ザ・ビートルズの映画初出演作。当時人気の頂点にあった彼らの実生活をベースに脚色。熱狂的なファンに追いかけられるなか、TV出演やライブツアーに目まぐるしく動きまわるビートルズの姿をドキュメンタリー・タッチに描いた音楽コメディー。
製作費: $560,000 (1億円)
興行収入: $11,000,000 (17億円)
推定収支: $10,440,000 (16億円)
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監督: Richard Lester
脚本: Alun Owen
制作: Walter Shenson / David V. Picker
撮影監督: Gilbert Taylor
制作会社: Proscenium Films / Walter Shenson Films
Who says there were no pop videos in the 1960s? This is an example of one, two, three - indeed, possibly five - all loosely connected via a daftly enjoyable storyline featuring old "Steptoe" himself - Mr. Wilfrid Bramble. It has a plot, not that it remotely matters: the fab four are heading to London to do a television show and poor old Ringo gets separated - much to the chagrin of the programme's director. What ensues are various enjoyable escapades interspersed with some dapper performances from the band. The thing is riddled with charisma - the band are clearly having a whale of a time, Bramble looks like startled rabbit - as only he could - and the scenes with the screaming fans contribute well to the overall sense of adulation in which this band were held. It makes no pretence to be a film of great cinematographic worth - which is just as well 'cos it isn't - but as 90 minutes of almost fly-on-the wall fun and games, it's well worth a watch.
