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A Hard Day's Night: Special Edition (2 Disc Set)
by Hard Day's Night£13.99 Free Delivery
- Released
- 23/10/2002
Description
A 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.
Plot Synopsis
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 Details
- Actors
- John Lennon
- Paul McCartney
- George Harrison
- Ringo Starr
- Wilfrid Brambell
- Derek Nimmo
- Victor Spinetti
- Norman Rossington
- Lionel Blair
- Director
- Richard Lester
- Artist
- Hard Day's Night
- Year of release
- 1964
- Audio Format
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
- Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - English
- English Audio Commentary Dolby Digital
- Mono Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
- Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Digital 2.0 English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 English
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.66:1
- Language
- English
- CD WOW! Sales Rank
- #38203
- Disc Features
- Featurette
- Interactive Menus
- Making Of
- Production Notes
- Scene Selection
- Theatrical Trailer
- more »
- DVD Region
- 2
- Media Format
- DVD-Video
- Film and TV Genre
- Music
- Musicals & Music Films
- Performing Arts
- Number of Discs
- 2
- Film Rating (Australia)
- M
- Run Time (minutes)
- 89
- Film Rating (UK)
- 12
- Colour System
- PAL
- Cast & Crew
- John Lennon (Composer)
- John McCartney (Composer)
- Gilbert Taylor (Director of Photography)
- John Jympson (Editor)
- George Martin (Music)
- Walter Shenson (Producer)
- Alun Owen (Screenwriter)
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