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A Hard Day's Night

1h 23m Music, Documentary 1964

"_The movie never feels like a nostalgia trip. It moves, breathes and sings with life._" - Newsday

The movie never feels like a nostalgia trip. It moves, breathes and sings with life.” - Newsday

As invigorating and funny now as it was on its original release half a century ago.” - The Independent

Meet the Beatles! Just one month after they exploded onto the U.S. scene with their Ed Sullivan Show appearance, John, Paul, George, and Ringo began working on a project that would bring their revolutionary talent to the big screen. A Hard Day’s Night, in which the bandmates play cheeky comic versions of themselves, captured the astonishing moment when they officially became the singular, irreverent idols of their generation and changed music forever. Directed with raucous, anything-goes verve by Richard Lester and featuring a slew of iconic pop anthems, including the title track, “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “I Should Have Known Better,” and “If I Fell,” A Hard Day’s Night, which reconceived the movie musical and exerted an incalculable influence on the music video, is one of the most deliriously entertaining movies of all time.

Director

Richard Lester

Language

English

Country

UK

Studio

Criterion

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