CRITERION COLLECTION: A HARD DAY'S NIGHT [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1964
• Genre: Comedy, Music
• Plot: Meet the Beatles! Just one month after they exploded onto the U.S. scene with their Ed Sullivan Show appearance, John, Paul, George, and Ringo began working on a project that would bring their revolutionary talent to the big screen. A Hard Day’s Night, in which the bandmates play slapstick versions of themselves, captured the astonishing moment when they officially became the singular, irreverent idols of their generation and changed music forever. Directed with raucous, anything-goes verve by Richard Lester and featuring a slew of iconic pop anthems, including the title track, “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “I Should Have Known Better,” and “If I Fell,” A Hard Day’s Night, which reconceived the movie musical and exerted an incalculable influence on the music video, is one of the most deliriously entertaining movies of all time.
• Cast: Susan Hampshire, Victor Harrington, George Hilsdon, Julian Holloway, Terry Hooper, Ric Hutton, Gerry Judge, Clare Kelly, Juba Kennerley, Lavinia Lang, David Langton, Richard Lester, Aileen Lewis, Al Lewis, Linda Lewis, Jeremy Lloyd, Maggie London, Jane Lumb, Fred Machon, Terence Maidment, Jack Mandeville, Mary Maxfield, Manny Michael, Dougie Millings, Richard Neller, Peter Newton, Derek Nimmo, Margaret Nolan, Jim O'Brady, Gerald Paris, Chalmers Peddie, Charlotte Rampling, Bob Raymond, Gordon Rollings, Edina Ronay, Len Saunders, Sally Sheridan, Geraldine Sherman, Stan Simmons, Sadie Slade, Guy Standeven, Marianne Stone, Bill Strange, Fred Stroud, John Tatham, Laura Thurlow, Noel Trevarthen, Michael Trubshawe, Hedger Wallace, Shalini Waran, Carol White, Susan Whitman, Tina Williams, Neil Wilson, Fred Wood, Jeremy Young, The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Wilfrid Brambell, Norman Rossington, John Junkin, Victor Spinetti, Anna Quayle, Deryck Guyler, Richard Vernon, Edward Malin, Robin Ray, Lionel Blair, Alison Seebohm, David Janson, Lewis Alexander, Tony Allen, Bridget Armstrong, Roger Avon, Sheila Aza, Del Baker, Roy Beck, Bruce Beeby, Jack 'Kid' Berg, Charlie Bird, Isla Blair, John Bluthal, Pattie Boyd, Andrea Brett, Terry Brooks, Robin Burns, Prudence Bury, Alf Casha, Pauline Chamberlain, Andre Charisse, John Clifford, Anne Clune, Phil Collins, Maxwell Craig, Fred Davis, Billy Dean, Hugh Elton, Brian Epstein, Mal Evans, Peter Evans, Roy Everson, Sheila Fearn, Suzanne Fleuret, Norman Florence, Chick Fowles, Rosemarie Frankland, Caron Gardner, Alan Gibbs, Bob Godfrey, Kenneth Haigh, Alun Owen
• Director: Richard Lester
• Runtime: 1:28
• Company: Proscenium Films, Walter Shenson Films, Maljack Productions, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie