A Hard Day's Night

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Summary: The Best Beatles Movie!
Review: This is definitely the best movie The Beatles ever made. At the time it was made, no one knew that this movie would become such a classic. The Beatles personlities come shining through in this movie, and the songs are great. This is the one Beatles movie every Beatles fan has to have!

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Summary: The Beatles are poorly represented on DVD.
Review: So "A Hard Days Night" is finally going to be released on DVD region 1.What about the rest of the world as well?
And the DVD version of "A Hard Days Night" after going missing all these years has no extras at all.
How ironic that "The Making Of A Hard Days Night" documentary DVD has been available for years while the movie hasn't.
The AHDN documentary also has the missing song deleted from the film called "You Can't Do That" while the actual movie doesn't have it as an extra.
The movie version has nothing at all,can you believe that?
And while artists like Madonna and the Rolling Stones have half a dozen DVDs released,the Beatles still don't much released at all.
The hugely popular 1998 "Beatles Anthology" series still hasn't made it to DVD after four long years and neither has the "Let It Be" film or "A Hard Days Night"(internationally)or the "Paul McCartney 1993 World Tour" which was on computer disc 7 years ago.
Most of what is available are mediocre documentaries about the group made by profiteers.
What is going on with the Beatles representatives?
Why are they so slack with the most popular band of the century?
There is a world audience out there waiting for Beatles product like the "Beatles ballads" album which was available on vinyl in the 1970's but was never re-released on cd.

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Summary: What's this, Black and White???!!!
Review: These Beetle guys are OK, I guess, but I don't see them lasting long, and they're sure no Herman's Hermits.

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Summary: An Absolute Classic!!
Review: This film is just wonderful. I could watch it again and again. It captures the Beatles in their early days, when there was fun and spontaneity, before they got worn out from touring and the in-fighting and bitterness began. They were caught in the act of being themselves, essentially. And the music is timeless! I grew up with these songs, and my 7-year-old son is now enjoying them too. We watched the film recently, and really enjoyed it. (I think one of the best lines in movies is when Paul says "Let's go get our coffee and leave the kennel to Lassie!") All in all, a well-made film from a director who knew what he was doing and did it very well. I am currently reading a book about the Beatles, and I found out that this film was shot in only about a month's time (or at least a very short time). Think about that in comparison to the time (and money) it takes to make a movie today! That shows that Richard Lester knew what he wanted, and knew how to get the job done. A very fast-moving film that never drags. Highly recommended! After initially doing this review, I did have the chance to see the movie in a theatre. I wouldn't have missed it for the world! I noticed a lot seeing it on the big screen that I had missed in the video, such as scenery details, camera shots, camera angles, etc. And the great fully-restored stereo sound. What a difference!

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Summary: A Hard Day's Night
Review: This movie was really great! They are so goofy and funny and the music is great! Deffinitely a keeper!

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Summary: Great Film
Review: If you've never seen the first Beatles film, then now is the time to treat yourself to a real feast! This film is a classic for so many reasons, but the most important in the genuine humor and natural innocence of the early Beatles. All of the songs are wonderful, and it is a joy to see John, Paul, George, and Ringo running around having so much fun.

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Summary: DONT THINK TWICE!
Review: I'm having a lot of troubles to get this dvd movie of The Beatles, the best band ever was and ever will be. Anyway, if you can buy this item - don't even think about other possiblety except buying it. Think you've find oil or gold...
"A Hard Day's Night" is a terrific movie about The Beatles on their prime, watching them singing their hits and their real lives behind the scenes. And also to take an unforgetable look that could never be erase from history. Don't think twice!!!

