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A Hard Days' Night (Beatles)

Directed by
Richard Lester

Writing credits
Alun Owen (written by)

Genre: Comedy / Music

Tagline: The greatest rock & roll comedy adventure

Plot Outline: An exaggerated "Day In the Life" of the Beatlemania era Beatles. The foursome travel from train to hotel to television studio with their road crew, while "Grandfather" stirs up trouble, and even temporarily convinces one member to leave his responsibilities behind to go off "paradin'."

User Comments: The Age of Innocence

User Rating: 7.7/10 (6,777 votes)

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Lennon	....	Himself
Paul McCartney	....	Himself
George Harrison	....	Himself
Ringo Starr	....	Himself
Wilfrid Brambell	....	Grandfather
Norman Rossington	....	Norm
John Junkin	....	Shake
Victor Spinetti	....	T.V. director
Anna Quayle	....	Millie
Deryck Guyler	....	Police Inspector
Richard Vernon	....	Man on train
Edward Malin	....	Hotel Waiter (as Eddie Malin)
Robin Ray	....	T.V. Floor Manager
Lionel Blair	....	T.V. Choreographer
Alison Seebohm	....	Secretary

Also Known As:
Beatles No. 1 (UK) (working title)
Runtime: 87 min
Country: UK
Language: English / German
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital (2000 re-release) / Stereo
Certification: Australia:G (original rating) / Argentina:Atp / Finland:S / France:U (2001 re-release) / Peru:PT / Portugal:12 (re-rating on appeal) / Sweden:Btl / UK:U / USA:G (1979) / West Germany:6 / Australia:M

Trivia: Screenwriter Alan Owen claimed that the word "grotty," was a word used in Liverpool to mean "grotesque," but the Beatles never heard it before and believed Owen made it up. It subsequently passed into general usage and linguists certainly cite The Beatles as the popularizers of the word in the early 1960s and trace its origins to Liverpool.

Goofs: Crew or equipment visible: Reflected in one of the train windows as the fans chase the group along the station platform in the opening scene.

Quotes: T.V. Director: Get me a bottle of milk and some tranquilizers. I see it all now... It's a plot... a plot.

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations

User Comments:
The Age of Innocence, 22 December 2003

This is it. There has never been and never will be another band like the Beatles. The innocence of the generation is showcased in A Hard Day's Night. The perfect musical for any audience, the Beatles capture a time that can never be repeated. Like 4 childhood friends knowing that the Old can never get them down, they represented everything good and right of the world. They reflected the generation that wanted to be heard. Almost 40 years later, they are still as young as ever. Timeless, beautiful, true. A Hard Day's Night is perfection!

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