A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles’ first feature film. Released by United Artists. A Walter Shenson – Subafilms Production.
Comedy and music are combined to make 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. This is in spite of Paul’s troublemaking grandfather (Wildfred Brambell) and Ringo’s arrest.
The film has been praised as a benchmark for music film production, and remains influential to this day. Director Dick Lester used a documentary style of filming to capture the claustrophobia of Beatlemania, and writer Alun Owen delivered a script which epitomised the quick witted humour of the band.
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LikeASir on 9th Feb 12:
“They really can't act but nobody rocks better than them!!!”
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Lennon NL on 31st Jan 12:
“I love lennon”
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ceciliaargentina on 29th Jan 12:
“I love the movie A Hard Day's Night, A HECTIC day, HELP...WANT TO SEE HER AGAIN”
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mccartneyluvr on 23rd Jan 12:
“omg i love the part where theyre on the train and theyre trying to bug the old guy "hey mister can we have our ball back?", so funny.
Reporter:and do you get to see your father often?
Paul:no actually, were just good friends.” -
#01BeatlesFan on 16th Jan 12:
“No actually we're just good friends..”
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#01BeatlesFan on 16th Jan 12:
“Haha Paul McCartney: SHAZAM/ Everyone:Mister, Can we have our ball back?!?! Funny awesome movie!”
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HolliMcCartney43 on 16th Jan 12:
“Best Movie Ever!
I Love Paul McCartney<3!” -
Hair peace 1969 on 14th Jan 12:
“The 1st mockutary movie about rock stars even before those reality tv shows about rock stars came out.”
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Think for Yourself on 12th Jan 12:
“This movie is my fav by The Beatles. I just love this!”
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thebeatlesr#1 on 31st Dec 11:
“such a funny flim even at the part where paul is hiding from the crowd of fans sitting next to his grandpa wearing a mustache and the newspaper and looks at the grandpa akwardly”
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Fans crowd outside Marylebone Station where the Beatles were filming "A Hard Day's Night" -
Running from the police, a scene for the film "A Hard Day's Night" -
In telephone booths; the opening scene for the film "A Hard Day's Night" -
Paul & Wilfred Brambell during filming of "A Hard Day's Night" -
With chorus girls during filming for "A Hard Day's Night"
