Movie: You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

Top 10 Billed Cast

Phil Collins
Phil Collins

Self - Host

Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert

Self - Host

Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney

Self

John Lennon
John Lennon

Self

Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr

Self

George Harrison
George Harrison

Self

Peter Noone
Peter Noone

Self

Roger McGuinn
Roger McGuinn

Self

Victor Spinetti
Victor Spinetti

Self

Micky Dolenz
Micky Dolenz

Self

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    Thirty years after A Hard Day's Night, its producer, director, writer and others describe its making. United Artists Records came to Walter Shenson, asking him to produce a movie so UA could issue a soundtrack album. Shenson signed Lester to direct, and they got the Beatles to agree to star. Shenson sent Owen to Dublin to spend time with the Fab Four; from this came a script built around their being prisoners of their own success. Phil Collins, himself an extra on A Hard Day's Night, hosts this examination of a seminal film: what was ad-libbed, why was it a hit, what was its influence on other movies, and how did it define the way the public viewed each Beatle for years to come?

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    1995-01-01

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    English

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