The Birds 1963 ( FILMING LOCATION ) Alfred Hitchcock
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After filming "Shadow of A Doubt" in Santa Rosa in 1948, Alfred Hitchcock returned to Sonoma County in 1961 to find a remote coastal location for his next project "The Birds." He chose Bodega Bay, with surrounding bleak treeless hills, quiet fishing harbor and fog. Based on a short story by Daphne DuMaurier, the original story took place in an English seashore village where murderous birds attacked the local villagers. Evan Hunter, who had written "The Blackboard Jungle" and "Last Summer" wrote the screenplay; Alfred Hitchcock financed the film from his successful television show.
Never had a director portrayed animals working in unison with intelligence. "The Birds" became the first horror/ fantasy film. Special effects, including mechanical birds, live and wild birds on strings, and optically altered film overlays of birds in flight made this a most frightening film. The fog did not always cooperate, so much of the film needed to be tinted gray. Nearly three years were required to complete work on the film for its release in 1963.
The 150 year old Potter School behind St. Theresa's Church five miles south of Bodega Bay in Bodega, was vacant at the time of the filming. After Alfred Hitchcock's crew repaired the exterior it was used for several scenes. Today it is a private residence and is sometimes open for tours. The school teacher's house was a façade erected during the filming. The Catholic Church, briefly visible in the film, was made famous when it was photographed by Ansel Adams.
Many of the shots of the children running from the schoolhouse were done on Taylor Street in Bodega Bay above the Diekmann's Bay Store with the original two story store visible at the bay's edge. Close ups of the running scene were set up at Universal Studios with the children running on a treadmill. Taylor Street is about a half a mile north of the Visitors Center.
Various restaurant scenes, portions of the gas station fire, and the boat dock scenes where filmed at the Tides Wharf and Restaurant. The actual fire was lighted in a parking lot at Universal Studios with a mock up of Highway One and the Tides Wharf. The fire was also filmed from a helicopter for film footage that was superimposed on a painting of a fishing village. The village center in the movie was a set. The Tides Wharf was completely rebuilt in the 1990's and is located across Highway One from the Visitors Center.
The ranch house on Westshore Road, part of the Gafney ranch that had occupied Bodega Head for nearly 100 years was used for exterior shots of the Brenner House. The derelict structure, now part of the U.C. Marine Laboratory in the Sonoma Coast State Beach, was repaired by the film crew and used for exterior shots, including the children's birthday party and the end of the film. The house has been demolished, but the ancient cedar trees look much the same as they did in "The Birds." The cedar grove is across the harbor from the Visitors Center and is visible from Highway One.
The scenes of Tippi Hedren driving her Aston Martin into Bodega Bay were filmed on Bay Hill Road, about a mile and a half north of the Visitors Center. There is a guide book with more information about the filming of "The Birds" available at the Sonoma Coast Visitors Center in Bodega Bay.
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The opening shot where she is walking into the pet store, when she walks behind the San Francisco sign, Hitchcock took that moment to transition to a set because he hated filming in public. The pet store is actually a studio set. Also you can see Hitchcock walking out of the store with two dogs as Tippy is walking in.
yeah this was one of Hitchcock's trademark....appearing in a small cameo in every film he made.......and this titbit was another fun game to look for the director in those scenes ha ha
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I miss those cute small bay towns from the past. They used to have that mystic aura about them. Unfortunately today is a different world.
I will take Bodega Bay from 1963,..anytime.
Spent a lot of time in Bodega Bay in the late 50's early 60's,. No one knew where it was and no one cared. Now it's like a mass of traffic and people.
It's September 2020, a totally different world now.
@@kenprice1961 How sometimes we wished we could go back in time and re-live those quiet serene and easy-going life pace.
@@ceecee8757 Don't we sometimes just wish there is a place where time just stood still and we can enjoy the moment as it was back then...
I was just there 2 days ago. Take it from me, it is mostly unchanged. Which is SERIOUSLY weird. There are few places you can go in 2022 that look so similar to how they did in 1963.
Since I was a child "The Birds" has remained in my top 3 all-time faves of horror films. Well Done!
I was visiting there a few years ago, and Tippi was there signing autographs. I got an 8 by 10 of her with Hitchcock. She drew pictures of birds above her signature. Nice lady.
