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Beatles forums => Films, TV Shows, Interviews => Topic started by: Euan Buchan on March 19, 2014, 08:40:13 AM
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The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night is to be re-released in cinemas and on DVD.
The 1964 film , which follows a day in the life of the band as Beatlemania is in full swing, has been fully restored and will be in cinemas and available to download on July 4. A limited edition DVD and Blu-ray release will follow on July 21.
Directed by Richard Lester and written by Alun Owen, the film also starred Anna Quayle, Bob Godfrey, Robin Ray, Lionel Blair and Patti Boyd.
Next week (March 20), the piano played by John Lennon and Paul McCartney while filming Help! will go up for auction. The pair used the 1907 Bechstein Concert Grand to compose the title track to the 1965 film and was used to compose 'Yesterday'. It has been valued at £50,000 by Omega Auctions, and will be sold in Liverpool.
Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/the-beatles/76087#yIeKDHLEF3RI1sgA.99 (http://www.nme.com/news/the-beatles/76087#yIeKDHLEF3RI1sgA.99)
http://www.criterion.com/films/28547-a-hard-day-s-night (http://www.criterion.com/films/28547-a-hard-day-s-night)
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German DVD June 27
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A Hard Day's Night Cast Then and Now (http://ultimateclassicrock.com/hard-days-night-cast-then-and-now/)
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A Hard Day's Night Cast Then and Now ([url]http://ultimateclassicrock.com/hard-days-night-cast-then-and-now/[/url])
Very interesting to see what they did. Thanks!
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German Special Edition with 1x Blu-ray Disc (50 GB), 3x DVD-9 nearly 300 minutes Bonus Material
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The bfi on the Southbank (London) is showing 'A Hard Day's Night' over two weeks in July from 3rd to 17th.
There appear to be 33 screenings so, even given the World Cup, there doesn't seem too much excuse for missing it.
'Sorry we hurt your field, Mister.'
Major result!
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Next week (March 20), the piano played by John Lennon and Paul McCartney while filming Help! will go up for auction. The pair used the 1907 Bechstein Concert Grand to compose the title track to the 1965 film
I was always under the impression that the song was solely written by Lennon overnight, once the title had been decided on
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Dates for US coming soon here's dates for the UK.
https://m.facebook.com/notes/metrodome-distribution/a-hard-days-night-planned-screenings-from-4th-july/10152725663186501
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Dates for US coming soon
Man, would I be happy if I could see this in a theater. The only city that is near me is an hour and a half away and I am very eager to see if it's coming there.
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Man, would I be happy if I could see this in a theater. The only city that is near me is an hour and a half away and I am very eager to see if it's coming there.
We're about the same from the nearest modern theater. I'll probably see it on Netflix sometime in the future!
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Next week (March 20), the piano played by John Lennon and Paul McCartney while filming Help! will go up for auction. The pair used the 1907 Bechstein Concert Grand to compose the title track to the 1965 film and was used to compose 'Yesterday'. It has been valued at £50,000 by Omega Auctions, and will be sold in Liverpool.
Just to clarify, the piano which appeared in Help! was not the Bechstein Concert Grand which sold at auction. A Bösendorfer Grand Piano was used in the Ticket To Ride scene filmed at Obertauern in the Austrian Alps...
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Here's the story about this piano: The Beatles and the Bösendorfer Grand in the snow (http://www.boesendorfer.com/en/archived-news.html?page=6120)
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Man, would I be happy if I could see this in a theater. The only city that is near me is an hour and a half away and I am very eager to see if it's coming there.
I'm not sure yet if it'll be playing in my city, but I'm going to be on this darn cruise and will miss it (and the Twilight Zone marathon, adding insult to injury) >:( . I would be so thrilled to see AHDN on the big screen.
Oh, well, at least I'll be able to readily get the DVD.
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I'm going to be on this darn cruise and will miss it (and the Twilight Zone marathon, adding insult to injury) >:(
Oh, well, at least I'll be able to readily get the DVD.
You might feel like you're in the Twilight Zone though, from the sounds of it!
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I'm not sure yet if it'll be playing in my city, but I'm going to be on this darn cruise and will miss it (and the Twilight Zone marathon, adding insult to injury) >:( . I would be so thrilled to see AHDN on the big screen.
Oh, well, at least I'll be able to readily get the DVD.
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Now exactly where do we intend to go?
The Twilight Zone S04E17 Passage on the Lady Anne Full Episode (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFwAPFE1ceg#)
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Still going on that cruise? You'll know you've entered tHe tWiLIgHt ZoNe if you change your cruise plans for an airline trip and run into...
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There's room for one more, honey.
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The various comments above have convinced me that if you can get to see it on the big screen it'll be worth your effort.
I've never seen AHDN at the cinema (what a disgrace!) and, I have to admit, I think I've only seen it on 3 or 4 occasions. Bizarrely, however, I must have seen 'Magical Mystery Tour' on least 100 occasions.....mainly, of course, for Paul's tank top!
