Help!
by Richard Lester
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Actor: The BeatlesDirector: Richard Lester
Brand: EMD
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.75:1
Running Time: 149 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-06
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Capitol
DVD Reviews of Help!
DVD Review: Forty-seven years old and just now watching this .....
Summary: 4 Stars
I friend of mine loaned this to our family since my 14-year-old daughter (drummer in her own basement band) has really gotten into the Beatles in a big way lately. We sat down and watched it together -- what a hoot!
It's definitely slap-stick humor with a thin story line tying the music together, which doesn't sound very positive, but it's funny. We are still referencing scenes in the movie to this day and we watched it about eight weeks ago. It was great to see the "younger" version of the group and how each one was so full of personality.
If you are a Beatles fan and have never seen this, it's about time -- really, really fun to watch.
DVD Review: A trip to the 60's
Summary: 5 Stars
I have greatly enjoyed this return to my youth, when the Beatles held sway over much of entertainment. The copy of the film Help is in excellent condition and is a joy to watch.DVD Review: A lot of fluff.
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this set for my Mom who is a big Beatles fan and she really wasn't impressed. There's a lot of 'memorabilia' type stuff, but she said the movie really isn't very good, and she'd much rather just listen to the music than watch the movie or read the song notes, or look at pictures of them. If you're big into collectibles, and memorabilia, this is definitely for you, just wasn't for my Mom, and I wasn't too impressed either.DVD Review: I second all the plaudits, but --
Summary: 5 Stars
the blurb repeats an insular and erroneous US analysis --
". . . it presents "the famous Beatles" even more clearly as the English cousins of the Marx Brothers."
The Beatles were huge fans of the UK's Goons (which had been recorded by George Martin, and US director Richard Lester had brought from UK radio to TV), which were not the Marx Brothers, from which they derived their style of humor.
DVD Review: Help! Deluxe Edition
Summary: 5 Stars
I could not be more pleased with this purchase. Package was in excellent condition, brand new and well worth the $35 I paid. I saw the same item in Best Buy over the Christmas holidays, and they wanted $119 for it!
Description of Help!
Disc 1 (96 minutes)-HELP! Theatrical Movie
-Digitally restored and newly created 5.1 soundtrack.
Disc 2 (57 minutes)
The Beatles in Help! 30 minute documentary about the making of the film with Richard Lester, the cast and crew. Includes exclusive behind the scenes footage of The Beatles on set.
- A Missing Scene Featuring Wendy Richard
- The Restoration of Help! An in depth look at the restoration process
- Memories of Help! The cast and crew reminisce
- Theatrical Trailers 2 US trailers and 1 Spanish trailer
- 1965 US Radio Spots - Hidden in disc menus
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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