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A Hard Day's Night
List Price: $14.99 Our Price: $11.99
DVD - 24 September, 2002
Miramax Entertainment
G (General Audience)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Director: Lester, Richard
Cast: George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Number of Media: 2
Features: - Black & White
- Closed-captioned
- Color
- DVD-Video
- NTSC
Related Areas: Absurd Comedy, B&W, Backstage Musical, Bright, British Invasion, Comedy, Culture Clash, Documentary, England, English, Ensemble Film, Feature, Fighting the System, Generation Gap, High Artistic Quality, High Historical Importance, Humorous, Madcap, Merseybeat, Movie |
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| DVD Description 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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The Beatles" A Hard Days Night" DVD box set If you loved the Film , "A Hard Days Night" you will love this.
It is done well, the pictures are clear and sharp and the story is excatly the same as it was in 1964.
It is great and the Humor of the lads is "priceless".
You can now watch them over an over and laugh all over again.
I know I did.
I love the "Train Scence" It is prob. my Fave.
" I love "Who's that little ole man".
It just makes me laugh.
I hvae the box set of "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help", you need both of them in your collection
and "Let It Be". I have it on DVD.
Every Beatles lover needs all of their 5 movies on DVD.
I have them all of VHS and DVD.
There has and Never will be another group like the "Beatles"
They are "One of a Kind", and the World will Never seen the "Like" of them again.
It is great to have all their movies and their Best Concerts to watch "again and agin"
And I do.
Take my word for it.
It is worth having, all their books, concerts and films, are.....
luvmusic
12/02/07
DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR A NEW EDITION! ENJOY THIS DVD SET! This DVD set has taken a lot of trashing! The aspect ratio isn't correct on the DVD but, the cropping is not all that bad! I did find that during the many musical numbers the bass was booming way too much through my sub and I had to adjust it quite a bit. The film itself is a classic and anyone growing up with it will fondly rememeber how magical these guy were. A groovy Marx Brothers romp through the early 60's with some of my favorite Beatles songs laced throughout the random comedic elements. Maybe they will make purist happy one day and release this in the correct format but, I'm not holding my breath. I say, if your a fan stop crying and start enjoying this wonderful film, even if it isn't the definitive release of this film on DVD. The transfer is excellent and there are some interesting extras.
Never felt so ripped off .... Was looking forward to the DVD release - and low and behold a huge step backward compared to the MPI release. Maybe they did clean up the sound a bit - but that 'plus' is completely ruined by the poor print they used for this DVD. The MPI release was MUCH better, and I'm certainly holding on to mine. Thus learneth the lesson on marketing that promotes "new and improved" - especially from Miramax. |
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