Bye Bye Birdie (film)
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Original release poster
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| Directed by | George Sidney |
| Produced by | Fred Kohlmar |
| Screenplay by | Irving Brecher |
| Based on |
Bye Bye Birdie by Michael Stewart |
| Starring |
Janet Leigh Dick Van Dyke Ann-Margret Maureen Stapleton Bobby Rydell Jesse Pearson Ed Sullivan |
| Music by |
Johnny Green (Score) Charles Strouse (Music) Lee Adams (Lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Joseph Biroc |
| Edited by | Charles Nelson |
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The Kohlmar-Sidney Company
Columbia Pictures |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Release date
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Running time
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112 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $13.1 million |
Bye Bye Birdie is a 1963 American musical comedy film from Columbia Pictures. It is a film adaptation of the stage production of the same name. The screenplay was adapted from Michael Stewart's book for the musical by Irving Brecher, with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams.
Directed by George Sidney, the film version starred Dick Van Dyke, reprising his Broadway role as Albert Peterson, along with Maureen Stapleton as Mae Peterson, Janet Leigh as Rosie DeLeon, Paul Lynde reprising his Broadway role as Harry MacAfee, Bobby Rydell as Hugo Peabody, and Ann-Margret as Kim MacAfee.
The story was inspired by the phenomenon of popular singer Elvis Presley being drafted into the United States Army in 1957. Jesse Pearson plays the role of teen idol Conrad Birdie, whose character name is a word play on another pop singer of the era, Conway Twitty. Presley himself was the first choice for the role of Birdie, but his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, rejected the idea as he did not want Presley in any roles that were parodies of himself. Ed Sullivan appears as himself, host of the popular, long-running CBS TV variety show.
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