roast squab or small chicken.
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Last edited by Maksutov; 23-February-2007 at 10:30 PM.
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