In about 1965, our family went to see Bodega Bay,found the school, and had lunch at the old Tides restaurant. At each booth, they had a framed black & white 8x10 production still on the wall. Your video is excellent--so captivating and for anyone who's been there--your perspective is as creepy as the original movie! Very cool!!!
Ha that is so cool!
Awesome
Not much has changed since I toured Bodega Bay in 1976 except for the school house which had no large trees where the playground was. The playground was just an empty field. Many people did not know that, other than the Tides, there really were no other buildings and certainly not a general store. Also, the wharf where Melanie rents the boat was not there either. Thank you so much for doing this. On that trip in '76 I thought Bodega Bay was a beautiful place, and it still is! That's awesome!!!!
Another incredible Herve Attia movie location video... I was the 'unofficial' studio historian for MCA-Universal when Mr. Hitchcock was still on the lot with his own office bungalow.
Hitch was the third largest stockholder of MCA, and he started out in the business in the art department, so he well knew how important the look of a film was and the crucial role of having iconic locations for his movies. The matte paintings and other photographic tricks coupled with trainer Ray Berwicks 'birds' and those that Disney animated, all helped make THE BIRDS a classic.
The irony is, even with beautiful locations Hitchcock loathed the physical production of making a movie... for him, his enjoyment came more in the pre-production planning, the extensive use of storyboarding every shot, and getting the script polished.
Hitch would've loved Herve's videos!
Brilliant. Can't help thinking it looked better back then though
Barry O ....I think a lot of people would agree with you.......
It's a shame that so many beautiful old buildings had to be torn down to widen the roads.
I’m surprised how many trees grew in 50 years
I was shocked to see there seems to be no more dock and commercial fishing.
Everything was better back then. Saw this movie in the drive-in movies. Best way to watch it!
How wonderful to go back nearly sixty years later and hardly anything changed.💖🇬🇧
Well done!
I live on a famous Birds location and we get scads of visitors every summer taking pictures. There is a portion of this film that was shot on Windy Lane as well. I'd venture to say that an equal amount was filmed on Windy Lane and Taylor Street.
I remember seeing this film when it came out and it was terrifying to a child.
To relive 'The Birds' the best place to visit is the Bodega Country Store in the town of Bodega (not Bodega Bay). The proprietor, Michael, has a mannequin with a 'Hitch' mask and dressed in Hitchcock's typical black suit. The Bodega Country Store is chock full of Hitchcock memorabilia and even a 'Birds' museum next door.
What location is that?
@@jose123001 He said he lives on a famous The Birds location. That's what I was asking about.
How close to Santa Rosa or Sebastopol??
I remember watching this as a young kid, it used to be on TV every year. From start to finish I was glued to that TV screen. Hitchcock knew how to put the fear in you without blood and gore, he was the master. Well done sir!
My favorite part is the singing in the school house
Yes but the song gets stuck in your head... :-)
Yes the singing in the school is the absolutely best suspense - scene in this movie.
It's haunting!
I'd like to know the name of the song.
@@anibalcesarnishizk2205 In 1971(?), when I first saw this movie, I didn't know what the lyrics were, but to me, it sounded like "chicklety-chocolatey now now now". I sung this out loud during the movie as a 7-year-old with my family. When I put my own lyrics in, my Brother and Sister cracked up. We still repeat my lyrics to this day, though my Sister passed in 1979.
Absolutely fantastic! 'The birds' is my all time favourite film, and Ive always wanted to see where it was filmed and your film makes that possible. The clips are great and superimposed on to today's scenes. I was SO impressed im gonna watch this over and over. Thankyou Herve. BRILLIANT !!! I wanna come to Bodega bay......
A visit to Bodega bay was always on my bucket list. Finally got there last year. My sister warned me how different the real town is from the movie... but I wasn't disappointed. I suppose the highlight is the schoolhouse. The bay itself is often at low tide and smells bad. Regrettably... the Tides Restaurant feels lonely and sterile. I guess I did expect to sit at a counter and hang-out with the locals... but no... it's for tourists. Wonderful work on this video.
