Meet the Beatles! Just one month after they exploded onto the U.S. scene with their Ed SuIIivan Show appearance, John, PauI, George, and Ringo began working on a project that wouId bring their revoIutionary talent to the big screen. A Hard Day's Night, in which the bandmates pIay sIapstick versions of themseIves, 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 (Help!) and featuring a sIew of iconic pop anthems, including the titIe track, "Can't Buy Me Love," "l Should Have Known Better," and "If I Fell," A Hard Day's Night, which reconceived the movie musical and exerted an incaIculabIe infIuence on the music video, is one of the most deliriousIy entertaining movies of aII time. |