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I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
Cast: Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Marc McClure, Susan Kendall Newman, Theresa Saldana, Wendie Jo Sperber
Genre: Comedy
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Writers: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
Cast: Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Marc McClure, Susan Kendall Newman, Theresa Saldana, Wendie Jo Sperber
Genre: Comedy
Six teenagers from New Jersey borrow a limousine and head to New York City to see the Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan tv show. Only one problem, they don't have tickets and the show is sold out! Waiting outside of the hotel where the Fab Four are staying is an army of fan obsessed teen girls, making it hard for the Beatles to make their date with TV history. CR
Renowned director Robert Zemeckis makes his directorial debut with a comedy based on actual events that took place back in 1964 during the Beatles British Invasion. Zemeckis was an unproven commodity at the start of his impressive career, a career which includes such smash hits as: Back to the Future I,II,III, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forest Gump, Castaway and Contact....His first feature film is no slump either!
I like how the six teenagers had different reasons for seeing the Beatles. Wendie Jo Sperber is so in love with the Beatles that she passes out when she see them! While Susan Kendall Newman (Paul Nemwman's daughter in one of her only two film credits, is a girl who hates the Beatles and wants to picket the show. Anyway I thought it was cool how all the kids had a different reaction to the Beatles.
The funniest part is when the teens split up and a couple of them make it into the Beatles hotel and one of them, Nancy Allen ends up in the Beatles room where she literally goes orgasmic over Beatle paraphernalia. It's a weird scene and supposedly a nod to Polythene Pam of the Beatle's song.
There's many nice touches to the film that helps build the world of Beatlemania. One of the coolest things is the actual Ed Sullivan Show performance by the Beatles. The viewer feels like they have a front row set for the history making event. We never see their faces either. Either they're a very long ways away or monitors hide their faces. This works well, as it allows us to think that we're seeing the real Fab Four!
Not an easy movie to find, but well worth watching.
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I like how the six teenagers had different reasons for seeing the Beatles. Wendie Jo Sperber is so in love with the Beatles that she passes out when she see them! While Susan Kendall Newman (Paul Nemwman's daughter in one of her only two film credits, is a girl who hates the Beatles and wants to picket the show. Anyway I thought it was cool how all the kids had a different reaction to the Beatles.
The funniest part is when the teens split up and a couple of them make it into the Beatles hotel and one of them, Nancy Allen ends up in the Beatles room where she literally goes orgasmic over Beatle paraphernalia. It's a weird scene and supposedly a nod to Polythene Pam of the Beatle's song.
Not an easy movie to find, but well worth watching.
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