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Genre | TBD |
Format | Blu-ray, NTSC, Widescreen |
Contributor | The Beatles |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 36 minutes |
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HELP! Appears on Blu-ray in a single-disc package pairing the digitally restored film and 5.1 soundtrack with an hour of extra features, including a 30- minute documentary about the making of the film, memories of the cast and crew, an in-depth look at the restoration process, an outtake scene, and original theatrical trailers and radio spots. An introduction by the films director, Richard Lester, and an appreciation by Martin Scorsese are included in the Blu-rays booklet. Directed by Richard Lester, who also directed the bands debut feature film, 1964s a HARD DAYS NIGHT, HELP! #follows The Beatles as they become passive recipients of an outside plot that revolves around Ringo's possession of a sacrificial ring, which he cannot remove from his finger. As a result, he and his band mates John, Paul and George are chased from London to the Austrian Alps and the Bahamas by religious cult members, a mad scientist and the London police.
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.66:1
- Is discontinued by manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product dimensions : 1.78 x 19.05 x 13.72 cm; 90.72 Grams
- Item Model Number : 3741586
- Media Format : Blu-ray, NTSC, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 36 minutes
- Release date : 21 June 2013
- Actors : The Beatles
- Dubbed: : English
- Subtitles: : Italian, Spanish, French, English, German, Portuguese, Dutch
- Language : Unqualified (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1), Unqualified (Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : LHUJW
- ASIN : B00CRVZRUS
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: 5,725 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- 4,576 in Movies (Movies & TV)
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However, that's only 20% of the film. The rest of it is taken up by a hokey plot about getting back a mystical ring from Mr Starr, played by white Brittish actors in brown-face makeup with "Golly Gosh" accents. Very cringe-worthy today. As Lennon pointed out afterward, the band were merely extras in their own movie. One of the few times he was right.
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Reviewed in the United States on 29 March 2024
Richard Lester, who directed the former, returns to the director's chair here, and it is his work behind the camera that almost single-handedly makes this film work. With help from The Fab Four, of course.
Without a doubt, the screenplay by Marc Behm and Charles Wood, about an Eastern cult's bumbling series of attempts to recover a sacrificial ring worn by Ringo, is the picture's Achilles heel. However, it is more than salvaged by Lester's ingenious direction, which, like that of it's predecessor, nicely incorporates The Beatles latest songs into the rhythm of the film. Each song sequence is shot in a different location and in a style that anticipates today's music video. The seven songs featured in "Help!" are excellent and are actually more mature counterparts to the outstanding songs featured in "A Hard Day's Night."
We also get to see the boys in various locations in England, including the Salisbury Plain, as well as in the Austrian Alps and The Bahamas. Another asset is David Watkin's painstakingly restored Eastmancolor cinematography.