Bye Bye Birdie overview

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Bye Bye Birdie

Synopsis:

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).


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Movie Details:

  • Director: George Sidney
  • Studio: Columbia Pictures
  • Year: 1963
  • Run Time: 112 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: G
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Comedy, Musical
  • Filmed in: Color
  • Release: 1963 04 05 (USA)