“A Hard Day’s Night” (1964) is an unpretentious, breezy, charming little musical comedy starring the Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr) as themselves. Director Richard Lester created a frenetically paced faux documentary that purports to follow the Fab Four around for a day and loaded it with zany British humor. The Beatles do a dozen of their feel-good songs, including the title tune, “She Loves You,” “Can’t Buy Me Love,” and “All My Loving.” The movie is joyous and exhilarating.
DVD Details:
- Two-Disc Set (Collector’s Series)
- Anamorphic Widescreen (1.66:1), Black-and-White
- Feature Run Time: 1 Hour 28 Minutes
- MPAA Rating: G
- English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
- French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
- English Captions for the Hearing Impaired
- Making-Of Documentary: “Things They Said Today …” (36 min.)
- Interview With Director Richard Lester (12 min.)
- Interview With Musical Director George Martin (7 min.)
- Interview With Studio Exec David Picker (3 min.)
- Interview With Associate Producer Denis O’Dell (10 min.)
- Interview With Actor John Junkin (4 min.)
- Interview With Actor Lionel Blair (3 min.)
- Interview With Actor Kenneth Haigh (3 min.)
- Interview With Actor David Jaxon (10 min.)
- Interview With Actress Anna Quayle (3 min.)
- Interview With Actor Jeremy Lloyd (5 min.)
- Interview With Actor Terry Hooper (4 min.)
- Interview With Director of Photography Gilbert Taylor (7 min.)
- Interview With Camera Operator Paul Wilson (4 min.)
- Interview With Hairdresser Betty Glasow (3 min.)
- Interview With 2nd Assistant Director Barrie Melrose (6 min.)
- Interview With Assistant Editors Tomling and Benson (4 min.)
- Interview With Sound Editors Daniels and Roddan (3 min.)
- Song-by-Song Perspective of the Film’s Soundtrack (12 min.)
- Memories of Actor Playing Clean Old Man (5 min.)
- Discussion of Paul McCartney/Isla Blair Deleted Scene (4 min.)
- Interview With Photographer/Designer Robert Freeman (10 min.)
- A Tailor Discusses the Beatles’ Suits (8 min.)
- Interview With Beatles’ Publicist Tony Barrow (18 min.)
- Recollections of Artist/Musician/Friend Klaus Voorman (7 min.)
- Reminisces of New York Concert Promoter Sid Bernstein (4 min.)
- DVD-ROM Features
