Release Date: 3/20/2001 Original Release: 1964 Format: DVD Length: 86 minutes Rating:G (MPAA) Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable) UPC: 717951004864 Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Television, Musical & Performing Arts, Musicals, Pop Music, Adventure, Classic, Music Video, Rock And Roll, Recommended, Theatrical Release, Beatles, Essential Cinema, Live Performances, Television Shows
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--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.
DVD Features
2-Disc Set Region 1 Special Packaging Letterbox - 1.66 Disc 1: Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.66 Audio: Dolby Digital 1.0 - French Dolby Digital 2.0 - English Additional Release Material: Featurette: THINGS THEY SAID TODAY... (Promotional Special) Disc 2: Additional Release Material: Behind the Scenes Production Interviews: 18 Interviews with Friends, Contemporaries, and Historians Interactive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus Text/Photo Galleries: Photo Galleries: REMEMBER ALL THE LITTLE THINGS: A Hard Day's Night Scrapbook DVD-ROM Features: A Hard Day's Night Website Archive Weblinks: DVD Destination Site Roundtable Discussion: 1. Cast, Production Crew, and Post Production Crew Screenplay Access
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