Bye Bye Birdie

Bye Bye Birdie (1995)

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.

  • Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1995-12-03
  • User Rating: 5.9/10 from 18 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 11min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: RHI
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Gene Saks
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Summary

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.

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  • Jason Alexander

    as Albert J. Peterson
  • Vanessa Williams

    as Rose Alvarez
  • Chynna Phillips

    as Kim MacAfee
  • Tyne Daly

    as Mae Peterson
  • Marc Kudisch

    as Conrad Birdie
  • George Wendt

    as Harry MacAfee
  • Sally Mayes

    as Doris MacAfee
  • Jason Gaffney

    as Hugo F. Peabody
  • Blair Slater

    as Randolph MacAfee
  • Vicki Lewis

    as Gloria Rasputin
Sound Todd Kasow Music Editor
Art Cynthia T. Lewis Set Decoration
Sound Patrick Ramsay Sound
Sound Mark Hummel Music Arranger
Production Lynne Carrow Casting
Camera Glen MacPherson Director of Photography
Crew Ann Reinking Choreographer
Sound Irwin Fisch Music Director
Sound Charles Strouse Music
Sound Larry Hochman Orchestrator
Production Robert Halmi Sr. Executive Producer
Production J. Boyce Harman Jr. Producer
Art Charles C. Bennett Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Mary E. McLeod Costume Design
Production Tim Bell Producer
Editing Eric Albertson Editor
Sound Charles Strouse Songs
Writing Michael Stewart Writer
Directing Gene Saks Director
Writing Lee Adams Lyricist