A Hard Day's Night (U)

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Comedy

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Time Out says

A sanitised semi-documentary version of life on the road with John, Paul, George and Ringo, with a paper-thin storyline about difficulties with their manager and Paul's Grandpa (Brambell) serving as a linking device to connect scenes of the Fab Four in the studio, in concert, and in flight from frantic fans. Lester's gimmicky camera-trickery - jump-cuts, fast and slow motion, etc, etc - is so much icing on the cake, and has dated badly; but the mop-tops are likeably relaxed, with Lennon offering a few welcome moments of his dry, acerbic wit.

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Release details

Rated:

U

UK release:

1964

Duration:

85 mins

Cast and crew

Art Director:

Ray Simm

Editor:

John Jympson

Cast:

The Beatles, Anna Quayle, Victor Spinetti, Lionel Blair, Norman Rossington, Wilfrid Brambell, Brian Epstein, John Junkin

Producer:

Walter Shenson

Screenwriter:

Alun Owen

Cinematography:

Gilbert Taylor

Director:

Richard Lester

Music:

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

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Rated as: 4/5 (1 rating)

  • A classic. The camera-trickery works fine. And Wilf Brambell is indeed 'very clean', referring to his then-new hit as the elder Steptoe. Unmissable.

    Rob Sun Aug 23 2009
    Rated as: 4/5
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