Bye bye Birdie [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures ; a Kohlmar-Sidney production ; screenplay by Irving Brecher ; produced by Fred Kohlmar ; directed by George Sidney.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 01509 | Columbia TriStar Home VideoLanguage: English Summary language: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai Publication details: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Video, c1999.Description: 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0767827651 :
- Bye bye Birdie (Motion picture)
- PN1997 .B932 1999
- Music by Charles Strouse ; lyrics by Lee Adams ; music supervised and conducted by Johnny Green ; cinematography, Joseph Biroc ; editing, Charles Nelson.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | MUSIC Bye bye | Available | 33111009977733 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
George Sidney's adaptation of the satiric Broadway musical smash by Michael Stewart, Charles Strouse, and Lee Adams -- about an Elvis Presley-inspired rock star, who is drafted into the army and who creates a near-riot in a small Midwestern town when he stops there for one last publicity junket -- takes good-natured swipes at popular culture, rock n' roll, and American family life. Dick van Dyke re-creates his Broadway role of Albert Peterson, a down-on-his-luck songwriter for the rock-n'-roll idol Conrad Birdie (Jesse Pearson). When Birdie is drafted into the army, Peterson is worried about his future as a songwriter. His secretary, Rosie (Janet Leigh in a brunette wig), with whom Albert has long been romantically attached, convinces Albert to write a farewell song for Birdie that he will sing on The Ed Sullivan Show to a specially selected fan. The lucky fan turns out to be Kim McAfee (Ann-Margaret) of Sweet Apple, Ohio. When Birdie arrives in this hick town, the population goes crazy and in the ensuing madness, Albert must deal with the celebrity-fawning population, Kim's manic father (Paul Lynde, also re-creating his Broadway role), and his own domineering mother (Maureen Stapleton), while he loses Rosie to the Shriners. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
Based on the musical play of the same title with music by Charles Strouse.
Disc includes talent & filmographies, theatrical trailer, production notes.
Originally released in 1963 as a motion picture by Columbia Pictures.
Widescreen and full screen versions.
Side A. Widescreen -- side. B. Full screen.
Music by Charles Strouse ; lyrics by Lee Adams ; music supervised and conducted by Johnny Green ; cinematography, Joseph Biroc ; editing, Charles Nelson.
Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret, Maureen Stapleton, Bobby Rydell, Jesse Pearson, Ed Sullivan.
When rock star Conrad Birdie gets drafted, his manager organizes a nationwide contest in which one lucky girl wins a farewell kiss on The Ed Sullivan show.
MPAA rating: G
DVD
English soundtrack with optional English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean or Thai subtitles ; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.