I went looking for the schoolhouse and the docks a long time ago. I was obsessed with Alfred Hitchcock and lived within driving distance. I had depend on memory to identify spots. Today I'd just play the movie on a tablet on site.
The great Alfred Hitchcock was the master of suspense i can remember as a child watching the movie the 🐦 Birds scared me then
I was 17 in 1963 and loved this movie
@@peacemaker357 nice!!!
Me too
Scared me too. I think I remember having nightmares about it.
When I was a kid in the 70's they use to show this movie every year on one of the UHF channels and I never missed it. I still love it to this day. I made a trip to Bodega/Bodega Bay in '92 mainly to see the schoolhouse. Beautiful area. Herve, excellent job making this video. Thank you.
I always love the scene when Tippi is driving fast through the country back roads and swerving to the wrong side of the road while the two love birds are hanging on to their perch for dear life. Poor Birds, they were good sports.
Rick Short Yea, try driving like that on the way up to Pikes Peak. Hell no! Lol
If you watch closely they are not real birds in the cage.
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That was a humor shot with fake birds swaying left and right as she took those corners. Such typical Hitchcock humor.
The parakeets have gyroscopes.
Hats off to this remarkable vid.... thank you so much for posting.
I visited Bodega Bay about 15 years ago. If you blink you go through the town it's so small. The luncheonette and school house I visited which were in the film looked just like it did on film. Nothing had changed at all in 40 years. Walking down the driveway from the school house I visualized those school kids running from the birds with Suzanne Pleshette nd thought it pretty cool that I was walking in their shoes. I still have my "The Birds" sweat shirt with Hitchcock's famous profile on it, which always gets comments on the rare times I wear it. Just a little while from Santa Rosa, California, it is a step back in time when it really was an Ozzie and Harriet/Leave it To Beaver world that I recall growing up in...a time of fun and promise, of safety and love and civility where no dream was too big to think could come true....and we will never see it again.
I love the split screens.
Thanks for doing this. So much fun to see the movie shots versus the real locations.
Who the hell would give this a thumbs down this guy is brilliant, take a look at his other videos they are mind boggling.
I totally agree.
sky master. I was thinking the same. Must be the younger generation that don’t get it, or have never seen the movie. Quick to thumbs down someone’s work.
I agree, there are some real weirdos about. This is brilliant. A lot of work goes into making something like this. I remember hunting out these locations on Google Maps once and that in itself was a lot of work without going out to the actual locations. It always saddens me when I see films like this to see the boring looking cars America has now compared to then.
Crows and seagulls thumbed it down 🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐥🐥🐤
this was probably a Michael Bay enthusiast ha ha
It's so interesting to see filming locations of movies and how they've changed or stayed the same. Thank you!
Thank you so much for showing this. I have lived in southern California most of my life and always wanted to travel to Bodega Bay. The Birds is my all-time favorite movie and now I feel as though I've been there. You have no idea how much this means to me. Thanks again!!!
I've been to Bodega Bay and Bodega many times.One time,when i was in Bodega,they had a cardboard likness,lifesize,of Alfred Hitchcock in the upstairs window of the schoolhouse.I just watched the movie off of my DVR the other day.
When I lived in Petaluma during the 70s, cardboard Hitchcock was in the upper window of the schoolhouse. I went to Bodega often, most of my furniture was bought at the antique store across the street from that lovely building with babysitting money and still is used today in my home in NC, a constant reminder of the amazing West Coast. We love watching the movie when it comes on tv, and my NC husband was excited the first time he got to see the actual location and eat at The Tides. It was a special privilege for me to be in the movie Smile filmed in Santa Rosa with Ms. Hepburn's daughter, Melanie Griffith when she was beginning her career as an actress. I really wanted to meet her mom, but she didn't make the trip North that time. You do wonderful work, and I totally enjoy taking short trips to Petaluma, Bodega and other CA spots through your movie tours. Thanks.
Herve, thank you!!! What a pleasure to watch you tracking the fliming locations of one of my best childhood movies... oh my, I used to watch it ... almost every day!
Great editing on this video. I love that the owners of the old schoolhouse have a birdcage in their side yard. I stopped in the Tides Restaurant a couple years ago to sit at the bar from the movie, but now it's just a huge tourist shop.
