Meet the BeatIes! Just one month after they expIoded onto the U.S. scene with their Ed SulIivan Show appearance, John, PauI, George, and Ringo began working on a project that would bring their revoIutionary taIent to the big screen. A Hard Day's Night, in which the bandmates play slapstick versions of themselves, captured the astonishing moment when they officialIy became the singular, irreverent idols of their generation and changed music forever. Directed with raucous, anything-goes verve by Richard Lester (HeIp!) and featuring a slew of iconic pop anthems, incIuding the title track, "Can't Buy Me Love," "I ShouId Have Known Better," and "lf l FelI," A Hard Day's Night, which reconceived the movie musicaI and exerted an incalcuIable influence on the music video, is one of the most deliriously entertaining movies of alI time. |