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| Category | Musical DVDs, Music Video Movies, Comedies Videos, Pop Music Videos, Adventure, Rock And Roll, Musical, Classic, G-Rated, Nostalgic, Broadway | | Starring | Janet Leigh, Ann-Margret, Dick Van Dyke, Paul Lynde, Ed Sullivan, Maureen Stapleton, Robert Paige, Jesse Pearson, Bobby Rydell | | Director | George Sidney | | Composer | Charles Strouse, Michael Stewart, Lee Adams | | Costume Designer | Pat Barto | | Director of Photography | Joseph Biroc | | Editor | Onna White | | Music Director | Johnny Green | | Producer | Fred Kohlmar | | Writer | Irving Brecher |
This feature film DVD is 112 minutes long and is rated G.T he musical includes Ann-Margret, Dick Van Dyke, Janet Leigh , & more. This entertaining musical, based on the Broadway hit inspired by the hysteria surrounding Elvis Presley's induction into the army, traces the shock waves a drafted rock & roll star, Conrad Birdie (Jesse Pearson), creates when he comes to a small town to kiss adoring fan Kim McAfee (Ann-Margret) good-bye on national TV. A fiesty secretary, Rosie DeLeon (Janet Leigh), has put the whole plan in motion, hoping that Birdie will sing a song composed by her beau, Albert Peterson (Dick Van Dyke), enabling Rosie's boyfriend to finally break free of his domineering mother (Maureen Stapleton) and marry her. Meanwhile, Kim's new steady, Hugo (Bobby Rydell), is less than pleased about the spotlighted embrace, as are her parents (Paul Lynde and Mary LaRoche)--at least until they get in on the action too. Ed Sullivan appears as himself, Ann-Margret is her usual perky, gyrating self, Van Dyke amply displays his wealth of talents, and Lynde and Stapleton nearly steal the whole production with their hilarious supporting roles. Director George Sidney, who would soon collaborate with the real King in the Presley tour de force VIVA LAS VEGAS, tightens the Broadway original without losing any of its verve and charm to create a rollicking uptempo joyride through a candy-colored early 1960s pop-culture landscape. Shot in Panavision.
This is the only Jesse Pearson video. Bye Bye Birdie | List Price | $14.94 (You save $4.59) | | Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1963 | | All Time Sales Rank |  2212  | | CD Universe Part number | 1180501 | | Catalog number | 1509 | | Discs | 2 | | Release Date | Jul 27, 1999 | | Rating | G (MPAA) | | Running Time | 112 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Dolby Surround AC-3 Sound; Widescreen; 2-Disc Set |
Bye Bye Birdie Movie Review Average Rating: (3.7 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews It is a classic
Even after all these years I still love this movie. My grand children watched it with me last night, they loved it also. Third generation,it is still a winner!
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Worth a watch
This movie is a spoof on the Elvis craze. It shows how crazy people are. It has good music and is very funny.
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Bye bye Birdie was one of the last great musicals produced in the U.S.after the late fifties decline of the genre.The songs and the dance numbers are splendid and the script is very good,too,with true funny scenes that give you the old fashioned hearty laugh.It's all the things "Grease" wanted to be,without never being able to.Ann Margret,in her first important role is brilliant and so is a surprising Janet Leigh,in a singing and dancing role.George Sidney directed with his usual class,while this DVD version is really top-notch,with an excellent three-track stereo soundtrack (better than the 5.1 version) and perfect video transfer,with brilliant colors and clear-cut images.
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 Super Pic. Bobby Rydell and Ann Margaret.
Total fun. Everything is perfect.
Buy this.
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 enjoyable
I really enjoyed the movie, it was funny,catchy music, and brought back memories of younger days!
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Bye Bye Birdie DVD Lots of laughs and great songs have made this all-time favorite based on the hit Broadway show one of the most memorable musicals of all time. When rock star and teenage heart-throb Conrad Birdie gets drafted, the nation's teenagers go haywire and Conrad's manager, Albert (Dick Van Dyke), faces unemployment. So Albert and his girlfriend (Janet Leigh) organize a nationwide contest in which one lucky girl wins a farewell kiss from Conrad on the Ed Sullivan Show. Kim McAfee (Ann-Margret) turns outto be the lucky teenager and Conrad's whole entourage moves into her quiet, Midwestern home much tothe chagrin of her ever irritable father (Paul Lynde) and her jealous boyfriend (Bobby Rydell). Theresult is chaos and a series of hilarious romantic complications.
Source: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
2-Disc Set
Region 1
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Full Frame -
1.33
Letterbox - 2.35
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Dolby Digital 3.0 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Subtitles - Chinese, English, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Scene Selection
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Additional Text: Production Notes
Filmographies: Talent And Filmographies
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