A Hard Day's Night - The Criterion Collection (Includes DVD) (US Import)

Meet the Beatles! Just one month after they exploded onto the U.S. scene with their Ed Sullivan Show appearance, John, Paul, George, and Ringo began working on a project that would bring their revolutionary talent to the big screen. This film, in which the bandmates play slapstick versions of themselves, captured the astonishing moment when they officially became the singular, irreverent idols of their generation and changed music forever. Directed with raucous, anything-goes verve by Richard Lester (The Knack . . . and How to Get It) and featuring a slew of iconic pop anthems—including the title track, “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “I Should Have Known Better,” and “If I Fell”—A Hard Day’s Night, which reconceived the movie musical and exerted an incalculable influence on the music video, is one of the most deliriously entertaining movies of all time.New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Richard Lester, with three audio options—a monaural soundtrack as well as stereo and 5.1 surround mixes supervised by sound producer Giles Martin at Abbey Road Studios—presented in uncompressed monaural, uncompressed stereo, and DTS-HD Master Audio on the 4K UHD and Blu-rayAudio commentary featuring cast and crewIn Their Own Voices, a program featuring 1964 interviews with the Beatles with behind-the-scenes footage and photos“You Can’t Do That”: The Making of “A Hard Day’s Night,” a 1994 documentary by producer Walter Shenson including an outtake performance by the BeatlesThings They Said Today, a 2002 documentary about the film featuring Lester, music producer George Martin, screenwriter Alun Owen, and cinematographer Gilbert TaylorPicturewise, a program about Lester’s early work, featuring a 2014 audio interview with the directorThe Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1960), Lester’s Oscar-nominated shortAnatomy of a Style, a 2014 program on Lester’s methodsInterview from 2014 with Beatles biographer Mark LewisohnEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingPLUS: An essay by critic Howard Hampton and excerpts from a 1970 interview with Lester