History Film / IWannaHoldYourHand

* [[StopHavingFunGuy "Stop Having Fun" Girl]]: Janet whenever she goes on her anti-Beatle tirades. She even interrupts an ENG report on the street to yell ''"Exterminate the Beatles!"''

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''I Wanna Hold Your Hand'' is a 1978 [[ComingOfAgeStory coming-of-age]] comedy film that marks the directorial debut of Creator/RobertZemeckis, as well as Creator/StevenSpielberg's first film as an executive producer. The cast includes Creator/NancyAllen, Bobby Di Cicco, Creator/MarcMcClure, Susan Kendall Newman, Theresa Saldana, Creator/WendieJoSperber, and Creator/EddieDeezen.

''I Wanna Hold Your Hand'' is a 1978 ComingOfAgeStory that marks the directorial debut of Creator/RobertZemeckis, and the first film that Creator/StevenSpielberg executive produced. It stars Creator/NancyAllen, Bobby Di Cicco, Creator/MarcMcClure, Susan Kendall Newman, Theresa Saldana, Creator/WendieJoSperber, and Creator/EddieDeezen.

This movie follows some teenagers--[[FanGirl hysterical fangirl]] Rosie (Sperber), recently-engaged Pam (Allen), aspiring photographer Grace (Saldana), Beatle-hater Janis (Newman), [[{{Jerkass}} obnoxious bully]] Tony (Di Cicco), and Larry ([=McClure=]), who's driving--as they travel from Maplewood, New Jersey into Manhattan on their quest to see the Fab Four in person, both for their appearance at the Ed Sullivan Theater and at the hotel where they're staying. Upon arriving in the city, they have to contend with a ''rabid'' crowd of Beatlemaniacs outside the hotel, a ton of security, and Richard (Deezen), a Beatles superfan. HilarityEnsues.

It's February 9th, 1964, and Music/TheBeatles are bringing the fever of Beatlemania to the United States for the first time. Specifically, it's the band's debut on ''Series/TheEdSullivanShow'', and they were about to be greeted with a history-making reception from America, and potentially go deaf from [[{{Squee}} their newfound fanbase]].

This movie follows some teenagers - [[FanGirl hysterical fangirl]] Rosie, recently engaged Pam, aspiring photographer Grace, Beatle-hater Janet, [[{{Jerkass}} obnoxious bully]] Tony, and Larry, who's driving - on their quest from Maplewood, New Jersey to New York, to get to see the Beatles in person - both for their appearance at the Ed Sullivan Theatre, and at the hotel where they're staying. Upon arrival in the city, they have to contend with a ''rabid'' crowd of Beatlemaniacs outside the hotel, a ton of security, and Richard (Creator/EddieDeezen), a Beatles superfan. HilarityEnsues.

''I Wanna Hold Your Hand'' is a 1978 ComingOfAgeStory that marks the directorial debut of Creator/RobertZemeckis, and the first film that Creator/StevenSpielberg executive produced. It stars Creator/NancyAllen, Wendie Jo Sperber, Susan Kendall Newman, Theresa Saldana and Bobby Di Cicco.

* RealityEnsues: Rosie refuses to get off a hotel elevator with the others because she wants to try and get closer to the Beatles. She's literally caught by security at the next floor up.

''I Wanna Hold Your Hand'' is a 1978 movie that marks the directorial debut of Creator/RobertZemeckis, and the first film that Creator/StevenSpielberg executive produced. It stars Creator/NancyAllen, Wendie Jo Sperber, Susan Kendall Newman, Theresa Saldana and Bobby Di Cicco.

The soundtrack of the movie features many early Beatles songs: "I Want to Hold Your Hand," "Please Please Me," "I Saw Her Standing There," "Twist and Shout," "Money (That's What I Want)," "She Loves You" and much more.

!!Tropes associated with I Wanna Hol- OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD IT'S [[Music/PaulMcCartney PAUL]]!!! I'M GONNA DIE!!!

** Ed Sullivan (well, this film's version of Ed Sullivan) claims he first saw the Beatles perform in England while on a trip with his wife, but in actuality, he first saw their performance on the CBS Evening News. The booking was based on Sullivan seeing the huge reaction to the Beatles at London's Heathrow Airport, which delayed his flight.
* CelebCrush: Rosie, Pam and Grace all have this to varying degrees, but Rosie goes ''hard.''

* DrowningMySorrows: Poor Larry does this after [[spoiler: Grace runs off to impersonate an escort.]]

* {{Hatedom}}: In-universe example. A Beatles backlash gets some time in this movie, most often through Janet and Tony.
* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: Janet finally warms up to the phenomenon in the latter half of the movie.]]

-->'''Sergeant Brenner:''' Now I got you, you little shithead!
-->'''Richard:''' Who are you calling "little?"

* {{Jerkass}}: Tony is a lecherous, bullying, spiteful, lunkheaded prick. In his first scene he invites himself on the trip by jumping from his buddies' car to theirs, then steals Larry's wallet and looks through it.

* TheOldestProfession: [[spoiler: Grace]] attempts this, in a last ditch effort to get money for the tickets. [[GoneHorriblyWrong It doesn't exactly work out as planned.]]

