Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

Name: Bye Bye Birdie
Director: George Sidney
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Released: 1963-05-27
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret, Janet Leigh, Maureen Stapleton

Approved | 112 min | Comedy, Musical

A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.

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Janet Leigh

Rosie DeLeon
Dick Van Dyke

Albert F. Peterson
Ann-Margret

Kim McAfee
Maureen Stapleton

Mama Mae Peterson
Bobby Rydell

Hugo Peabody
Jesse Pearson

Conrad Birdie
Paul Lynde

Harry McAfee
Mary LaRoche

Doris McAfee
Michael Evans

Claude Paisley
Robert Paige

Bob Precht
Gregory Morton

Maestro Borov
Bryan Russell

Randolph McAfee
Milton Frome

Mr. Maude
Ed Sullivan

Ed Sullivan
Ben Astar

Ballet Manager

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Nominated for 2 Oscars.

Another 5 nominations.

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20 August 2002 | marknyc

Hollywood makes a Broadway classic its own

The vitriol below from fans of the Broadway original is absurd. Yes, this is not a filmed version of the stage play - GET OVER IT! What we have is a funny, smart, classic film musical that gets virtually everything right. Dick Van Dyke reprises his Broadway role while at the peak of his career, Paul Lynde gives his best film performance, Maureen Stapleton milks her part for all it's worth, and Ann-Margret is simply astounding! The only casting error is Janet Leigh - but they needed a name, since everyone else in the cast was unknown at the time. While Leigh gives a solid performance, songs had to be cut since she could sing only with difficulty. But this is a minor flaw - everything else about this film is spot on, as demonstrated by the sad effort to redo it for TV in 1995. It captures the era perfectly - of course, it's dated: it's about America in the early 60s! If it wasn't dated, it wouldn't work! So if you haven't seen it, get it - I just watched in in NYC's Bryant Park with thousands of jaded New Yorkers, and it won over that audience completely. Enjoy!

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The three gymnasts seen at the beginning of a broadcast of The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) are introduced as Frank, Dean and Sammy McWilliams--a thinly veiled reference to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr.

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John Daly: This is John Daly reporting with the CBS mobile unit in front of the nation's Capitol bringing you special on the spot coverage of our current teenage crisis over the drafting of Conrad Birdie. Sociologists agree that Birdie is a phenomenon. And for...