Do they have signs saying the movie was made there?
Yes, it honors the film in many displays and gives a nice history. The original Tides burned down and this version was built.
@@TheStark345 -- John Carpenter shot a scene from "The Fog" on the dock leading from the old Tides restaurant, right before it burnt down. You have to look quick for it, through!
Being an avid 'Birds' fan and all around Hitchcock geek, this film is the most wonderfully constructed, well filmed and informative pieces about 'The Birds' I have ever seen. I have read tons of material on the locations but to actually see them then and now is incredible. And the scenes that blended the 1963 angles with the same view present, was absolutely phenomenal! Thank you!
Well done!
It's fascinating to pause in Herve's videos, and compare scenes, then and now, and see just how things change over the decades; a few trees cleared here and there, a new fence; maybe a house renovated, etc.
It's amazing how little has changed over five decades since filming "The Birds".
I went to the movies to see this with my sisters after moving to our new house in early 60s. Told my Dad we needed to buy plywood to cover windows!
It's been a lot of years ( since 63 ) & Bodega Bay has moved along in time also. so many changes to the area. I wonder how many residents & visitors are familiar with the history that's slipping away.
Looks exactly the same. Still open land. I have lunch at that dock restaurant about once a month.
It is sad that they’ve torn down the old tides restaurant and bar I was lucky enough to eat there when I was a kid before they changed it
@@karriesimon8178 They didn’t tear it down, it burned down.
@@meghill4537 Meg was right three years ago and it still right. I was there 2 days ago (Aug 2022) and can verify. Sure some things have changed but not much. It is REMARKABLY unchanged from 1963. And if you think about it, that's kinda spooky.
Great vlog! I love the "then" and "now" aspect!! Crazy how the landscape changed so much!!!
Excellent job on this video in showing the then and now of Bodega Bay for "The Birds". My late husband, I and a couple of friends were there back in 1990 and have to say that a lot more has been changed in areas than from when we were there. Especially the Tides Restaurant. It's now unrecognizable to me as far as the movie goes. Thank you for your hard work and posting this. Really enjoyed it.
I was at the school house yesterday in Bodega .....gave me the Willies.....
wow, superb work! Excellent how you composed that! This is really awesome. Thank you.
Terrific! One of my ALL time favorite movies. I like the fact that Bodega Bay hasn't changed all that much in 50 years. Thanks for posting this.
Honestly this has to be my favorite movie of all time. #LoveAlfredHitchcock.
I've been to Bodega.....the last place my grandmother visited, as she got sick while there, and passed away...,.but loved the village! And the drive on PCH was stunning!
Outstanding, awesome location shooting with all the correct angles,..Thank You!
I love visiting Movie Locations, too. Stand By Me 30th Anniversary this summer in Brownsville, Oregon!
Did you go?
I loved this movie I saw him a few times. Now it was interesting to see the place again
Anyone else remember back in the day, when it would be on TV once a year, usually in the fall. It was very scary and everyone loved it. 💞
Wow! Just Wow!! Amazing. I've been to Bodega Bay many times (only 30 miles away from SF). This work is a labor of love. It cracks me up that they morphed the towns of Bodega, Bodega Head and Bodega Bay into one little town called Bodega Bay for the film. It's beautiful up there. Albert Whitlock's matte paintings are incredible. Thanks for posting!
Perfect! Just what I was looking for ! Before and after !!! Thank YOU!!
thank you so much well done I loved the split screen shots it really shows how things were then and now. very cool
Love this, love discover and sigh legendary places from old and famous movies.
Excellent work. I live two blocks from the Union Square scene. Amazing how things have changed.
Yeah it’s a slum now
Big fan of the movie and this video is phenomenal. What a treat.
Wow..One of my all time favourites ever since my youth. I'm from '60. I didn't know there was a real bodega bay , but also was astonished to see that the bodega bay school is a real building and in mint condition. I really enjoyed this video. Thanks from the Netherlands.
This is good because I've tried to explain to people that Annie's house is still there but has a whole different front. I see the trees around the school house are even taller now than when I visited there in the mid 80s. My brother and I ate breakfast at the Tides--it was the first time I'd ever had steak and eggs.
