Half a century on from the release of a film which forever captured the frenzy of Beatlemania, Ringo Starr has been sharing his memories of A Hard Day’s Night with Billboard.
“I mean, we were in a movie, man, we were making a movie,” Ringo says. “Four guys from Liverpool making a movie – it was so great. I loved it.”
“It was a really exciting thing to do. We were making records and, wow, the records were taking off and then we’re playing to bigger and bigger audiences and that’s taking off, and now we’re doing a movie. It was mad, but it was incredible.”
Fifty years later, A Hard Day’s Night has been restored to a new 4k digital version, approved by director Richard Lester, which is to be screened in selected cinemas from today (July 4th) after a special preview on the London South Bank yesterday.
A two-disc DVD, packed with bonus features, is to follow on July 21st.
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