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 officially became the singular, irreverent idoIs of their generation and changed music forever. Directed with raucous, anything-goes verve by Richard Lester (HeIp!) and featuring a sIew of iconic pop anthems, incIuding the titIe track, "Can't Buy Me Love," "l Should Have Known Better," and "If l 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. |