Hard Day's Night (1964) (1964)

Director: Richard Lester  Starring: Beatles  
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Publisher: Phantom Sound & Vision
Format: Blu-Ray DVD
UPC: 00065935827481
Buy.com Sku: 212357239
Item#: V2YFT3
Category Keywords: Adventure  Beatles  Classic  Essential Cinema  Live Performances  Music Video  Recommended  Rock And Roll  Television Shows  Theatrical Release 
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Editor's Note

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--the Beatles' first--introduces us to the unique personalities of each member of the band. The film opens with the Fab Four 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 broadcast. None of this goes unnoticed by the director of the show, played by Victor Spinetti, who went on to become 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.

 
Features
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS HD Master Audio
Additional Release Material:
200 minutes of bonus features



 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Phantom Sound & Vision
Release Date: 10/6/2009
Running Time: 88 minutes
Original Release Date: 1964
Catalog ID: 20110423000
UPC: 00065935827481
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English
Video: B&W

 
Cast & Crew
George Harrison
Richard Vernon
Kenneth Haigh
Norman Rossington
John Lennon
The Beatles
Eddie Malin
John Junkin
Ringo Starr
Anna Quayle
Victor Spinetti
Paul McCartney
Wilfred Brambell
Alun Owen - Screenwriter
John Lennon - Song Composer/Performer
George Martin - Music Producer
Paul McCartney - Song Composer/Performer
John Jympson - Editor
Gilbert Taylor - Director of Photography
Walter Shenson - Producer
Richard Lester - Director

 
Memorable Quotes
"Are you a mod or a rocker?"----Reporter to Ringo|"Um, no. I'm a mocker."----Ringo (Ringo Starr)

"What would you call that hairstyle you're wearing?"----Reporter to George|"Arthur."----George (George Harrison) to Reporter


 
Professional Reviews
Premiere
"...Helter-skelter glee..." - Recommended 12/01/1995 pp.123-4

Entertainment Weekly
"...[A] rapid-fire screenplay and the...Beatles' charismatic acting....Irresistible..." -- Rating: A 10/20/1995 p.75

Total Film
"...As a vehicle for the mop-tops' schoolboy humour and all-smiles-and-screams gig, it's infectious stuff..." 05/01/2001 p.100

Hollywood Reporter
"...The film is mad, mad and crazy....Imaginative..." 12/01/2000 p.13-52

Los Angeles Times
"...A HARD DAY'S NIGHT creates pure, infectious joy. Larking about is what these Beatles do best, pleasure is what they convey..." 12/01/2000 p.C4

Chicago Sun-Times
"...It was smart, it was irreverent, it didn't take itself seriously, and it was shot and edited by Richard Lester in an electrifying back-and-white, semi-documentary style..." 10/27/1996 p.5

USA Today
"...Groundbreaking..." 09/27/2002 p.16D

Rolling Stone
"...Fabness itself....They look prettier than Audrey Hepburn, talk funnier than the Marx Brothers and strut sassier than Brando..." 11/27/2003 p.72

  
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