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The Beatles - Help! | Year: 1965 Classification: Musical Directed: - Richard Lester Actors/Actresses: - John Lennon - Paul McCartney - George Harrison - Ringo Starr This... ...Has ALWAYS been my favorite Beatles movie! It's completely insane, full of good, improvisational-style comedy of the Monty Python type, (in fact, I can almost guarantee you that this film and "Hard Day's Night" inspired the Pythons directly, as well as the godforesaken Monkees!) and excellent tunes by JPG&R! Just about everybody from this film went on to very respectable acting careers in film and theatre, especially Leo McKern and Eleanor Bron. Roy Kinnear became Richard Lester's signature supernumerary. And I'm still amazed at Victor Spinetti's strong resemblance to Donald Nixon. A completely zany flick, this film follows the boys as they establish themselves in a new set of linked cottages in a spiffy clean, quaint working class part of, (presumably,) London, with the sight gags starting immediately as an enormous organ pops up out the floor of Paul's section of the cottages; John selects and kisses a copy of his own "Spaniard In The Works"; George instructs a bumpkin to mow his rug with snapping gag dentures and Ringo selects fruit and soda from his own row of vending machines! Enter the villains. In the opening teaser, it is established that a cult that is into human sacrifice has noted that Ringo has possession of a gaudy ring that they have lost that is crucial to their ritual sacrifice. They immediately go to London to re-obtain this ring so they can conduct business as usual and it is up to Eleanor Bron, as the very pretty Ahme, to get the ring from the hapless drummer. Craziness ensues as they chase the fabs from locale to locale to get the ring, first to the recording studio, then an Eastern restaurant in London, then the alps, then to London again and Scotland Yard and then to the Bahamas. About half the movie takes place in the Bahamas where we see the bulk of the music performed in the movie as well, and what we hear is among the Beatles best pre-psychedelic work...in fact, this is the beginning of the Beatles experimenting musically beyond the simple post doo-wop stuff they had BEEN doing up till that point. The very folk-rocky "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" is performed after Ahme comes over to their side and it is perhaps the most moving pre-Rubber Soul/Revolver tune of theirs. The first time I viewed a copy of this movie on VHS, the spoken dialogue in the flick was kind of raspy, but the songs were crystal clear with excellent stereo separation and cleaning up. I have yet to hear an up-to-date copy, and it may be awhile before I do, since MPI has stopped issuing the danged thing! Come ON, people...EMI, Apple...SOMEBODY, get this puppy back on the market! Anyway....George and Paul are the ones who shine the most musically in the film and on the accompanying album, with John singing the incredible "Hide Your Love Away", the boring and overplayed "Ticket To Ride" amd "You're Gonna Lose That Girl". It seems that John, except for "Away" is still somewhat rooted in the earlier days yet with his t Absolutely Hilarious! I laughed myself sick at this movie! The Beatles' performances are fab. You really get a bit of a glimpse of what the Beatles were really like. The supporting characters like Professor Foot, Clang, Ahme, Algernon, and the Superintendent are just as great too. The Fabs are as cheeky and charming as ever. John (my fave Beatle) is witty and sarcastic, Paul has a thing with the ladies, George shows he's not shy and that he's probably the best actor of the Beatles, and Ringo shows how loveable and funny he can be. Of course, the music is awesome. My personal favorite song from the movie is "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" but they're all good. In the background, you can sometimes here instrumental versions of "A Hard Day's Night" too. I'm only thirteen but the Beatles have completely taken over my life! You don't really have to be a Beatles fan to like this movie in my opinion, though. Beatles Rule I am 27 and from India, i was in my 9th graded when my sister presented me RUBBER SOUL, and from that moment on I have been a beatles fan, Around 10 years back I saw Hard Days Night and I was in love , then i saw HELP and i was BLOWN, the movie is full of humor,energy and lots more, One of my favourite scenes is when they all are in the Loo and the baddy turns on the dryer, the best part of the scene is when Georges shirt gets sucked into the dryer, and RIngo says "Ther is More Here than meets the eyes". It's funny the way he says this. <BR>There are some people whose review i have read says movie is okay, those people must be doped, not to appreciate this movie,<BR>For Gods Sake its THE BEATLES, it dosent get any better than this,KUDOS to the Beatles and their Masterpiece Buy The Beatles Help at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  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