A Hard Day's Night (1964) |
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| Director(s) | Richard Lester |
| Producer(s) | Denis O'Dell, David V. Picker (uncredited), Walter Shenson |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical |
| Top Topics | England, Musicians, Show Business |
Featured Cast of A Hard Day's Night See More »
John Lennon
(as John)
Paul McCartney
(as Paul)
George Harrison
(as George)
Ringo Starr
(as Ringo)
Wilfrid Brambell
(as Grandfather)
John Junkin
(as Shake)
Victor Spinetti
(as T.V. Director)
Richard Vernon
(as Man on Train)
A Hard Day's Night Overview:
A Hard Day's Night (1964) was a Musical - Comedy Film directed by Richard Lester and produced by Denis O'Dell, David V. Picker and Walter Shenson.
Academy Awards 1964 --- Ceremony Number 37 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Music - Scoring | George Martin | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Alun Owen | Nominated |
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A Hard Day's Night Quotes:
[Ringo gets a large pile of fan mail]
John: Must have cost you a fortune in stamps, Ringo.
George: He comes from a large family.
John: Must have cost you a fortune in stamps, Ringo.
George: He comes from a large family.
John:
Don't worry, son, we'll get you the best lawyer green stamps can buy.
Paul: Oh, ho! It's a laugh a line with Lennon!
Paul: Oh, ho! It's a laugh a line with Lennon!
George:
Sorry we hurt your field, mister.
George:
He's very fussy about his drums, you know. They loom large in his legend.
John:
He's sex obsessed! The older generation's leading our nation in a state of galloping ruin!
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Pattie Boyd (later George Harrison's first wife) appears in several scenes in the first act, all on the train. 1) She is one of the two "schoolgirls on the train" they first encounter 2) Paul McCartney chats her up with her friend. 3) She sits next to Paul and smiles and sings on "I Should Have Known Better".
The Beatles record producer George Martin got an Academy Award nomination for his music score in the movie, but The Beatles themselves weren't nominated for their music.
The first movie ever put out on DVD, it was issued as a single disc. It was later reissued as a two-disc DVD.
John Lennon's line, "She looks more like him than I do" was dubbed in after shooting.
According to Norman Rossington, in the scene where John Lennon takes the scissors and cuts the tailor's tape and says "I now declare this bridge open", John improvised other versions where instead of "bridge" he would say "synagogue", "fish-and-chips stand", etc. The tailor in the scene is actually The Beatles' real tailor.