WILDWOOD ON FILM - BIRDY (1984)

A great clip from an equally great movie. "Birdy" stars Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage and is one of several movies partially filmed on the Wildwood Boardwalk. Birdy features excellent footage of the Hunt's Flyer... a nice view of Morey's Pier from the beach... and a bustling Boardwalk highlighting many of the businesses we fondly remember including Aloha Tropical Drinks.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Wildwood
• Boardwalk
• New
• Jersey
• Hunt's
• Pier
• Morey's
• amusements
• rides

[Yourong18]

Hello! Does anyone knows the title of the song beginning at 1.10? thanks

[funchase]

The song is Come On, Let's Go by Ritchie Valens.

[birdyki64]

I fear it's me

[birdyki64]

That's where I got my nick from...THX to Sigi

[CodenameSailorv1]

@BDRUMMER

You can see the giant slide, sadly this was the last summer for it, it's being dismantled to something I read int eh Wildwood paper

[CodenameSailorv1]

They need to shoot another movie there, this was from a year before I was born.

[jeeprunner360]

Great Video !!!! I was so upset when Hunt's Pier was no more....the Great White was not built until the late 90's I was one of the first group's to ride in it and got my pic in the paper down there. I was in my early 20's.

[BDRUMMER]

I remember seeing this in college. Notice the water slide on the pier. It was pretty new in 1984, but they definitely didn't have those when this movie takes place. Of couorse, they didn't erase things digitally in 1984 either! Very cool to see Wildwood in a movie, in any case!

[BDRUMMER]

@mikeymee33 That was the Flyer on Hunt's Pier. I think Great White was built around 1986.

[mikeymee33]

was that the great white roller coaster? couse if it was, it must a damn oldroller coaster

[jakov86]

movie is the best

[BundeyHardy]

this movie is phenomenal