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A Hard Day's Night (1964)

7.3 IMDb 98% RT 96/100 MC
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Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.

Best Release

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

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Director

Richard Lester

Genre

Comedy, Music

Box Office

$1,480,356

Runtime

1 hour and 28 minutes (88 minutes)

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Editor's Notes

Note

A-Tier Criterion 4K. The disc was recalled shortly after release because the restoration had incorrect shots inserted at two points in the film. Criterion is still relatively new to 4K encoding and has had a couple of quality control issues early on. If you're buying this, make sure you have the corrected pressing.

noted Apr 8, 2026

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