CinemaOSMovie · 1995 · 2h 11m

Bye Bye Birdie

Rock-and-roll icon Conrad Birdie is about to go into the Army, and plans are being made to arrange his final going-away concert.

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In 1995, ABC presented a telemovie version of the Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie produced by RHI Entertainment. It starred Seinfeld's Jason Alexander and Vanessa Williams of Desperate Housewives. While this version remained mostly faithful to the original musical (Michael Stewart remains the only credited author of this version), several songs were added and re-arranged, and dialogue was slightly rewritten to smoothly facilitate the musical changes. The musical revolves around an Elvis Presley-type rocker who's about to join the Army. To mark the occasion, his manager's secretary arranges for him to kiss a random fan goodbye on The Ed Sullivan Show. Bye Bye Birdie earned four Tony awards in 1961, including Best Musical and Best Actor in a Musical for its original star, Dick Van Dyke. In addition to Alexander and Williams, ABC's production starred Tyne Daly, George Wendt, Chynna Phillips and Mark Kudisch.

Directed byGene Saks

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 11m
Language
EN
Released
December 3, 1995
Studios
ABCRHI

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Bye Bye Birdie

Bye Bye Birdie

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10 credited
Starring
Jason Alexander

Jason Alexander

Albert J. Peterson

Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams

Rose Alvarez

Chynna Phillips

Chynna Phillips

Kim MacAfee

Tyne Daly

Tyne Daly

Mae Peterson

Marc Kudisch

Marc Kudisch

Conrad Birdie

George Wendt

George Wendt

Harry MacAfee

Sally Mayes

Sally Mayes

Doris MacAfee

Jason Gaffney

Hugo F. Peabody

Blair Slater

Blair Slater

Randolph MacAfee

Vicki Lewis

Vicki Lewis

Gloria Rasputin

Creative team
Directed by
Gene Saks
Gene Saks
Written by
Michael Stewart
Produced by
J. Boyce Harman Jr.
Tim Bell

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