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A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 7 nominations total
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- TriviaThe steps of the courthouse used for Birdie's welcome to Sweet Apple have appeared in countless movies over the decades. A major part of Universal's backlot, it was the location of Scout's and Jem's several visits in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), as well as the famous courthouse clock in Back to the Future (1985). The town square it anchors was so popular that it was used by hundreds of film and television shows, including many that were not produced by Universal.
- GoofsAfter Rosie pulls the McAfee family out of the audience at The Ed Sullivan Show (1948), two different shots of the Russian conductor show the McAfees still sitting in the audience.
- Quotes
Rose DeLeon: I must be the prized dope of all-time... thinking I could pry you away from your mama's ever-lovin' tentacles.
- Crazy creditsThere is no "The End" credit or cast list at the end of the film. Ann-Margret simply sings an on-screen reprise of the song "Bye Bye Birdie" at the end, and then says " 'Bye, now!".
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Seul le cinéma (1994)
- SoundtracksBye Bye Birdie
Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by Lee Adams
Performed by Ann-Margret before the title credits, with Johnny Green and the Columbia Studio Orchestra and Chorus
Reprised by Ann-Margret in the finale
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This musical, for those of us who were of the age then, represents a time and a place we thought would not end. Entering our early teens in suburbia, begat of young war veterans, the biggest issues in our lives were those reflected in this film; who pinned who and the adulation of our musical icons. The whole world was Sweet Apple and "someday we would find out this was what life was all about" as Kim sings to a befuddled Hugo. Even nerds could fall in love. And an equal force in our weekly lives was the Sunday ritual of The Ed Sullivan Show. This is a beautiful homage to that world that would end seven months later in Dallas and bring with it the counter culture, riots and Viet Nam. Hard to put on a happy face... But you will with this score. More fifties and Bosa Nova then the hip sixties it is toe tapping and gets under your skin. Worth repeat viewings. And as always "I gotta be sincere..if you feel it in here.." and I still do.
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- Sep 3, 1999
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- Telefonda Aşk
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- Gross US & Canada
- $13,129,412
- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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