Help! (Standard Edition)
by Richard Lester
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Actor: George Harrison, John Lennon, Leo McKern, Paul McCartney, Ringo StarrDirector: Richard Lester
Audio: German (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Dutch (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), DTS 5.1
Format: Import, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-06
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
DVD Reviews of Help! (Standard Edition)
DVD Review: beatles help movie
Summary: 4 Stars
It's a silly movie,really, but The Beatles are such legends. It's worth a look just for all the great music. Great for collector's of Beatles memorabilia.DVD Review: So glad I got this at the Gold Box deal (Actual "Help Deluxe Edition review")
Summary: 2 Stars
First of all two things:
1. What is it with Amazon publishing reviews that do not belong to the item in the page? I mean, I can understand they might be similar items (DVD or VHS version) but if I am looking for the deluxe edition none of the reviews have any info about it.
2. I have been a big fan of the Beatles since I was a kid and I listened to my dad's albums and watched VHS copies of the movies with him. I just thought I'd clarify that before explaining why I gave 2 stars to this item.
When originally released I really wanted to get this edition, unfortunately the list price of over a hundred dollars was just too much for me, so I had to go and buy the regular `Help' DVD edition. Last week this was being sold at the Gold Box deal of the day for $29, needless to say I didn't think twice and got it. As the title of my review says, what really made me happy about getting this is the price I paid, as the edition does not live up to the expectations and to me, it is simply not worth the hundred dollars this costs on regular price.
The DVD
With so many reviews from the DVD edition already here I have little to add, the remastered version looks great (better than the first DVD edition released), sound is incredible (I really regret a remastered soundtrack was not released as they did with the "Yellow submarine songtrack") and the extras are excellent, lots of interviews and data directly from the people involved in making this classic film. Many people consider this movie to be not as good as "A hard day's night" but I beg to differ, the classic British humor and charisma of the fab four make this film an enjoyable experience. When I got it I had my wife watch it for her first time and she loved it, the movie and the songs are timeless.
The Deluxe Edition
The Deluxe edition even though it contains the same two discs from the regular DVD edition has a different presentation for them.
The box opens from one side (as shown in the picture of the product) and the box inside contains the book with pictures from the movie, and a copy (literally a copy) of the script of the film with hand written notations by Richard Lester.
The cover on the book has the two discs inside attached to the inside of the front cover, the little circle plastics holding it are cheaply glued and (at least with my copy) they easily detach, so it is definitely not a good place to keep the discs as if they fall they can end up stained with glue or scratched by being rubbed with one another. The book has indeed pictures from the film in a nice quality paper, some pictures from some deleted scenes but unfortunately is too short, in other words, content may not be as complete as you would expect. There is an envelope (with pictures printed in it) attached to the book that contains the folded poster of the movie, it is supposed to be a replica of the original poster so this is something collectors will want to frame. In the inside of the back cover there is another place where the 8 lobby cards are attached, these are great replicas and they have that look of old (B&W pictures hand painted to promoted the film)
The copy of the script is printed in a lesser quality paper, they are color copies so even though is white paper printed with black ink you will see hand written notes with blue/red pen from the director. It is interesting to read those as you will have a look at how it was scripted and what was changed. The way it looks in the picture is the way you get it, no hard cover but a carton one.
Bottom-line, had I paid over a hundred dollars for this I would have been very mad. Extras in the so called "Deluxe" edition are not deluxe for me, for what you actually get I truly believe this item is seriously overpriced and a rip-off to Beatle fans willing to pay the regular price for it. If you are getting this, you better wait until Amazon drops the price in the future. I paid $29 dollars for it and I don't think of it as a nice deal, that's what this should have cost in the first place. A better case for the DVDs and other extras may have been what this edition needed to be truly called Deluxe.
Hope this information helps whoever thinking of buying this item.
DVD Review: Great Re-Release
Summary: 5 Stars
I may have been born in the 80s, but I was still fell in love with the Beatles (and John Lennon) long before my teenage years. I think a Hard Days Night was their best film, and was just pure genius on how Dick Lester made it.
This one I felt never had the tightness the other film had but it was still good and fun to watch. I am giving it 5 stars not for just the movie, but the package and the remastering. The video is clear as day, color is perfect, the extras are very nice, and the movie isn't bad either. So throw away your tape versions of this film and get this one. Any Beatle fan should own it (but make sure you get Hard Days Night and Yellow Submarine on DVD as well, for they are both worth it too).
DVD Review: Beatles rock another generation
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this movie for my 16 year old daughter who has discovered the Beatles. She just loves their music and I am getting to enjoy them again also. It is great to be able to share my youth with todays youth.DVD Review: HELP
Summary: 3 Stars
It's many years since I first saw this film. It took me back to "The Time" . . . Quite corny and, in my opinion, not as good as A Hard Days Night, but nonetheless a bit of fun.
Description of Help! (Standard Edition)
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 HortonPop Music CDs
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