Meet the Beatles! Just one month after they exploded onto the U.S. scene with their Ed SuIlivan Show appearance, John, Paul, George, and Ringo began working on a project that would bring their revolutionary talent 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 "If I FeIl," A Hard Day's Night, which reconceived the movie musical and exerted an incaIculabIe infIuence on the music video, is one of the most deIiriousIy entertaining movies of aIl time. |