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VHS : Bikini BeachIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Martha Hyer, Don Rickles, Harvey Lembeck directed by: William Asher  List Price: $9.94 Price: $7.95 You Save: $1.99 (20%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780792847779 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC ISBN: 0792847776 Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD) Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Release Date: December 05, 2000 Running Time: 99 minutes Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Theatrical Release Date: July 22, 1964 Sales Rank: 51494 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello's third summer at the beach reunites the old gang (Jody McCrea, John Ashley, Candy Johnson--who once again shimmies through the credits--and Harvey Lembeck as the buffoonish motorcycle gang leader Eric von Zipper) for more summer sun antics. Frankie plays two roles: the sex mad surfer still chasing comely Annette (renamed Dee Dee in this film) and a British singing sensation named Potato Bug, who moves the gang from the beach to the blacktop for a little drag-strip action. The goofy, gap-toothed rocker is supposed to be a spoof of The Beatles but more resembles Terry-Thomas with his pith helmet and "jolly good!" exclamations. While Annette sidles next to Potato Bug to instill the necessary undercurrent of jealousy to set the mood, Keenan Wynn provides the slimmest excuse of a plot as a rest home tycoon with a pet ape that surfs, twists, and drives dragsters with the best of them. It's even sillier than the first two, with a plot that dissolves halfway through and a slapstick fueled, pie-fight finale. It shows every sign of having been quickly cobbled together and loses some of the energy and charm of Beach Party, but it's still a giddy little slice of 1960s surf and sex innocence. "Little" Stevie Wonder makes a late appearance and Boris Karloff drops by for a cameo. --Sean Axmaker Average Rating:
 Rating: - Best of the SeriesOne tends to regard all the Frankie and Annette beach movies as interchangeable, but current viewers should find a lot more substance in "Bikini Beach" (1964) than in the others. And not just because the film holds up reasonably well and performs the time capsule function. Most of the credit goes to the writers who probably realized this thing (as a sequel of sorts) was pre-sold and took a few chances with social commentary and satire that you normally don't see in an American International ... Read More Rating:  - Come On, It's Great, Let's Go To Bikini BeachFranke and Annette are back, in this terrific '64 Beach Classic Bikini Beach. Are sharing the beach with "Potato Bug," a wacked out British singer who is just out of place, on the bikini filled beach. After the Potato Bug pitches his tent on the beach, he sends the girls swooning, including Annette. When Frankie gets jealous over this Potato Bug, he decides to win Annette back, and challengs the English mop head singer to a drag race. Setting the party into high gear, and a crazy drag race, at the end as ... Read More Rating:  - It`s good/ okayThey make this movie intresting by having a monkey in it. I mean I watched this movie a bunch of times it was kind of unintresting though. Lots of people will like this movie and lots won't. It depends who you are. Rating: - Frankie Avalon a Great Actor in this movieFrankie Avalon plays more than one role in this movie.He plays Frankie and he plays an English singer so good that it is hard for some people to know that he plays both roles.Frankie is a Great actor and singer and this movie gives him a chance to show his acting talents with playing more than one role.The best scene is Frankie singing the romantic song "Because You're You" with Annette in the movie. Rating: - Bikini Beach Is The Best!Almost all reviewers list "Beach Blanket Bingo" as their favorite movie in the beach movie series. I have to give a slight edge to "Bikini Beach" for my personal favorite. Frankie Avalon does double duty very well, playing the English rock star known as Potato Bug, as well as his familiar Frankie character. Potato Bug is a very British caricature, and his maniacal laugh is infectious. Keenan Wynn makes for a formidable villain, decrying the surfers' lack of moral values in the local newspaper he publishes. ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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