Herve has done it again ....... Truly Awesome :) Thanks Herve for allowing us to revisit the filming locations of The Birds, you certainly don't do things by halves !
I just love Alfred Hitchcock!!! The Master!
Grew up on the East coast in the sixties and this (favorite) movie terrified me as a little kid. First took a vacation to Northern California with my soon to be wife in 1997 and we made a brief visit to Bodega Bay and the schoolhouse. I Remember the neighbors chuckling when we took pictures (long before “selfies”) of ourselves in this iconic location. Wound up moving to San Francisco in 2014 and had a chance to spend some time in Bodega Bay. Yes, so much has changed but still a relatively sleepy destination and one can feel the past seeping through. Worth checking out 👍.
Came from Bodega Town and Bodega Bay today. Saw the bay and saw the church and the house behind it that was used as the school. Fantastic experience and then seeing this just capped it off. Thanks.
I actually live near all of these filming locations
Me too I’m from Sebastopol when we were children we got a big kick out of when they’re are listening to the radio in the garage on the car and they say Santa Rosa and Sebastopol ca
This brings back memories - in 1981 we filmed a Birds parody for SNL called “The Clams” based on the schoolhouse attack. We had an actress and wardrobe that matched Tippi Hedren and I re-created each shot exactly with photocopy frame enlargements. Piscopo and the SNL writers made it a movie trailer and added narration that it was “directed by Brian DePalma”.
My husband and I honeymooned in Inverness/Point Reyes CA about 55 miles south of Bodega Bay. The entire trip was beautiful! We made plans to include Bodega Bay, because I love this movie. I even brought along 2 fake black birds to take pictures with. I took pics of my husband pretending to run right in front of the schoolhouse. It was so funny, and there were other people there and they asked to borrow them, and of course I said yes as long as I can take their pictures too. They were great sports and they took great pictures. Now bodega bay where the tides is is by the water, but the schoolhouse is back about 8 miles inland. It really was a great place and made a memorable honeymoon! FYI, Inverness CA is where you find the Point Reyes Lighthouse where they filmed the exterior of the horror movie The Fog with Janet Lee, Jaime Lee Curtis, and Adrian Barbeau. Beautiful place too!
I feel a bit sad that things change so much over time. 😔
It's those damn trees that's what. :P
@@Armis71 Glad to see there are more Trees there as it should be birds love trees & back then they were pissed there werent enough skycondo space for them and hence the attack !!!
@@Armis71 You got THAT right!
Ww2. Our daddy, father of 11 children, was stationed @ bodega Bay. Momma loved it!!!
I love the way of the comparison over the other (old over new). Gives a lot more perspective on the changes. Great idea!
Great job!! Wow! I can't get over, how alot of the structures are in better shape today then back then
Awesome job. Thank you for doing this.
Hitchcock loved to be in control of his environment, which is why some of the shots you show were actually done on soundstages instead of on location. For example, the initial sweeping shot of Tippi walking into the pet shop. As soon as you pass the "San Francisco" Poster, the shot is actually on an interior stage. Also, the shot with Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren walking at the top of the bluff during the children's party was also done on a soundstage and not on location. Great video though.
I figured that was the case when I first saw this film. There was a marked contrast in the clarity of the film between shots of the exterior and interior.
I worked in San Francisco area from July to December of 2016 and made a point to drive to Bodega Bay to snoop around. Hitchcock was good at blending studio and location shots. The school scene where the kids were running from the crows was part location with the close-ups being studio shots with the kids running on treadmills. The school is now a private residence with a sign outside asking people not to photograph the place. I looked up at the house and murmured that they should have known better as I took photos.
The house was just a facade and it was right near where the road to Horseshoe Cove Research Station is now.
Yeah Union Square has always been high dollar real estate. Even back then, there's no way a pet store could make enough to survive there.
Unfortunately Hitchcock wanted to have more "control" over Tippi Hedren and ruined her acting career, usually the type of thing He would explore in his films. A bit of a disappointment.
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What an amazing job you’ve done making this, well done
Very interesting video and very well put together. Loved it. :D
Thank you very much!
It was very touching!
Another great video. I love your work. Thank you.
As I write this 35 thumbs down are listed. How can you NOT LIKE THIS?! It is very interesting & well made.
