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.
