A hard day's night / a Walter Shenson production ; original screenplay by Alun Owen ; produced by Walter Shenson ; directed by Richard Lester.

Show other versions (7)

A lively, good-natured spoof of "Beatlemania" portraying a frantic 36 hours in the lives of the rock group.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Hard day's night (Motion picture)
Miramax collector's series.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Authors: Lennon, John, 1940-1980 (Composer, Actor)
McCartney, Paul (Composer, Actor)
Corporate Authors: Beatles (Performer)
Miramax Films
Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Lester, Richard, 1932- (Director)
Shenson, Walter (Producer)
Owen, Alun, 1925-1995 (Screenwriter)
Brambell, Wilfrid, 1912-1985 (Actor)
Rossington, Norman, 1928-1999 (Actor)
Spinetti, Victor (Actor)
Harrison, George, 1943-2001 (Actor)
Starr, Ringo (Actor)
Martin, George, 1926-2016
Language:English
French
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English and French language soundtracks; closed-captioned.
Published: Burbank, CA : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2002]
Series:Miramax collector's series.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Beatles > Drama.
Beatles.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Rock films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
DVD-Video discs.
Feature films > Great Britain.
Musical films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Feature films
Musical films.
Comedy films.
Fiction films.
Rock films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (approximately 92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Contents:
  • Disc 1. Feature. Things they said today: contemporary recollections about making the movie
  • Disc 2. Supplementary material: "Their production will be second to none" (interviews with the filmmakers); "With the Beatles" (cast); "Working like a dog" (the production crew); "Busy working overtime" (post production crew); "Listen to the music playing in your head" (George Martin); "Such a clean old man!" (memories of Wilfrid Brambell); "I've lost my little girl" (Isla Blair interview); "Taking testimonial pictures" (Robert Freeman interview); "Dressed to the hilt" (Gordon Millings interview); "Dealing with 'The men from the press'" (Tony Barrow interview); "They and I have memories" (Klaus Voorman interview); "Hitting the big time in the USA" (Sid Bernstein interview).