A Hard Day's Night

8/11/19641h 28m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The Beatles, starring in their first full-length, hilarious, action-packed film! ~

Overview:

Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.

Director:

Richard Lester

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$560,000.00

Revenue:

$11,000,000.00

Key words:

adolescence
great britain
culture clash
pop culture
press conference
musical
mockumentary
behind the scenes
fame
police chase
older man younger woman relationship
shaving
swinging 60s
railway station
psychotronic
generation gap
television director

Cast

John Lennon

~ as ~

John

Paul McCartney

~ as ~

Paul

George Harrison

~ as ~

George

Ringo Starr

~ as ~

Ringo

Wilfrid Brambell

~ as ~

Grandfather

Norman Rossington

~ as ~

Norm

John Junkin

~ as ~

Shake

Victor Spinetti

~ as ~

T.V. Director

Anna Quayle

~ as ~

Millie

Deryck Guyler

~ as ~

Police Inspector

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 7 month(s) ago
7
Who says there were no pop videos in the 1960s? This is an example of one, two, three - indeed, possibly five - all loosely connected via a daftly enjoyable storyline featuring old "Steptoe" himself - Mr. Wilfrid Bramble. It has a plot, not that it remotely matters: the fab four are heading to London to do a television show and poor old Ringo gets separated - much to the chagrin of the programme's director. What ensues are various enjoyable escapades interspersed with some dapper performances from the band. The thing is riddled with charisma - the band are clearly having a whale of a time, Bramble looks like startled rabbit - as only he could - and the scenes with the screaming fans contribute well to the overall sense of adulation in which this band were held. It makes no pretence to be a film of great cinematographic worth - which is just as well 'cos it isn't - but as 90 minutes of almost fly-on-the wall fun and games, it's well worth a watch.