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| Beach Party/Bikini Beach | 
 enlarge | Director: William Asher
Actors: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Martha Hyer, Don Rickles, Harvey Lembeck
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
Buy New: $4.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 38111
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 198
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MGMD1006939D
UPC: 027616910806
EAN: 0027616910806
ASIN: B0007R4TQW
Theatrical Release Date: July 22, 1964
Release Date: February 15, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 05/22/2007 Run time: 198 minutes Rating: Nr
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 Widescreen Beach Treats! October 7, 2005
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
The only extras are the trailers, but both "Beach Party" and "Bikini Beach" (which was actually the 2nd sequel to "Beach Party", following "Muscle Beach Party") are terrific fun, with decent surfing footage and lots of singing and dancing (Candy Johnson should have a license in frenetic dancing, she looks like a cyclone in fringe!). "Beach Party" has professor Bob Cummings studying the mating habits of beach teens, and inadvertently wooing Annette Funicello away from Frankie Avalon! It's a surprisingly non-slapstick comedy with beatnik overtones; the pie-fight finale is really the silliest it gets. Annette, her hair a sexy shade of cinnamon, is a natural for films like these: just a notch naughtier than her "Merlin Jones" comedies for Disney, she's forever G-rated, but it's nice to see her surrounded by surfin' kids and having a good time (her repartee with Frankie, John Ashley and all the girls is completely believable--and the director is smart to cut back to her as often as possible). "Bikini Beach" gives Avalon a dual role--and he seems to be having a ball playing Frankie and scenery-chewing British singer The Potato Bug (I could've done without his annoying maniacal laugh and broad accent). Both films look great on letterboxed DVD. Thanks MGM for a doubling the fun for the price of one.
 THIS MOVIE HELPED ME KEEP MY SANITY IN VIETNAM June 2, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
THIS DOPEY BUT FUN MOVIE FOR BABY BOOMERS HELPED KEEP ME SMILEING AND LAUGH A LITTLE ALL THOSE YEARS AGO, WHILE I SERVED IN VIETNAM. ITS FUN TO WATCH THESE VINTAGE MOVIES TO SEE HOW SIMPLE LIFE WAS BACK THEN, AND HOW YOUNG PEOPLE NEW HOW TO HAVE FUN COMPARED TO TODAY, DO YOU AGREE???
The joys of life at the beach December 14, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
These aren't merely movies, they are amazing escapes to the coast. On a cold night in Feb when the snow outside refuses to melt and is covered in black exhaust, these films will make things a little sunnier. There's no real message or meaning to Frankie and Annette's life. They keep talking about getting married, but the next year they return to the beach without a ring on her finger. I enjoy the musical numbers. I just remember catching these films on Channel 38 in Boston back when AIP flicks were an indie station's staple.
The fact that they put both of these films onto one DVD makes it truly a must have.
still the "happening place to be" June 27, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
rememberwhen teen movies ment the beach bikini's and song instead of sex and grim killing or gross jokes. this double blast from the past is just as much fun now as they were when i was a kid watching these on t.v. and my boys even like them! kick back and watch frankie and annette surf the curel and sing and dance but not do anything dirty. a great family double feature! check them out!!!!!!!!
 Beach Party/Bikini Beach March 6, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
40 years late it was a fantastic experience te watch these films. Da Cat stands out of the other on Beach Party.Along with Gidget these films were decisive for the updating of the Azorean surf culture. Bikini Beach supplied us information on skateboarding and wake (locally named JET) surfing. They are part of the beach culture of the 60s.
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