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Jul 9, 2024 · Film critic Rex Reed derisively referred to playwright Alun Owen’s script of A Hard Day’s Night as a “non-screenplay.” Yet it is precisely the inspired anarchy of Owen’s screenplay—so suited to the Beatles’ personalties that they appear to be improvising—that distinguishes this landmark musical.
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Jul 11, 2024 · Written by Alun Owen and directed by Richard Lester, the film charted 36 fictional hours in the life of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr at that crucial moment in history when Beatlemania was about to go supernova.
Jul 5, 2024 · Scripted by Alun Owen, A Hard Day’s Night follows a day in the life of the lads at the height of Beatlemania. John, Paul, George and Ringo, playing themselves, are joined by Paul’s conniving but very clean grandfather (Wilfrid Brambell) as they make their way to a live television concert in London.
Jun 30, 2024 · Decades before, Alun Owen had earned an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for A Hard Day’s Night, the United Artists’ film that portrayed 36 hours in the lives of the group who had made ...
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Jul 6, 2024 · It was met with much praise — The Village Voice famously described it as "the Citizen Kane of jukebox musicals" – and earned two Academy Awards, one for Best Screenplay (Alun Owen) and one for ...
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Jul 11, 2024 · SHENSON suggested to the screenwriter, Alun Owen, that their film should be “an exaggerated day in the life of The Beatles”. To get a feel for what that actually meant, Owen joined The Beatles for a few days on tour. He witnessed the reality of their mega-fame and described the Fab Four as “prisoners of their success”.
Jul 4, 2024 · Directed by Richard Lester and written by Alun Owen, A Hard Day’s Night was a musical comedy film starring the Fab Four that captured the band’s hectic lifestyle as they navigated a day of chaotic misadventures and the rise of Beatlemania.