I was a little kid when this came out & we saw it in the movies. My parents laughed a little when they told me how I was saying quietly telling the lady not to go in that room. (The roof gives way & birds get into the bed rm in the movie story) But that's how much I was into the movie.
To see the then & now how things are to me is very interesting & fun. Thank you for posting this.
Loved this, it's nice to see where a movie is actually shot in the good old days before green screens and computerized backgrounds, sets, etc.
Watched this Film Years ago, the effects in making it was amazing 👏 😍
One of the best channels on youtube thank you!
Thank you for this wonderfully entertaining video. I cannot wait to see more of your work. Subscribed!
Loved seeing this. Nice work. Thanks.
Fabulous👍
well done,fascinating,time...flies!
I appreciate Rod Taylor’s character in this film, my Dads generation. Clean cut, decent, well mannered, but capable if the going gets tough.
Today’s equivalent ? Broken marriage, alcoholic, tattooed, stranger to razors, questionable hygiene, mental health issues, into abusing women. Naa, “Birds 2 “ wouldn’t be the same.
When men were men!.....not the whiny male "Karens" we have today!
Totally agree.
Men were expected to act like men and women were expected to act like women. Adults were expected to act like adults and children were allowed to be children. A high trust society. Now its all the opposite. Too much confusion and nobody respects each other.
A movie like this could never happen today. PETA, Child Protective Services and Anti-Smoking Organizations everywhere would be coming out of the woodwork.
naaaaa, none of that shit went on then, you been watching to much leave it to beaver and father knows best
BRAVO! What allot of time and effort you put into this project! Thank you for sharing it with me and all fans of this classic film!
Hi Herve, I discovered your location-videos a few days ago and I am totally thrilled by them (watched a couple fo them by now): So cool, with so much love for the details and you yourself showing up as person now and then... fantastic, just fantastic. I have been amused many times :-) Thank you very much für doing this and sharing it here!!
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I am amazed at Herve's attention to detail and his skill in juxtaposing the locations between the films and the current day.
Sir, your films are brilliant! I watch them over and over and see new things each time. You are a real artist.
love this.The split screen is superb.Thanks for sharing!...gonna subscribe!!
Excellent work! Passion is what drives cinema and you not only have it but you also share it with us!
Very well done Herve! I am a retired production asistant from NYC and Palm Springs(celebrity photographer), and wanted to say you did a good job!
THIS IS AMAZING. The way you place today and yesteryear is a feeling I cannot describe.
thank you for taking your time, dedication and MONEY to deliver excellent directing.
This is really excellent! Thank you!
That was really good, I enjoyed that. Thanks a lot!
Unaware of the location of the old school I tried to find it on Google maps at Taylor street. The exact address of the 150 years "Potter school" is 17110 Bodega Lane. I´ve been many times driving around California , I could have gone to Bodega Bay , now I regret not having done it.
Nice piece. I LOVE this film. When I was a kid there were 2 movies that scared the s**t out of me. This one and "Hush...Hush Sweet Charlotte".
Great video, enjoyed it very much. Thanks.👍
I saw this movie on TV when I was about 9 years old, and I can honestly say that it scared the hell out of me. I remember telling my dad about how scared I was, and instead of saying sorry to hear that, being the joker that he was, he went and found a baby crow, and we raised it as a pet. I found out that one crow by itself was very smart, while a bunch of crows all together, are "murder." I still get chills to this day whenever I see a bunch of crows standing near me though.
Thank you for finally scaring away the birds.Its a lovely place.
...Your split screen & blending are outstanding, you're a true talent!... thank you!..😎🍸
Growing up, it was the most terrifying movie I ever saw until The Shinning came out. Thank you for sharing this video. I really enjoyed seeing how beautiful the school is now.
The production value and work you do on this videos is just fantastic!
Bravo ! Travail de recherche admirable . Merci Hervé . Félicitation d'un projectionniste ;)
I loved watching that,,,,that is the 1st post of urs I've watched.....I look forward to viewing the rest....you are very clever....thank u
WOW, perfect job...i loved all of it. Thank you for sharring!!!
AWESOME video! Would love to see one for Vertigo though
Fantastic!! Thanks for posting.