A HARD DAY'S
NIGHT presents a fictionalized day in the life of the Beatles as
they give a performance on a live television show. Filmed just a
month after their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in February
1964, this film--the Beatles' first--introduces us to the unique
personalities of each member of the band. The film opens with
the Fab Four boarding a train mobbed with adoring young fans (mostly
women) as they attempt to travel to the television studio in
London. The antics of the band during rehearsals and makeup
application provide a large part of the comic material in this
feature, though there are other moments of pure hilarity. The
unscripted vignette featuring a hangover-suffering Ringo is
especially funny, particularly when he is arrested and risks
having to miss the broadcast. None of this goes unnoticed by the
director of the show, played by Victor Spinetti, who went on to
become a recurring cast member in Beatles movies. As the clock
ticks away dramatically, our heroes manage to free Ringo from
jail and sneak onto the stage in the nick of time, delighted in
the knowledge that they have nearly driven the director mad in
the process. Arguably the first music video ever made, this faux
documentary and its shooting style have been a tremendous
influence on nearly every rock and roll feature since.
Elenco y
Equipo Técnico
Director
Richard Lester
Star
The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo
Starr, Wilfred Brambell, Norman Rossington, Victor Spinetti,
John Junkin, Anna Quayle, Kenneth Haigh, Richard Vernon, Eddie
Malin
Producer
Walter Shenson
Screenwriter
Alun Owen
Director of Photography
Gilbert Taylor
Editor
John Jympson
Music Producer
George Martin
Song Composer/Performer
John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Sinopsis
The Beatles followed
up their debut film, A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, with this fanciful spy spoof.
When Ringo adds a new ring to his collection, he's unaware of how
important and dangerous this piece of jewelry is. On one hand, a
religious cult considers it a sacred object and the wearer must become a
sacrifice to their gods. On the other hand, the ring has magical
abilities that hold the key to supreme power. Soon the boys from
Liverpool are engaged in a slapstick and madcap chase round the world,
as a crazed scientist, a pack of crooks, and several religious fanatics
set out to capture the band. Watch for the English Channel swimmer who
seems to be perpetually lost and appears in nearly every location.
Includes Beatles' hits including "Help!," "Ticket To Ride," "You've Got
To Hide Your Love Away," and many more.
Elenco y Equipo
Técnico
Director
Richard
Lester
Star
The
Beatles, Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Roy Kinnear, Victor Spinetti
Producer
Walter
Shenson
Screenwriter
Marc
Behm, Charles Wood
Director of Photography
David
Watkin
Score
Composer
Ken
Thorne
Sinopsis
A typically
Beatlesque film (i.e. atypical) originally produced for television, this
short film was intended to be an off-the-wall road movie with the
Beatles and three dozen or so friends on a psychedelic bus. Shot with
only a vague script and only bare outlines of scenes, the movie was
meant to document a trip to the seaside resort town of Blackpool,
England. Made in September of 1967, The Beatles' brilliant rock album is
transformed into colorful and energetic images. The film also contains
the only live version of John Lennon's "I Am the Walrus." Third of the
Beatles films to include Victor Spinetti, famous for his mohair sweater
wearing role as the television director in A Hard Day's Night and as the
determined scientist with the laser in Help! The movie was originally
shown on BBC TV on December 26, 1967 inexplicably in black and white.
Elenco y Equipo
Técnico
Director
The
Beatles
Star
The
Beatles
Director of Photography
Ringo
Starr
Sinopsis
In this animated
feature with the Fab Four, the magical Pepperland is invaded by the Blue
Meanies, who have declared war on all that is good--especially music. At
the request of a befuddled emissary from Pepperland, the lads from
Liverpool take a ride in their yellow submarine to aid the besieged
residents in their battle.
Peter Max designed the distinctive look of the animation, and the
real-live Beatles themselves appear in a brief sequence at the film's
end. Includes the songs "Yellow Submarine," "Just A Northern Song," "Sergeant
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "Eleanor Rigby," "Lucy in the Sky
with Diamonds," "Nowhere Man," "A Day in the Life," and others, as well
as several orchestral numbers by noted Beatle producer George Martin.
Elenco y Equipo
Técnico
Director
George
Dunning
Star
The
Beatles
Producer
Al
Brodax
Screenwriter
Al
Brodax, Lee Minoff, Erich Segal, Jack Mendelsohn
Sinopsis
En 1970 los
Beatles filmaron la que sería su última película, Let It Be. Let
It Be fue ideada para que fuera in documental que mostrara el
'renacimiento' de los Beatles, pero terminó siendo un documento
que muestra el triste final. La idea original pensaba mostrar a
los Beatles durante una sesión de ensayo, y después al grupo
frente a una audiencia. Lo que finalmente se incluyó en la
película fueron interminables horas de ensayos desganados,
discusiones, y un apurado concierto en la azotea del edificio de
Apple en Londres. La película finaliza con la policía londinense
terminando con el recital de la azotea, como cerrando finalmente
la carrera de los Beatles.
