A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - THE MOVIE (ROOM 211)
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - THE MOVIE (ROOM 211)
Filming for the Beatles first ever movie “A Hard Day’s Night” took taken place between March and April 1964 and given the time constraints, it is incredulous that the film was actually completed, even more so that it was widely critically acclaimed. Everything had to be completed between all of the other Beatles diary commitments which included album and single recordings, TV, radio, press conferences, award ceremonies and not least tour commitments. It was scripted by Alun Owen, a Liverpudlian playwright who had spent three days with them in Dublin in late 1963, trying to get the flavor of what it’s like to be a Beatle. His idea for the film was the first “rockumentary” a documentary film, albeit with a fictional script, of the four lads portraying themselves in a real life situation. The film also featured Wilfred Brambell as Paul’s Grandfather and Victor Spinetti, who was later in “Help”. The film certainly captured a little of the mayhem that surrounded them, but in reality it was even more chaotic. It was on the set during filming that George met his future wife Patti Boyd. Ringo received universal plaudits for his acting especially in his solo performance with the young boy down by the River Thames. “Pathos”, “distinctive”, “a natural”, “emergence of an actor of stature”, were some of the plaudits. Little did they know that Ringo’s particularly sombre cameo was fuelled more by a humungous hangover and general weariness than by pretensions of a thespian future.
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A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - THE MOVIE (ROOM 211)
Filming for the Beatles first ever movie “A Hard Day’s Night” took taken place between March and April 1964 and given the time constraints, it is incredulous that the film was actually completed, even more so that it was widely critically acclaimed. Everything had to be completed between all of the other Beatles diary commitments which included album and single recordings, TV, radio, press conferences, award ceremonies and not least tour commitments. It was scripted by Alun Owen, a Liverpudlian playwright who had spent three days with them in Dublin in late 1963, trying to get the flavor of what it’s like to be a Beatle. His idea for the film was the first “rockumentary” a documentary film, albeit with a fictional script, of the four lads portraying themselves in a real life situation. The film also featured Wilfred Brambell as Paul’s Grandfather and Victor Spinetti, who was later in “Help”. The film certainly captured a little of the mayhem that surrounded them, but in reality it was even more chaotic. It was on the set during filming that George met his future wife Patti Boyd. Ringo received universal plaudits for his acting especially in his solo performance with the young boy down by the River Thames. “Pathos”, “distinctive”, “a natural”, “emergence of an actor of stature”, were some of the plaudits. Little did they know that Ringo’s particularly sombre cameo was fuelled more by a humungous hangover and general weariness than by pretensions of a thespian future.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - THE MOVIE (ROOM 211)
Filming for the Beatles first ever movie “A Hard Day’s Night” took taken place between March and April 1964 and given the time constraints, it is incredulous that the film was actually completed, even more so that it was widely critically acclaimed. Everything had to be completed between all of the other Beatles diary commitments which included album and single recordings, TV, radio, press conferences, award ceremonies and not least tour commitments. It was scripted by Alun Owen, a Liverpudlian playwright who had spent three days with them in Dublin in late 1963, trying to get the flavor of what it’s like to be a Beatle. His idea for the film was the first “rockumentary” a documentary film, albeit with a fictional script, of the four lads portraying themselves in a real life situation. The film also featured Wilfred Brambell as Paul’s Grandfather and Victor Spinetti, who was later in “Help”. The film certainly captured a little of the mayhem that surrounded them, but in reality it was even more chaotic. It was on the set during filming that George met his future wife Patti Boyd. Ringo received universal plaudits for his acting especially in his solo performance with the young boy down by the River Thames. “Pathos”, “distinctive”, “a natural”, “emergence of an actor of stature”, were some of the plaudits. Little did they know that Ringo’s particularly sombre cameo was fuelled more by a humungous hangover and general weariness than by pretensions of a thespian future.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON