Star Rating- 2Length of Film- 87 minutes
Cast- 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
Oscar Nomination- Alun Owen (screenplay), George Martin (music)
A Hard Day's Life takes a day in the life of a hugely successful teen group sensation...The Beatles. They're hounded by screaming fans in hot pursuit, uptight execs, and Paul's "alleged" granddad, who delights in stirring the pot. Granddad singes out Ringo as the weak line and briefly convinces him to leave his pal and venture into the world.
Here's a direct quote from Ringo about his scene where he walks alone by a canal, "The scene I got all the credit for was the walking by the canal with the camera- the lonely guy scene. That came about because I came to work, very unprofessionally, straight from a nightclub. And was a little hungover to say the least, you know. I was just so out of it so they said, "Let's do anything". So my version of it was, 'Just let me walk around and film me'. And why I look so cold and dejected is because I felt like shit. So no acting going on there."- The Greatest Movies Ever: The Ultimate Ranked List of the 101 Best Films of all time! by Gail Kinn & Jim Piazza
The boys finally make it onto the set of a TV program in the nick of time and launch powerfully into a short concert of hits.
In the film, they perform the following songs:
I'm a fan of The Beatles music, but I just did not enjoy the film. I wasn't sure if they were acting or if it was scripted. I felt like the film was depicted "The Beatles" but the bandmembers were acting like The Beatles, rather than themselves. If I was a teenage girl in the 60's, I would have loved the film, but I really didn't enjoy what I was watching.
Watch the movie yourself, and make your own opinion :o)
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