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The Fab Four from Liverpool--John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr--in their first movie. Nobody expected A Hard Day's Night to be much more than a quick exploitation of a passing musical fad, but when the film opened it immediately seduced the world--even the stuffiest critics fell over themselves in praise (highbrow Dwight Macdonald called it "not only a gay, spontaneous, inventive comedy but it is also as good cinema as I have seen for a long time"). Wisely, screenwriter Alun Owen based his script on the Beatles' actual celebrity at the time, catching them in the delirious early rush of Beatlemania: eluding rampaging fans, killing time on trains and in hotels, appearing on a TV broadcast. American director Richard Lester, influenced by the freestyle French New Wave and British Goon Show humor, whips up a delightfully upbeat circus of perpetual motion. From the opening scene of the mop tops rushing through a train station mobbed by fans, the movie rarely stops for air. Some of the songs are straightforwardly presented, but others ("Can't Buy Me Love," set to the foursome gamboling around an empty field) soar with ingenuity. Above all, the Beatles express their irresistible personalities: droll, deadpan, infectiously cheeky. Better examples of pure cinematic joy are few and far between. --Robert Horton
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DON'T BUY FROM THIS COMPANY!!!
I placed my order on sept; 13 th and they took out MY money and here it is now Oct; 5 th and I am still waiting for the two items that I paid for back on sept; 13 th. It's a RIP-OFF !!!!! BRIAN W; A HARD DAYS NIGHT
This DVD is the best reproduction of the movie experience i have seen. The picture quality is excellent, the dialog is clear. Honestly my memory of the sound of the tunes isn't all that great from the original when I saw it in the theaters. The excitement of seeing this movie at the theater was such that any sound at all would have been acceptable. The sound of the tunes on the DVD version is all there, though I would have preferred real stereo or 5.1 surround. The only tune that seems to have that is in the "live performance" scene where you hear the girls screaming in the rear channels. This will have to do until they remix the entire movie...which i am sure they will. It is now in the wide screen format with some chop off at the top and bottom...but who cares? It wasn't obvious enough to make me aware of it, and frankly I like everything in widescreen anyway. This DVD took me back to that time in the sixties...and thats what i was looking for. Well done. Grows on You
When I first tried to watch this movie, I quit halfway because I thought it was ridiculous and dumb. However, my 2nd and subsequent viewings of this irreverent film revealed it to be funny and enjoyable and even a singalong. I found the fans' selfish idolatry disturbing though. The film is quite clean with a few innuendos and one woman showing excessive cleavage. Hard Day's Night
Great product! Attractively packaged 2-disc set. One with interviews of production team / cast. A real hoot, if you're into the film. And the movie itself. A little time capsule! A WINNER - DOESN"T GET ANY BETTER
They tidied it up technologically maybe(?) but the music was ALWAYS great anyway. The abundant extras are wonderful bonuses, but the gist is, here is THE original rockumentary, still unsurpassed, every bit as good as you remember or could expect to find in some pale imitation otherwise now and in the future. Richard Lester and George Martin, working with the Beatles? WOW... A MUST HAVE for all Beatles fans, veterans and novices alike. This package is a BARGAIN. Enjoy! |
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