Bye Bye Birdie (Blu-ray) G
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: G
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: July 20, 2021
- Originally Released: 1963
- Label: Sony MOD
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret & Maureen Stapleton | |
Performer: | Bobby Rydell, Jesse Pearson, Paul Lynde, Mary LaRoche, Robert Paige, Michael Evans, Bryan Russell, Milton Frome & Ed Sullivan | |
Directed by | George Sidney | |
Edited by | Charles Nelson | |
Music by | Charles Strouse | |
Screenplay by | Irving Brecher | |
Lyricist: | Lee Adams | |
Produced by | Fred Kohlmar & George Sidney | |
Director of Photography: | Joseph F. Biroc |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/5 --
Underrated satirical musical that has contributed more to popular culture than many people are aware of.
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Empire Magazine
Rating: 2/4 --
Ann-Margret makes one thing clear every second she's on screen in Bye Bye Birdie: no matter how hokey, forcibly madcap, or just plain dumb the material gets, she's coming out of this thing a star.
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LarsenOnFilm
This enjoyable timepiece is notable today for its peppy score, energetic dancing, and for having made a star of the extremely nubile Ann-Margret, 22 passing for 16. Her fresh, wholesome eroticism fairly bursts off the screen.
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Time Out
Rating: 3.5/5 --
Innocent-yet-sexy Ann-Margret is perfectly cast as the teenybopper, Van Dyke is winning in one of his few lead feature film roles, and Paul Lynde hilariously conveys a father's inability to understand teenagers and rock music.
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TV Guide
Rating: 3/4 --
Anyone allergic to high-fructose corn syrup might do well to stay away, but the winking humor and musical gusto of this pop-artful camp standard-bearer still carry the day. [Blu-ray]
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Groucho Reviews
Unfortunately, Mr. Sidney and his scriptwriter, Irving Brecher, have allowed the essence of this spirited musical comedy of Michael Stewart to get away from them.
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New York Times
[Bye Bye Birdie] had an apple-cheekiness about it on the stage that seems slightly worm-eaten on film, and the result is more goof than spoof.
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TIME Magazine
Product Description:
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.
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- Sales Rank: 24,479
- UPC: 043396575226
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