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Summary: When They Were FAB!
Review: It has been referred to as 'The Citizen Kane of juke box musicals', and "A Hard Day's Night" is definitely that...and more! Rock and roll movies prior to the release of "A Hard Day's Night" were, in the main, nothing but silly youth exploitation pics (eg. Elvis' post-army offerings and every Cliff Richard vehicle), but AHDN was light years ahead in the genre. The songs are performed in a variety of backdrops and, viewed separately from the movie, have a music video feel to them, some twelve years or so before music videos became commonplace. The dialogue is at times, witty, sarcastic, or downright poignant. The storyline is not at all complicated, and for anyone who wants to know what Beatlemania was all about, this picture has an almost documentary feel to it, which is further deepened by the use of black and white. Even though some of the dry British wit may go over the heads of some Americans, AHDN still comes off as being fresh and cheeky, and will therefore remain a classic. Will the same thing be said of 'The Spice Girls Movie' when it's 38th birthday rolls around? Somehow, I doubt it...

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Summary: Pure Enjoyment
Review: This film captured the very essence of the Beatles. What made their stardom flourish was there incredible energy, and ernest enjoyment in everthing. Their charm is contagious, and the chemistry is something that could not be manufactured. One really sees their wonderful personalities in this film. This movie just makes you want to smile!

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Summary: Captures all the energy of those early days of Rock N Roll
Review: "A Hard Day's Night" represents the very height of BEATLEMANIA, a wonderful heady time of possibilities yet to be explored and the jubilation of Rock n Roll in general. I saw this at my local movie theater in 1964, after braving a line that ran the length of a very long Brooklyn block (unheard of for this third run theater). And remember this was in the day of the double features. The decible level inside the theater during the show was unbelievable, and the sound from the screen was pretty loud too. Non stop screaming, shouting, and singing that made most of the dialogue incomprehnsible. It wasn't until the film played on television years later that I discovered what a funny film this was. In contrast, when HELP debuted a year later, the second run theater I saw it in was packed, but quiet and attentive. The hysteria of BEATLEMANIA was over, and while it was a relief to be able to hear the movie, the excitement of the pandemonium was sorely missed. But on this day in 1964 my local theater became a real Beatle concert-going experience. The fact that my older sister got hit in the head with some girl's tossed shoe, and that it provoked laughter instead of the expected anger really brought home the fact that this was indeed something special. But its what happened after the film was over that has stayed with me all these years over any other movie going experience. After all this pumped up energy The Beatles had produced on came the second feature. I don't remember the name of it, but I do remember it was in color and the first shot was a close-up of a lily pad that silently floated on a lake for what seemed like five full minutes. Well that was it. This Brooklyn crowd went nuts "We Want Te Beatles! We Want The BEATLES! WE WANT THE BEATLES! WE WANT THE BEATLES! Over and over. Being the most seasoned 9 year old movie goer in film history, this was one thing I knew was never going to happen. I remember thinking how smart the theater owner was to book this film, whatever it was. It was obvious to me that this film wasn't being shown to enhance the pleaure of the previous film, or compliment it. It was designed to empty the whole theater, so that nobody would hang around and see The Beatles again (there was another line stretching down the block waiting to get in). But the audience wouldn't stop. WE WANT THE BEATLES! WE WANT THE BEATLES!I just shook my head. WE WANT THE BEATLES! WE WANT THE BEATLES! Then something happened. The 2nd feature stopped leaving a blank screen up there, and down came the theater manager and held up his hands. He was fat and sweating profusely. He waved his hands for everybody to be quiet. There was a palpable feeling of anticipation in the place. As the noise subsided he informed us, reluctantly it seemed to me, that they WERE going to show "A Hard Day's Night" again (an eruption of CHEERS!) and that after it was over he wanted every single one of "you kids" out of this theater. And, in what seemed like an instant, BLANG, that opening chord was struck and back on the screen there it was! And the whole place went WILD all over again. You still couldn't hear halfthe dialogue, but it didn't matter. I remember the poor heavyset matron, who looked like she just ran a marathon, resting on the arm of an aisle seat, looking at us crazy kids singing and screaming, and breaking out in the most good natured I-give-up-smile I have ever witnessed. What a time! True to his word, after the show, the manager was in the boy's bathroom,even the girl's bathroom, throwing out anyone who thought they were going to stick around one more time. And as we piled out into the street, we were the envy of everbody standing on line. "We saw it TWICE" and held up two fingers, which in retrospect was really a sign of victory. That was the day that I realised that in this world, anything IS possible.