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Special Edition 2-Disc DVD Packed With Bonus Features Includes New Footage To Be Released September 24
Jul 16, 2002/ FW/ --- Fall 2002 marks the 40th anniversary of a key event in the story of
The Beatles' phenomenal success - the recording and release of their first record, "Love Me
Do." Saluting that landmark anniversary will be the major release of The
Beatles' A HARD DAY'S NIGHT on DVD and VHS from Miramax Home
Entertainment on September 24, 2002.
This incredible DVD 2-disc edition, with
rare and new footage, is likely to appeal to the same vast audience which
purchased the last major release of Beatles material - their greatest hits album
"1" - which has sold in excess of 28 million units worldwide since its November
2000 release.
Left to right: George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney star as themselves in A HARD DAY'S NIGHT.
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A HARD DAY'S NIGHT on DVD includes The Beatles' breakthrough first
movie "A Hard Day's Night" joined by the major new production "Give Me
Everything!" - a companion anthology to The Beatles' first film. (2-Disc DVD
$29.99 S.R.P.).
On VHS, A HARD DAY'S NIGHT includes a promotional special about the
film "Things They Said Today..." (VHS $14.99 S.R.P.).
The A HARD DAY'S NIGHT DVD includes the bonus disc "Give Me
Everything!" - an extensive new production which presents a huge amount of
vintage and contemporary material relating to the 1964 film. The content will
appeal to the broad mass of Beatles lovers, a fan base which now stretches
across three generations. Included is material that will also appeal to film
buffs, to lovers of comedy, and to the vast legions of young people who have
discovered the fun of the 1960's through such popular vehicles as the "Austin
Powers" films.
In addition to a new half-hour documentary about the film ("Things They Said
Today..."), there are many extras that add to the appeal of the DVD, including
thirty interviews with most of the surviving cast and crew members as well as
close friends of The Beatles. These include specially filmed, in-depth
interviews with director Richard Lester, Academy Award(R) nominee -- Musical
Director Sir George Martin (Best Music 1964) -- and leading co-star John Junkin.
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT features twelve now-famous Beatles compositions,
including three of their biggest hits - "A Hard Day's Night," "Can't Buy Me
Love," and "She Loves You" - - all of which were worldwide number one hits.
Other familiar titles include: "All My Loving," "And I Love Her," "If I Fell,"
"I Wanna Be Your Man," "I Should Have Known Better," "Tell Me Why," "Don't
Bother Me" and "Ringo's Theme," George Martin's orchestral arrangement of
Lennon-McCartney's "This Boy" - - part of his Academy Awardâ nominated score.
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT was a massive commercial success upon its
Theatrical release. The film, which had been prejudged as a standard teen
jukebox movie, received almost universal critical acclaim upon its release from
serious film reviewers. The film became a major factor in propelling The Beatles
from their already massive teenage following into the stratosphere of worldwide
fame and popularity transcending all generations.
The film's groundbreaking shooting, editing and directing style is widely
considered to have been the forerunner of music video. In the 1990's MTV
declared A HARD DAY'S NIGHT director Richard Lester the "father of music
video." (Lester quipped that he demanded a paternity test!)
The 40th anniversary in fall 2002 of the release of The Beatles' first record
is likely to generate significant media coverage. That first record paved the
way for their eight years of mega-stardom between 1963 and 1970 - and the
unprecedented thirty-two years of subsequent perpetual fame that has kept The
Beatles as famous, newsworthy and successful today as they were at the height of
Beatlemania.
Street Date: September 24
Direct DVD prebook: July
30
Distributor DVD prebook: August 13
VHS prebook: August
13
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 formatted for 16x9 screens
Rated:
"G"
DVD bonus features unrated.
Run Time: Approximately 87
minutes
Suggested Retail Price: $29.99 (DVD) $14.99 (VHS)
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