![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A Hard Day's Night is a mockumentary of the four members as they make their way to a London television programme. It was directed by the up-and-coming American director Richard Lester, who was known for having directed a television version of the successful BBC radio series The Goon Show as well as the off-beat short film The Running, Jumping and Standing Still Film, with Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan. Shot in black and white, the film focused on fictionalised versions of the band during Beatlemania and the band's hectic touring lifestyle. The Beatles have also been the subject of numerous documentary films, have been portrayed onscreen in both film and television, and have inspired other films.įilms starring the Beatles A Hard Day's Night Richard Lester, the director of A Hard Day's Night and Help!Ī Hard Day's Night was the Beatles' first major film. The individual Beatles also had their own film careers outside the band to varying degrees: Starr became a successful actor, Harrison became a successful producer with his production company HandMade Films, McCartney appeared in three films and Lennon had a co-starring role in How I Won the War (1967). Each of their films had the same name as their associated soundtrack album and a song on that album. Most of their films were very well-received, except Magical Mystery Tour which was panned by critics and the public alike. The band's final major film was Let It Be, which documented the group rehearsing and recording songs for the album of the same name. The band cameoed in the animated Yellow Submarine (1968), which featured cartoon versions of the band members and a soundtrack that included then-unreleased studio recordings. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), the Beatles produced and starred in their third major feature, Magical Mystery Tour (1967), a mostly unscripted television film which saw the group and friends on a British mystery tour. A Hard Day's Night was shot in black and white and featured the band as fictionalised versions of themselves during the height of Beatlemania, while Help! was shot in colour and saw the group struggle to record music while trying to protect Starr from a sinister cult and a pair of mad scientists, all of whom are obsessed with obtaining one of his rings. From late 1965 to 1969, the group also appeared in several promotional films for their singles, which have been credited with anticipating music videos and the rise of MTV in the 1980s.ĭuring the years of Beatlemania, the Beatles appeared in two films, A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965), both directed by American director Richard Lester. Between 19, they appeared in five major motion pictures, beginning with A Hard Day's Night (1964) and ending with Let It Be (1970). With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are commonly regarded as the most influential band of all time. The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The Beatles in a screenshot from the trailer for their 1965 film Help! ![]()
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