All this just makes me more determined to clear a space in July to see AHDN properly.
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Bizarrely, however, I must have seen 'Magical Mystery Tour' on least 100 occasions.....mainly, of course, for Paul's tank top!
I've got one of those...
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:)
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You might feel like you're in the Twilight Zone though, from the sounds of it!
I wish! The episode "A Stop at Willoughby" comes to mind: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734550/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734550/) ;D
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Now exactly where do we intend to go?
Omigosh, I'd forgotten about Passage on the Lady Anne! (Hm, Anne is my middle name.........)
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All this just makes me more determined to clear a space in July to see AHDN properly.
I hope you get to see it. :)
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I wish! The episode "A Stop at Willoughby" comes to mind: [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734550/[/url] ([url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734550/[/url]) ;D
Oh, he gets to go back to 1888! I would love to see that. I've never seen an episode of this show that hasn't made me go "Wow!" The trouble is I never seem to take the time to watch this or much of anything else I enjoy. Don't ask me why; I'm just weird that way.
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The various comments above have convinced me that if you can get to see it on the big screen it'll be worth your effort.
All this just makes me more determined to clear a space in July to see AHDN properly.
That's the proper way to see it. I saw it in the theater twice on its release in 1964. And on a big screen, not these small ones you find today in multiplexes. When I watch it on DVD, it takes me back to how I first saw the film.
Don't miss it this time around!
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My thoughts, three years ago, on seeing A Hard Day's Night in the theater: http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/index.php?topic=11318.msg269201#msg269201 (http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/index.php?topic=11318.msg269201#msg269201)
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Looks like Amazon have a better cover now for the DVD. Looks better then the previous one they had a black cover with cartoon like Beatles in different colours. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hard-Days-Night-Anniversary-Restoration/dp/B00KATQSA2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1403168181&sr=8-4&keywords=a+hard+days+night+dvd (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hard-Days-Night-Anniversary-Restoration/dp/B00KATQSA2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1403168181&sr=8-4&keywords=a+hard+days+night+dvd)
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I've read and heard two reviews of the re-release and it's heartening that both were overwhelming in their enthusiasm.
David Hepworth on his blog and Mark Kermode (both pretty respected commentators in the UK) on the Film Review programme last night.
The consensus was how alive and vibrant the film still appears.
Particularly interesting was Hepworth's comment that, given the considerable price of LPs in the 60s and the comparative cheapness of going to the cinema, the film experience of AHDN was probably shared by more people than the first two albums.
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(http://janusfilms.com/harddaysnight/images/beatles_thumb_450px.jpg)(http://janusfilms.com/harddaysnight/images/harddays_title_450px.jpg)
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT U.S. Re-release Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypMh1pW1RdE#ws)
A Hard Day's Night Opens July 4th Nationwide (http://janusfilms.com/harddaysnight/index.html)
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A Hard Day's Night was on TV last night in the UK on BBC 4 it's showing tonight at the cinema tonight but can't make it I'm going along on Thursday for a 10.30 showing.
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4 Days a 1 Blu Ray 3 DVD Box is coming partypeople cheer1 party2 ;yes
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A Hard Day's Night was on TV last night in the UK on BBC 4 it's showing tonight at the cinema tonight but can't make it might go along on Thursday for a 10.30 showing.
I'd just arrived on a long plane flight to Europe. Got into the hotel and lay back expecting not much on TV to watch. And lo and behold this was on. So that was a bonus. Not sure whether it was just the tv but there seemed to be some skips on the soundtrack here and there.
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Looking forward seeing it at the cinema today as it's a 10.30am showing I wonder how busy it will be I do remember I almost had a cinema all to myself when I saw The US VS John Lennon.
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Let us know how much you enjoyed it, Euan.
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Was rather nice seeing it at the cinema when I went in they were playing The Beatles 1 Album I thought there's no one here will I have the whole cinema to myself? No a few families came in with babies and I thought oh great the film will be ruined by babie cries I was wrong they didn't cry some mothers were dancing to Beatles numbers to calm their babies was cute but the film sounded great glad I went.
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Was rather nice seeing it at the cinema when I went in they were playing The Beatles 1 Album I thought there's no one here will I have the whole cinema to myself? No a few families came in with babies and I thought oh great the film will be ruined by babie cries I was wrong they didn't cry some mothers were dancing to Beatles numbers to calm their babies was cute but the film sounded great glad I went.
That sounds fun, Euan!
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Was rather nice seeing it at the cinema when I went in they were playing The Beatles 1 Album I thought there's no one here will I have the whole cinema to myself? No a few families came in with babies and I thought oh great the film will be ruined by babie cries I was wrong they didn't cry some mothers were dancing to Beatles numbers to calm their babies was cute but the film sounded great glad I went.
Good news! Was that the first time you saw it in the cinema?
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No it was my 3rd time seeing it at the cinema. The first time I saw it was in 2001 at the same cinema (Cameo Cinema) it was doing a Cinema UK Tour Mum gave me a flyer for it still have it. The following year I saw ut again at The Picturehouse it wasn't doing a Tour then just showed it for one night.
