Double Take
WE’VE GOT THE SAME BIRTHDAY
TITLE:
LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL
AUGUST 13, 1999
ASSUMING THE MASTER’S ROLE,
RON BURRAGE PRESENTS
TIPPI HEDREN AT THE NEW PRINT LAUNCH OF...
ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S
“THE BIRDS”
RON, HITCHCOCK DOUBLE:
We presented the new print of ‘The Birds’. They had me sitting outside a café with a newspaper. And then they were going around with the spotlight, picking out people in the crowd and showing them on the screen.
And then all over a sudden, the spotlight came on to me, behind the newspaper. And everybody looks: ‘it’s Alfred! Is that Alfred?’
Of course there was uproar! Because Alfred was there.
So, I went onto the stage, and then I said we’re here to present the new print of ‘The Birds’. Well, here is the lady: Tippi Hedren, the star of it. And she came on.
TITLE:
UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL NEWS
THE BIRDS IS COMING
VOICE: ED HERLIHY
RON, HITCHCOCK DOUBLE:
It was our birthday. Our birthday! Alfred and me.
TIPPI HEDREN:
I want to wish Alfred Hitchcock wherever you are, a very, very happy 100th birthday.
TITLE:
TIPPI HEDREN
LOCARNO, 1999
RON, HITCHCOCK DOUBLE:
We’ve got the same birthday. 13th of August.
TITLE:
... UPON WHICH RON SLICES
ALFRED’S 100th AND HIS 70th
BIRTHDAY CAKE!
HITCHCOCK (voice):
Good evening. The Alfred Hitchcock of today.
TITLE:
LOCARNO
AUGUST 13, 1999
HITCHCOCK:
The Alfred Hitchcock of 30 years ago.
HITCHCOCK #1:
I’m Alfred Hitchcock. I am! I can prove it!
DOCTOR:
Sure, sure, everybody is.
HITCHCOCK (voice):
I am! I insist!