** Hell, one of the main characters is named Pam. As in, "[[Music/AbbeyRoad Polythene Pam.]]"

* TheVamp: Grace pulls this trope to get Larry to drive them all to New York. [[spoiler: And almost does it again to impersonate a female escort.]]
* WeNeedADistraction: [[spoiler: Takes two tries at this to get the tickets away from Peter's dad.]]

This movie follows some teenagers - [[FanGirl hysterical fangirl]] Rosie, recently engaged Pam, aspiring photographer Grace, Beatle-hater Janet, [[{{Jerkass}} obnoxious bully]] Tony, and Larry, who's driving - on their quest from Maplewood, New Jersey to New York, to get to see the Beatles in person - both for their appearance at the Ed Sullivan Theatre, and at the hotel where they're staying. Upon arrival in the city, they have to contend with a ''rabid'' crowd of Beatlemaniacs outside the hotel, a ton of security, and Richard, a Beatles superfan. HilarityEnsues.

-->'''Sergeant Brenner:''' I got you now, you little shithead!

* DawsonCasting: Nancy Allen was 28 when the film came out, and had actually been a teenager when the Beatles performed on ''The Ed Sullivan Show''.

* {{Expy}}: Each of the four girls shares the letter of their first name with one of the Beatles, and has a personality that corresponds loosely to that Beatle's public persona:

** Janis = John ("worldly, cynical)
** Grace = George ("Quiet and serious")
** Rosie = Ringo ("Clutzy and short")

* {{Expy}}: Each of the four girls shares the letter of their first name with one of the Beatles, an has a personality that corresponds loosely to that Beatle's public persona:

* FanMob: This film definitely captures Beatlemania in all its screaming glory.

* GroupieBrigade: As is typical in any portrayal of Beatlemania.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits

-->''"I want you to be prepared for [[{{Squee}} excessive screaming, hysteria, hyperventilating, fainting, fits, seizures, spasmodic convulsions, even]] [[AttemptedSuicide attempted]] [[BreadEggsMilkSquick suicides]]; it's all perfectly normal. It merely means that these youngsters are enjoying themselves."''
-->~ '''Ed Sullivan''', in the intro [[note]]played by impersonator Will Jordan[[/note]]

'''I Wanna Hold Your Hand''' is a 1978 movie that marks the directorial debut of Creator/RobertZemeckis, and the first film that Creator/StevenSpielberg executive produced. It stars Creator/NancyAllen, Wendie Jo Sperber, Susan Kendall Newman, Theresa Saldana and Bobby Di Cicco.

This movie follows some teenagers - [[FanGirl hysterical fangirl]] Rosie, recently engaged Pam, aspiring photographer Grace, Beatle-hater Janet, [[{{Jerkass}} obnoxious bully]] Tony, and Larry, who's driving - on their quest from Maplewood, New Jersey to New York to get to the Ed Sullivan Theatre and see the Beatles in person, both for their Sullivan appearance and at the hotel where they're staying. Upon arrival in the city, they have to contend with a ''rabid'' crowd of Beatlemaniacs outside the hotel, a ton of security, and Richard, a Beatles superfan. HilarityEnsues.

* FanMob[=/=]GroupieBrigade: This film definitely captures Beatlemania in all its screaming glory.

* AbusiveParents: Peter, a young boy with a mop top haircut, shows up partway through the movie, and shortly afterward we meet his grouchy, domineering father who stole Peter's Ed Sullivan tickets from him.

* CelebrityResemblance: The huge crowd at the hotel go nuts at anything that even ''looks'' like a mop top hairdo.

* GroupieBrigade: This film definitely captures Beatlemania in all its screaming glory.

* MomentKiller: Janet whenever she goes on her anti-Beatle tirades. She even interrupts an ENG report on the street to yell ''"Exterminate the Beatles!"''

** [[Pam's fiance turns out to be a grouchy stick-in-the-mud, and Pam calls the engagement off before the show.]]

-->~ '''Ed Sullivan''', in the intro [[note]]played by impersonator Will Jordan[[/note]]

* {{Fangirl}}s

* ShoutOut: ''So'' many Beatles references outside of the direct referencing. An old lady complains in an elevator to Rosie that fans are behaving "all helter skelter."

* StalkerWithACrush: Non-romantic example... [[OnSecondThought maybe]]. Rosie is a screaming fangirl, but Richard is absolutely ''obsessed.'' He even set up a StalkerShrine in the hotel. [[spoiler: And it's not even his room!]]

This movie follows some teenagers - [[FanGirl hysterical fangirl]] Rosie, recently engaged Pam, aspiring photographer Grace, Beatle-hater Janet, [[{{Jerkass}} obnoxious bully]] Tony, and Larry, who's driving - on their quest from Maplewood, New Jersey to New York to get to the Ed Sullivan Theatre and see the Beatles in person, both for their Sullivan appearance and at the hotel where they're staying. Upon arrival in the city, they have to contend with a ''rabid'' crowd of Beatlemaniacs outside the hotel where the Beatles are staying, a ton of security, and Richard, a Beatles superfan. HilarityEnsues.