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6	!![[Music/AHardDaysNight The Album]]:
7	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The soundtrack itself was a massive step up from the early style that the lads had been using to that point. For starters, it was their first entirely self-composed album. And their music now had improved harmony, better instrumental range, and deeper lyrics. Songs like the title track, "Can't Buy Me Love," and "If I Fell" were immediate hits. Where the first two albums were ''good'', this album is regularly viewed by critics as the first '''great''' album the Beatles released.[[note]]This was the first album ''without'' any cover songs. The follow-up album ''Beatles For Sale'' compensated for this, half of it comprised of covers. This was pure Beatles. Also, this description only refers to the British version; United Artists released the soundtrack in America with only half the songs, filling it out with instrumental versions of Beatles songs which were used as incidental music in the film.[[/note]]
8	* SoloSideProject: In a manner of speaking, this is one for John. He sings solo or joint lead vocals on 9 of the 13 tracks, which he wrote himself, and he also wrote George’s one song on the album. Indeed, if this was your first exposure to the group, you’d be well justified in thinking that “The Beatles” are John’s backing group, much like the Dakotas for Billy J. Kramer.
9	!![[Film/AHardDaysNight The Film]]:
10	* AluminumChristmasTrees: During the opening sequence, The Beatles are shown running from fans at the train station. Well, except for Paul, who's disguised himself by wearing a phony beard. In the early years of Beatlemania, the Beatles really wore disguises in public to avoid being seen. Even better, the scene really is of the band running from fans, which just happened to be caught on film.
11	* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Creator/AlbertRBroccoli suggested to his producing partner Harry Saltzman that they produce the film. Saltzman refused and suggested they go ahead with ''Film/CallMeBwana''.
12	-->Let me ask you something, Cubby: would you rather make a film with four long-haired schnooks from Liverpool who nobody's heard of, when we've got Creator/BobHope - Bob Hope! All ready to go?"
13	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment:
14	** Music/TheBeatles taunt an old man on the train, walk away, then suddenly, they're outside, messing with him again, before they get back on, carrying Ringo for some reason.
15	** An InUniverse instance: During their show in the end, Paul's Grandfather enters the stage through a stage elevator, and George immediately shoves him off, much to the horror of the TV director.
16	* FairForItsDay: The portrayal of the AmbiguouslyGay TV director was surprisingly positive given that this film was made back in 1964.
17	* FirstInstallmentWins: This is generally thought to be the best of the Beatles' movies.
18	* GenreTurningPoint: The movie went a long way towards codifying a lot of the visual techniques and tropes of music videos that dominated The80s music scene.
19	* HarsherInHindsight:
20	** There are repeated jokes about murdering Music/JohnLennon...''awkward''.
21	** "A train and a room and a car and a room and a room and a room"...basically the kind of fishbowl atmosphere that the Beatles would ''really'' come to loathe by 1966, before they quit touring. They were prisoners of their own success, stayed in enclosed quarters under tight security, and never really got to enjoy being a touring band because it was hard for them to get out and enjoy the places they toured in without being, erm, surged after. Every country or city felt the same as the last one.
22	** Music/RingoStarr having the most fan mail is pretty sad in light of how in 2008, he announced he would no longer accept any more fan mail.
23	** Ringo really ''would'' go on to briefly [[TenMinuteRetirement quit the band]] out of frustration in 1968 as the sessions for ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'' boiled over into nasty bickering among his bandmates. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments He was welcomed back with flowers and a card saying "Welcome home"]].
24	** John's casual torment of Norm, the band's fictional manager. Lennon was a well documented {{Jerkass}} to the Beatles' actual manager Brian Epstein. Norm's treatment in the film is actually a much LighterAndSofter version of what Lennon was reported to be capable of with any of his usual victims. Epstein's death at the young age of 32 was seen as the beginning of the end for the band, as afterward they began the infamous in-fighting that led to their break-up.
25	* HilariousInHindsight:
26	** John playing with [[WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine a submarine]] in the bathtub.
27	** The [[Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand performers dressed as a military band]] present in the TV studio.
28	** The fake beard and mustache Paul wears to escape the ravenous fans in the film's opening looks pretty similar to the beard Paul would grow around the time of ''Music/LetItBe'' (the only time during his life that Paul was known to sport a beard, in fact).
29	** The entire ''Le Cercle'' sequence spoofing Film/JamesBond's introduction in ''Film/DrNo'' has gotten funnier thanks to some ties between Music/TheBeatles and Bond:
30	*** In ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'', which was released around the same time, Bond says that serving champagne at the wrong temperature is "as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs" (although WordOfGod says that was a gag about [[CuteButCacophonic the screaming fans at their shows]] and not the group itself).
31	*** Music/PaulMcCartney would record the theme to ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' ([[WhatCouldHaveBeen and was also approached to do the theme for]] ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', Creator/SeanConnery's last official film as Bond), with George Martin writing the score, too.
32	*** Music/RingoStarr later married a Bond girl (Creator/BarbaraBach, who played Anya in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'').
33	* HoYay:
34	** John providing most of it by doing such things as singing love songs to Ringo, blinking frivolously at men on trains, and just briefly passing an [[CampGay effeminate, well-dressed man]] in a hallway and admiring his attire. That said, John spends a good deal of the movie hitting on women too.
35	--->'''John:''' Gear costume.\
36	'''Well-Dressed Man:''' Swap?\
37	'''John:''' Cheeky!
38	** Ringo jumping around with that guy at the nightclub. Ringo seems ''really'' happy.
39	* NarmCharm: Music/TheBeatles never did any acting before, and there are times that they seem to hit their cues extremely prematurely, like Music/GeorgeHarrison getting out a pen before being asked to sign an autograph[[note]]Of course, given how often they signed autographs for fans, he might have just seen it coming[[/note]], and Music/RingoStarr getting "hit" by the tire, even though it misses him by several inches.
40	** Ringo's ''extremely'' forced, fake-sounding laugh at his own joke ("Well, if he's your grandfather, who knows? ''Hahahahaha.''") certainly qualifies as this. Made funnier by the fact that the expression of distaste on Paul's face afterwards almost seems to be directed at the clumsy delivery of this line than the bad joke itself.
41	* RetroactiveRecognition:
42	** Creator/CharlotteRampling appears as a dancer at the nightclub.
43	** The crusty old businessman in the train compartment is [[Series/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy1981 Slartibartfast]].
44	** The young boy Ringo meets is played by Creator/DavidJanson, who would later be best known for playing Ken Richardson in ''Series/GetSomeIn'', Michael the postman in ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances'', and the second Herr Flick in ''Series/AlloAllo''.
45	** A car thief is played by Creator/JohnBluthal, who would later be best known for playing Frank Pickle in ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley''.
46	** Adrian is played by Creator/JulianHolloway, who would later be best known for his roles in the ''Film/CarryOn'' films.
47	** A makeup lady is played by Creator/SheilaFearn, who would later be best known for playing Audrey Collier in ''Series/TheLikelyLads'' and Ann Fourmile in ''Series/GeorgeAndMildred''.
48	* StockFootageFailure: When the Beatles get into the cab to their hotel, they're all wearing suits and ties, but when we cut to them driving off, John is inexplicably wearing a turtleneck and jacket, in footage taken from one of their tours.
49	* TheWoobie: Ringo. It gets even worse when you find out that his "acting" in some of the shots wasn't actually acting—the poor kid was hung over and legitimately depressed.
50	-->'''Ringo:''' It's [Paul's] grandfather. I can tell he doesn't like me. It's because I'm little.

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