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A Hard Day’s Night is the seminal piece of filmmaking that showed The Beatles as they’d never been seen before for their big screen debut back in 1964 when Beatlemania was in full swing.
For its 50th Anniversary, the film is being presented in a new 4k digital restoration approved by director Richard Lester, with three audio options – a monoaural soundtrack in addition to newly created stereo and 5.1 surround mixes supervised by sound producer Giles Martin at Abbey Road Studios. The film will be in cinemas from 4 July 2014 on video-on-demand and available to download from 4 July, followed by a special edition Blu-ray and special edition two-disc DVD set released on 21 July 2014, both come with a host of brand new special features courtesy of Second Sight Films.
A Hard Day’s Night will have an Extended Run at BFI Southbank from 4 July 2014, with a special preview and talk with Richard Lester on 3 July 2014.
Extras include:
- In Their Own Voices, a new piece combining interviews with the Beatles from 1964 with behind-the-scenes footage and photos
- You Can’t Do That: The Making of “A Hard Day’s Night”, a 1994 documentary program by producer Walter Shenson
- Things They Said Today: a 2002 documentary about the film featuring Lester, music producer George Martin, writer Alun Owen & cinematographer Gilbert Taylor
- Picturewise: A new piece about Richard Lester’s early work, featuring a new audio interview with the director
- The Running Jumping and Standing Still Film (1959): Lester’s Oscar-nominated short featuring Peter Sellers & Spike Milligan
- Anatomy of a Style: a new piece on Lester’s approach to editing
- New interview with Mark Lewisohn, author of Tune In: The Beatles: All These Years
Check out the trailer below:
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