Product Information
Highly acclaimed film made in the heyday of the Beatles musical career. The four lads from Liverpool are set to take on the world.Product Identifiers
ProducerWalter Shenson
EAN5017188884938
eBay Product ID (ePID)3950553
Product Key Features
ActorGeorge Harrison, Derek Nimmo, John Lennon, Norman Rossington, Lionel Blair, Victor Spinetti, Ringo Starr, Paul Mccartney, Wilfrid Brambell
Film/TV TitleA Hard Day's Night
DirectorRichard Lester
LanguageEnglish
Run Time89 Mins
Release Year2002
FormatDVD
FeaturesBlack & White, Things They Said Today The Original Documentary\Their Production Will Be Second To None Filmmaker Interviews\With The Beatles The Cast\Working Like A Dog The Production Crew\Busy Working Overtime Post Production Crew\Listen To The Music Playing In Your Head\Such A Clean Old Man Memories Of Wilfred Bramble\Ive Lost My Little Girl Isla Blair Interview\Taking Testimonial Pictures Robert Freeman Interview\Dressed To The Hilt Gordon Millings Interview\Dealing With The Men From The Press Tony Barrow Interview\They And I Have Memories Klaus Voorman Interview\Hitting The Big Time In The USA Sid Bernstein Interview
GenreMusicals & Music Films, Musicals & Broadway
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs2
Certificate12A/12
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
ComposerJohn Lennon, John McCartney
Additional InformationA HARD DAY'S NIGHT presents a fictionalized day in the life of The Beatles as they give a performance on a live television show. Filmed just a month after their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964, this film introduces us to the unique personalities of each member of the Beatles. The film opens with the band boarding a train mobbed with adoring young fans (mostly women) as they attempt to travel to the television studio in London. The antics of the band during rehearsals and makeup application provide a large part of the comic material in this feature, though there are other moments of pure hilarity. The unscripted vignette featuring a hangover-suffering Ringo is especially funny, particularly when he is arrested and risks having to miss the live television broadcast. None of this goes unnoticed by the director of the show, played by Victor Spinetti, a recurring cast member in Beatles movies. As the clock ticks away dramatically, our heroes manage to free Ringo from jail and sneak onto the stage in the nick of time, delighted in the knowledge that they have nearly driven the director mad in the process. Arguably the first music video ever made, this faux documentary and its shooting style have been a tremendous influence on nearly every rock and roll feature since.
ReviewsTotal Film - ...As a vehicle for the mop-tops' schoolboy humour and all-smiles-and-screams gig, it's infectious stuff..., Hollywood Reporter - ...The film is mad, mad and crazy....Imaginative..., Premiere - "...Helter-skelter glee..." - Recommended, Entertainment Weekly - "...[A] rapid-fire screenplay and the...Beatles' charismatic acting....Irresistible..." -- Rating: A+, Film4 - For fans this is a chance to enjoy The Beatles' legendary music and charisma with unprecedented clarity.
ScreenwriterAlun Owen
MusicGeorge Martin
Sound sourceDolby Digital 2.0\Dolby Digital 5.1
EditorJohn Jympson
Movie/TV TitleA Hard Day's Night
Director of PhotographyGilbert Taylor
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