Across the Universe (2007) Director: Julie Taymor Screenwriter: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, T.V. Carpio, Martin Luther McCoy ‘The Beatles are comin’, they’re gonna hold your hand’ – Bob Dylan, “Murder Most Foul” (2020) 2020 marked fifty years since the release of The Beatles’ final […]
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Help! (1965) Director: Richard Lester Screenplay: Marc Behm, Charles Wood Starring: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti, Roy Kinnear, John Bluthal, Patrick Cargill When researching the movie Help! (including “the making of”) it becomes clear that there’s a consensus that this, The Beatles’ second film, is the
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A Hard Day’s Night (1964) Director: Richard Lester Screenwriter: Alun Owen Starring: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Wilfrid Brambell, Norman Rossington, John Junkin and Victor Spinetti Contemporary analyses on popular media often fixate on the influences of nostalgia and escapism as it is now a universal acknowledgement that the crowds that fill
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