A Hard Day's Night (Criterion Collection)

The Beatles, starring in their first full-length, hilarious, action-packed film!
Get email alerts for The Beatles
98K ratings
Price: $18
List Price: $19.95
You Save: $1.95 (10% Off)
Available: Usually ships in 3-5 business days
Format:  DVD
item number:  39KE8
Brand New

DVD Details

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 27 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: June 24, 2014
  • Originally Released: 1964
  • Label: Criterion Collection

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring
Performer: , , , , , , , , , , &
Directed by
Edited by
Screenplay by
Produced by
Director of Photography:

Entertainment Reviews:

Certified Fresh98%

TOMATOMETER
Total Count: 107

Upright89%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 50,352
Rating: 4/4 -- The movie never feels like a nostalgia trip. It moves, breathes and sings with life. Full Review
Newsday
Jul 17, 2014
...A HARD DAY'S NIGHT creates pure, infectious joy. Larking about is what these Beatles do best, pleasure is what they convey...
Los Angeles Times
Dec 1, 2000
...It was smart, it was irreverent, it didn't take itself seriously, and it was shot and edited by Richard Lester in an electrifying back-and-white, semi-documentary style...
Chicago Sun-Times
Oct 27, 1996
[Hard Day's Night] adds up to a breathless, sometimes funny film maybe even worth a squeal or two. Full Review
Newsday
Jan 4, 2018
...[A] rapid-fire screenplay and the...Beatles' charismatic acting....Irresistible... -- Rating: A+
Entertainment Weekly
Oct 20, 1995
Stuffed full of incident and the sort of joke-book-crossed-with-Goonery humour which the Beatles seem to have made their own, but for the most part the pace is too frantic, and the Beatles too inexperienced in comic techniques to make the most of it. Full Review
Monthly Film Bulletin
Feb 16, 2016
[T]he manufacture of spontaneity is what this idiosyncratically cynical masterpiece is all about.
Film Comment
Jul 3, 2015

Product Description:

A HARD DAY'S NIGHT presents a fictionalized day in the life of the Beatles as they give a performance on a live television show. Filmed just a month after their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964, this film--the Beatles' first--introduces us to the unique personalities of each member of the band. The film opens with the Fab Four boarding a train mobbed with adoring young fans (mostly women) as they attempt to travel to the television studio in London. The antics of the band during rehearsals and makeup application provide a large part of the comic material in this feature, though there are other moments of pure hilarity. The unscripted vignette featuring a hangover-suffering Ringo is especially funny, particularly when he is arrested and risks having to miss the broadcast. None of this goes unnoticed by the director of the show, played by Victor Spinetti, who went on to become a recurring cast member in Beatles movies. As the clock ticks away dramatically, our heroes manage to free Ringo from jail and sneak onto the stage in the nick of time, delighted in the knowledge that they have nearly driven the director mad in the process. Arguably the first music video ever made, this faux documentary and its shooting style have been a tremendous influence on nearly every rock and roll feature since.

Keywords:

Similar Products

Product Info

  • Sales Rank: 7,278
  • UPC: 715515118514
  • Shipping Weight: 0.2/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

To place an order or for customer service, call toll-free 1-800-336-4627 or outside the United States, call 1-610-649-7565
Open Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm, (Eastern Time)