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   <div class="large-6 columns">'''[[/Review|The Bird With the Crystal Plumage]]''' ([[:Category:1970|1970]], [[:Category:Italy|Italy]]/[[:Category:Germany|Germany]]) is a [[:Category:Giallo|Giallo]] film directed by [[:Category: Dario Argento|Dario Argento]].  
   <div class="large-6 columns">'''[[/Review|The Bird With the Crystal Plumage]]''' ([[:Category:1970|1970]], [[:Category:Italy|Italy]]/[[:Category:Germany|Germany]]) is a [[:Category:Giallo|Giallo]] film directed by [[:Category: Dario Argento|Dario Argento]].  
*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/Review|Film Review]] | [[/DVD|Available DVDs]] | [[/BluRay|Blu Ray]] | [[/Review 2|Review #2]] | [[The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)|Poster Art]] | [[/Fun Facts|Fun Facts]] | [[/Press Kit|Press Kit]] | [[/Soundtrack|Soundtrack]] | [[401 Drive-In 5 Feature Thrillerama Ad]]
*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/Review|Film Review]] | [[/DVD|Available DVDs]] | [[/BluRay|Blu Ray]] | [[/Review 2|Review #2]] | [[The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)|Poster Art]] | [[/Fun Facts|Fun Facts]] | [[/Press Kit|Press Kit]] | [[/Soundtrack|Soundtrack]]  
*'''You Might Also Like''': [[A Lizard In A Woman's Skin]] | [[The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh]]
*'''You Might Also Like''': [[A Lizard In A Woman's Skin]] | [[The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh]]
*'''Featured in''': [[Drive In Delirium: The New Batch (BluRay)]]
*'''Featured in''': [[Drive In Delirium: The New Batch (BluRay)]] | [[Dario Argento's World of Horror]]
*'''Included in''': [[Giallo Cinema: 20 Classic Spaghetti Slashers]]
*'''Included in''': [[Giallo Cinema: 20 Classic Spaghetti Slashers]]
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===Main Details===
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* Released in 1970 | Color
* Released in 1970 | Color
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===Taglines===
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* A stunning portrait in psycho-terror! | All the screaming in the world won't help! | If you think you are being followed home from this movie, keep telling yourself that it's all in your mind.
* A stunning portrait in psycho-terror! | All the screaming in the world won't help! | If you think you are being followed home from this movie, keep telling yourself that it's all in your mind.
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<div style="border:1px solid black;padding:10px;"><i class="fa fa-film"> </i> '''The Tarantino Connection'''<br /> In the film [https://wiki.tarantino.info/index.php/Death_Proof Death Proof] Stuntman Mike's methods of taking photos of the girls and collecting items they have touched before he kills them is inspired by the killers in giallo films. The sequence when Mike is snapping photos of Zoe & Co (and we see it through the camera lense) is a direct recreation of the opening sequence of Dario Argento's debut giallo classic. Music from that film also is playing over the scene.</div>
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Main Details

  • Released in 1970 | Color
  • Running Time: 98 min | Finland: 97 min (1972) | Belgium: 108 min (VHS version) | Argentina: 105 min | Germany: 101 min | Netherlands: 92 min | USA: 96 min
  • Production Co: Central Cinema Company Film (CCC) | Glazier | Seda Spettacoli
  • Distribution Co: Universal Marion Corporation (UMC) (1970) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed) | Constantin Film (1970) (West Germany) (theatrical) (dubbed) | Suomi-Filmi (1972) (Finland) (theatrical)
  • Directed by Dario Argento
  • Written by Dario Argento, Fredric Brown
  • Starring Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Umberto Raho, Renato Romano, Mario Adorf
  • Produced by Salvatore Argento, Artur Brauner
  • Original Music by Ennio Morricone
  • Cinematography by Vittorio Storaro
  • Film Editing by Franco Fraticelli

Plot Summary

  • An American expatriate in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city, and despite himself and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer, he conducts his own investigation.

Also Known As

  • El Pájaro de las plumas de cristal (Argentina / Spain) | Bird with the Glass Feathers | Dödens fågel (Finland) (Swedish title) | Fuglen med krystalfjerpragten (Denmark) | Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Handschuhe (Germany) | Kuoleman lintu (Finland) | Ljudet av kristallfågeln (Sweden) | Ljudet från kristallfågeln (Sweden) | De Messen moorden (Belgium) (video box title) (Flemish title) | L'Oiseau au plumage de cristal (France) | O Pássaro com Plumas de Cristal (Portugal) | O Pássaro das Plumas de Cristal (Brazil) | Paradisfågelns hemlighet (Finland) (Swedish title) | Paratiisilinnun arvoitus (Finland) | Phantom of Terror | As Plumas de Cristal (Brazil) | Point of Terror (USA) (alternative title) | Svarta handsken (Sweden) | The Gallery Murders

Taglines

  • A stunning portrait in psycho-terror! | All the screaming in the world won't help! | If you think you are being followed home from this movie, keep telling yourself that it's all in your mind.

The Tarantino Connection
In the film Death Proof Stuntman Mike's methods of taking photos of the girls and collecting items they have touched before he kills them is inspired by the killers in giallo films. The sequence when Mike is snapping photos of Zoe & Co (and we see it through the camera lense) is a direct recreation of the opening sequence of Dario Argento's debut giallo classic. Music from that film also is playing over the scene.
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