A Hard Day's Night (film)
A Hard Day's Night (1964) is a British comedy film originally released by United Artists, written by Alun Owen and starring John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr during the height of Beatlemania. The director was Richard Lester, the producer Walter Shenson and the director of photography Gilbert Taylor. In addition to the Beatles, cast members included Wilfrid Brambell as Paul's grandfather, who was billed as "also starring" after the main title, Norman Rossington as their manager, John Junkin as "Shake," Lionel Blair as a featured dancer, Victor Spinetti as the television director and in cameos David Langton, John Bluthal as a car thief and Derek Nimmo in an uncredited role as Leslie Jackson (a magician). The album A Hard Day's Night was the Beatles' first soundtrack album and the only Beatles' album to consist entirely of Lennon and McCartney songs. The film premiered on July 6, 1964.
Tagline:The greatest rock & roll comedy adventure
Songs in "A Hard Day's Night"
"I'll
Cry Instead"
"A Hard Day's Night"
"I Should Have Known
Better"
"Can't Buy Me Love"
"If I Fell"
"And
I Love Her"
"I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
"Ringo's
Theme (This Boy)"
"Tell Me Why"
"Don't Bother Me"
-- written by George Harrison, notwithstanding the film's closing credit "songs
by John Lennon and Paul McCartney"
"I Wanna Be Your Man"
"All
My Loving"
"She Loves You"
"I'll Cry Instead"
was intended for the film but was cut. It appeared in a prologue for a 1980s reissue
by Universal Pictures. "You Can't Do That" was actually filmed as part
of the concert, but was cut from the film's final version. The footage can be
seen on the documentary The Making of "A Hard Day's Night".
Cast
John Lennon - John (as The Beatles)
Paul McCartney - Paul (as The Beatles)
George Harrison - George (as The Beatles)
Ringo Starr - Ringo (as The Beatles)
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
David Janson -
Young boy (as David Jaxon)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Isla Blair
- Shakespearean actress (scenes deleted)
Bridget Armstrong - Lead makeup
woman
Roger Avon -
John Bluthal - Car Thief
Pattie Boyd - Jean
(schoolgirl on train #1
Phil Collins - Seated fan with
necktie
Rosemarie Frankland - Brunette showgirl
Kenneth Haigh - Simon
Marshall
Julian Holloway - Adrian, Simon's Assistant
Terry Hooper -
Clare Kelly - Barmaid
David Langton - Actor
Linda
Lewis - Audience member
Jeremy Lloyd - Tall dancer at the disco
Derek
Nimmo - Leslie Jackson (magician)
Margaret Nolan - Grandfather's girl at
casino
Gordon Rollings - Man with sandwich in pub
Geraldine Sherman - Girl outside secondhand shop
Marianne Stone - Society
reporter
Michael Trubshawe - Casino manager
Carol White - Bit Role
Plot
Screenwriter Alun Owen was chosen because
the Beatles were familiar with his play No Trams to Lime Street and Owen had a
knack for Liverpudlian dialogue.
The film chronicles in a mock documentary-style the Beatles arriving at a theatre, rehearsing, and finally performing in a television special. Owen spent several days with the group, who told him their lives were like "a room and a car and a room and a car and a room and car". He realized that by 1964 the Beatles were prisoners of their own fame, and their schedule of performances and studio work by that time was extremely punishing; he wrote this into the script. The character of Paul's grandfather refers to this, saying, "I was supposed to be getting a change of scenery, and so far I've been in a train and a room, and a car and a room, and a room and a room."
In
various places, the Beatles comment cheekily on their own fame: for instance,
at one point a fan recognises John Lennon as himself; he demurs, saying his face
isn't quite right. The fan eventually agrees.
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