A Hard Day's Night

Name: A Hard Day's Night
Director: Richard Lester
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Documentary, Arts and culture, Music
Released: 1964
Duration: 1 h 24 min
Cast: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Wilfrid Brambell

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Comedy
Musical

1964
Richard Lester
84 mins
PG

Summary

Musical comedy starring the Beatles in their movie debut. John, Paul, George and Ringo set off for London, where they are due to take part in a live TV show. But the antics of Paul's mischievous grandfather throw the performance into jeopardy. Includes the classic songs A Hard Day's Night, Tell Me Why, I Should Have Known Better, She Loves You, This Boy, Can't Buy Me Love, I Wanna Be Your Man and All My Loving.

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Review

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

David Parkinson

At a time when Elvis and Cliff were still making old-style musicals, this forerunner of the modern music video smashed the mould. Satirising the endless round of banal inquisition, petty regulation and screaming adoration to which the Fab Four were subjected, this musical odyssey enabled them to mock authority and shirk duty without allowing such anti-establishment rebelliousness to detract from the working-class respectability of their "Mop Top" image. However, Richard Lester's film is not just a homage to Buster Keaton-style slapstick and Busby Berkeley spectacle; it's also a handbook of new-wave film techniques, from Federico Fellini and the nouvelle vague to Free Cinema and the Czech Film Miracle.

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7.5/10

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Credits

Cast

rolenameJohnJohn LennonPaulPaul McCartneyGeorgeGeorge HarrisonRingoRingo StarrGrandfatherWilfrid BrambellNormNorman RossingtonShakeJohn JunkinTV directorVictor SpinettiMillieAnna QuaylePolice inspectorDeryck GuylerMan on trainRichard VernonHotel waiterEddie MalinTV floor managerRobin RayTV choreographerLionel BlairSimonKenneth HaighCar thiefJohn BluthalJeanPattie BoydSeated fan with necktiePhil CollinsMan in crowdBrian EpsteinDancer at discoSusan HampshireAdrianJulian HollowayActorDavid LangtonTall dancer at discoJeremy LloydLeslie JacksonDerek NimmoGrandfather's girl at casinoMargaret NolanGirl at discoCharlotte Rampling

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rolenameDirectorRichard Lester

Details

Theatrical distributor

Metrodome

Released on

2014-07-04

Languages

English | German | French

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Black and white