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Made a momentous of seeing A Hard Day's Night at the cinema. I did the same thing fir Magical Mystery Tour
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Made a momentous of seeing A Hard Day's Night at the cinema. I did the same thing fir Magical Mystery Tour
Very nice! I'm glad you got to see it Euan.
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Week today it be released on DVD
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Saw it last night at the National Film Theatre on the South Bank (London).
Always loved AHDN, but enjoyed it more than I ever have before, as did the rest of the audience, many of whom clapped at the end.
I felt particularly warm towards George throughout the whole film, and it was great trying to recognise all the various British actors and actresses who popped up.
In particular, Marianne Stone (the slightly older, attractive journalist who interviews Ringo) must have appeared in about a thousand British films. If it was made in the 50s through to the early 1970s, and was British, then it was almost certain that she appeared in it!
It's run for now ends at the NFT, but I think there are sporadic showings through to the end of September.
I am seriously thinking about going again.
Utterly wonderful.
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It's released on DVD & Blue Ray here today.
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Received my DVD in the mail today it's very nice comes with a slip case and the DVD comes out I had to replace the case because the pastic bit were you put the covers in was abit ripped but overall great only thing that is missing is there's no booklet inside which is a shame as the previous releases of The Beatles films had one. I will watch it later on.
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Last Saturday (19th) saw the 50th Anniversary of the LP getting to No. 1 (what other number would it have got to?!) in the UK. It stayed there for 21 weeks before being knocked off the top spot by......'Beatles For Sale'!
Until 'The Sound of Music' spoilt the party on May 30th '65, these were the UK No. 1s from the Beatles' first LP onwards......
'Please Please Me'
'With The Beatles'
'The Rolling Stones'
'A Hard Day's Night'
'Beatles For Sale'
'The Rolling Stones No. 2'
'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'
'Bringing It All Back Home'
There's no easy way to say this but, erm, WOW.
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Huh. The local theater is playing AHDN tonight, one night only, and it's my son's soccer tournament. Darn, darn, darn. >:(
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Huh. The local theater is playing AHDN tonight, one night only, and it's my son's soccer tournament. Darn, darn, darn. >:(
Aww...that's too bad Kathy. Man, motherhood is just fraught with sacrifices!
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Aww...that's too bad Kathy. Man, motherhood is just fraught with sacrifices!
Yes, and to rub salt into the wound, the local theater showed Gone With the Wind on September 28, which I also missed! Grrrr....showing AHDN more than 2 months after its 50th anniversary and GWTW 2 months before its 75th anniversary -- what the heck? >:(
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Yes, and to rub salt into the wound, the local theater showed Gone With the Wind on September 28, which I also missed! Grrrr....
Gone With The Wind in two and a half minutes...
Gone With the Wind - Scarlett ♥ Rhett: My Own True Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLg_IVG9KTY#)
:)
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That was cute! That last shot is just before she smacks him, which I thought was funny given that the montage is all positive shots of them. ;)
Thanks for sharing that, Barry.
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That was cute! That last shot is just before she smacks him, which I thought was funny given that the montage is all positive shots of them. ;)
Thanks for sharing that, Barry.
Now that you know the lyrics, you can sing right along, Kathleen...
Gone With The Wind (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOZVC4fPKCY#)
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I reckon Scarlett did a lot of slappin' in that movie. Let's see...she slapped Ashley, Rhett, Prissy and even one of her sisters. If she wasn't slappin' someone, she was whuppin' that poor mule!
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I reckon Scarlett did a lot of slappin' in that movie. Let's see...she slapped Ashley, Rhett, Prissy and even one of her sisters. If she wasn't slappin' someone, she was whuppin' that poor mule!
ha2ha You're right; I'd forgotten how many people she slapped. And don't forget that Yankee she shot in the face. Makes my postdivorce rageful smashing of my wedding photos and slicing up of my ex's martial arts duds look positively tame.
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ha2ha You're right; I'd forgotten how many people she slapped. And don't forget that Yankee she shot in the face. Makes my postdivorce rageful smashing of my wedding photos and slicing up of my ex's martial arts duds look positively tame.
Devil In Disguise -Scarlett O'Hara- (Gone With the Wind) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObQvKknuyys#)
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And don't forget that Yankee she shot in the face.
Well I guess I've done murder. Well I won't think about this now. I'll think about it tomorrow
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Devil In Disguise -Scarlett O'Hara- (Gone With the Wind)
That's GREAT! I've actually been playing that song a lot lately in the car, joking to my kids "This is your song," LOL. ;)
Just called my daughters in to watch it, too, but I had to scroll the screen up and down carefully to hide the part that I'd written about
smashing pictures and cutting up clothes. ;D
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Kathleen, you can click on the YouTube icon on the lower right of the embedded YouTube player. That will bring up the YouTube player in its own separate window.
Now you can write whatever you want here and not worry about careful scrolling ever again! ;D
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Thanks, Barry! :)