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John, Paul, George & Ringo in The Beatles, HELP!
My younger son and I decided to rent a movie last night. I had the bright idea to rent an oldie, The Beatles, HELP! I thought he would like since he's an avid Beatles fan. Coincidentally, tonight is the 40th anniversary of the Beatles first American television appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show... Read full review »
"It's a thingie! A fiendish thingie!"
In 1964, a film about British music group the Beatles was quickly rushed out in order to create a soundtrack full of new songs and allow fans to see their idols on the big screen. Studio execs at United Artists figured the group would fade away, so the film had no plot and was shot in... Read full review »
Drive a Beatles purist nuts! Watch Help!
For some reason, I've read time and time again how Beatles "purists" prefer A Hard Day's Night to the "lackluster" Help! I've never quite understood a couple of things about all of that. What's so bad about Help and what's a "Beatles purist," anyway?
While I know I'll never find out that...
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Help! (1965)
The Beatles were probably the best and the most commercially successful rock band of all time. You can argue that the Rolling Stones or the Clash were better, or that the Grateful Dead sold more tickets. But the Beatles had the greater cultural influence, and there is no denying that they recorded... Read full review »
Four Noses to Nuzzle You
Help! from 1965 at 90 minutes, is very different from, yet very similar to 1964's A Hard Day's Night, and the two versions make up a positive/negative energy coming from the band. Director Richard Lester creates a colorful background of Eastern religion to contrast against the earlier portrait of... Read full review »
It's a different religion from ours... I think!
I have always held Help in special regard. Most critics preferred A Hard Day's Night because of its rawness and originality. But Help always seemed the more daring of the two, to me.
Ringo receives a ring in their fan mail. Placing it on, he unwittingly becomes the target of a strange...
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Not Much of a Movie. But the Fab Four on Screen is Priceless!
Help! I need somebody. HELP! ...not just anybody... Oh, hello there. Remember when I reviewed the Beatles album Help!, and I said I never saw the movie that many of its songs were written for? Yesterday, I rectified that, and here's what I have to say about the film.
It is completely and...
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Eight Arms to Hold You
Hold on to your boots and your candy cane striped scarf, the Beatles are all over the place and we don't know where they'll go next. You'll fall in love with this movie as quickly as I did if you have a place in your heart for the Beatles. Not as critically acclaimed as A Hard Day's Night, of... Read full review »
HELP!: Fun in Spite of Itself
In the wake of the commercial and critical success of A HARD DAY'S NIGHTin 1964, finding a suitable follow-up project was a daunting task. Unlike, for instance, the Elvis Presley movie cycle (put him in a scenic locale, pair him up with a feisty girl, give him some catchy tunes, and let the cameras... Read full review »
HELP Beatles John, Paul, George and Ringo Punny, Zany, Nonsensical
Now that it's been mercilessly ripped off by films like Airplane, and Spice Girls: The Movie and t.v. shows like The Monkees, can this updated pop cousin of Helzapopin still entertain today's audiences?
Maybe.
Certainly not like it entertained audiences in 1965 though, that's...
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Help [VHS]
After the worldwide success of A Hard Day's Night, the Beatles and director Richard Lester reunited for a follow-up film, Eight Arms to Hold You. Well, that wasn't the final title; a pleading Lennon-McCartney tune provided the catchier handle: Help! A loose semispoof of the globe-trotting James Bond pictures, Help! has always been considered a somewhat disorganized comedown from its predecessor; but it presents "the famous Beatles" even more clearly as the English cousins of the Marx Brothers. The plot has an Eastern religious cult declaring that the new ring on Ringo's finger is the key element in a human sacrifice; they will stop at nothing to obtain it. Meanwhile, a mad scientist (crazed Victor Spinetti, who also appeared in A Hard Day's Night and Magical Mystery Tour) believes that if he has the ring, he could--dare we say it?--rule the world. The songs, including "Ticket to Ride" and "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," are filmed with gleeful ingenuity, in locations such as the Bahamas, an Austrian ski resort, and the Salisbury Plain. The relentless nonsense becomes nearly the equivalent of a swinging-'60s Alice in Wonderland: for instance, Paul shrinks to the size of a gum wrapper, John fishes a season ticket out of his soup, George wears a top hat on the ski slopes, the lads sing the "Ode to Joy" to a lion. Oh, and the film is dedicated to Elias Howe, "who in 1846 invented the sewing machine." Brilliant. --Robert Horton
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The Beatles - Help! [VHS]
After the worldwide success of A Hard Day's Night, the Beatles and director Richard Lester reunited for a follow-up film, Eight Arms to Hold You. Well, that wasn't the final title; a pleading Lennon-McCartney tune provided the catchier handle: Help! A loose semispoof of the globe-trotting James Bond pictures, Help! has always been considered a somewhat disorganized comedown from its predecessor; but it presents "the famous Beatles" even more clearly as the English cousins of the Marx Brothers. The plot has an Eastern religious cult declaring that the new ring on Ringo's finger is the key element in a human sacrifice; they will stop at nothing to obtain it. Meanwhile, a mad scientist (crazed Victor Spinetti, who also appeared in A Hard Day's Night and Magical Mystery Tour) believes that if he has the ring, he could--dare we say it?--rule the world. The songs, including "Ticket to Ride" and "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," are filmed with gleeful ingenuity, in locations such as the Bahamas, an Austrian ski resort, and the Salisbury Plain. The relentless nonsense becomes nearly the equivalent of a swinging-'60s Alice in Wonderland: for instance, Paul shrinks to the size of a gum wrapper, John fishes a season ticket out of his soup, George wears a top hat on the ski slopes, the lads sing the "Ode to Joy" to a lion. Oh, and the film is dedicated to Elias Howe, "who in 1846 invented the sewing machine." Brilliant. --Robert Horton
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The Beatles - Help!
After the worldwide success of A Hard Day's Night, the Beatles and director Richard Lester reunited for a follow-up film, Eight Arms to Hold You. Well, that wasn't the final title; a pleading Lennon-McCartney tune provided the catchier handle: Help! A loose semispoof of the globe-trotting James Bond pictures, Help! has always been considered a somewhat disorganized comedown from its predecessor; but it presents "the famous Beatles" even more clearly as the English cousins of the Marx Brothers. The plot has an Eastern religious cult declaring that the new ring on Ringo's finger is the key element in a human sacrifice; they will stop at nothing to obtain it. Meanwhile, a mad scientist (crazed Victor Spinetti, who also appeared in A Hard Day's Night and Magical Mystery Tour) believes that if he has the ring, he could--dare we say it?--rule the world. The songs, including "Ticket to Ride" and "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," are filmed with gleeful ingenuity, in locations such as the Bahamas, an Austrian ski resort, and the Salisbury Plain. The relentless nonsense becomes nearly the equivalent of a swinging-'60s Alice in Wonderland: for instance, Paul shrinks to the size of a gum wrapper, John fishes a season ticket out of his soup, George wears a top hat on the ski slopes, the lads sing the "Ode to Joy" to a lion. Oh, and the film is dedicated to Elias Howe, "who in 1846 invented the sewing machine." Brilliant. --Robert Horton
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