"Help!"
Is On The Way...
A Promotional Page For the 2007 DVD
Reissue
Official Press
Release
The following scans are for the deluxe DVD edition:
This is the standard DVD version:
Purchase Links:
Amazon.com:
Help! (Deluxe Edition): DVD: Beatles
;
Amazon.com:
Help!: DVD: The Beatles .
Note: As the above links
indicate, there's a rather significant price diference between the
standard and deluxe editions of this release. Fans are advised to shop
around before the release date. The DVD content of both releases are
identical and the restoration work is reported to be of excellent
quality. Details are beginning to emerge on Steve Hoffman's web forum: post
1 ; post
2 .
Stop Worrying...Help! Is On The
Way! Apple Corps Ltd Proudly Announce the DVD Release of the Beatles
Film 'Help!', October 30th (PRNewsFoto/Apple Coprs LTD)
Apple Corps Ltd Proudly Announce
the DVD Release of the Beatles Film 'Help!', October 30th
LONDON, Sept.
4 /PRNewswire/ -- Apple Corps Ltd have announced the eagerly
anticipated DVD release of The Beatles' second feature film 'Help!' on
October 30th (October 29th ROW) which will be marketed and distributed
by EMI Music.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/LATU079)
Directed by Richard Lester, who also directed the band's debut feature
film 'A Hard Days Night', 'Help!' made its theatrical debut in 1965.
The story follows The Beatles as they become passive recipients of an
outside
plot that revolves around Ringo's
possession of a sacrificial ring, which he cannot remove from his
finger. As a result, he and his bandmates John, Paul and George are
chased from London to the Austrian Alps and the Bahamas
by religious cult members, a mad
scientist and the London police.
In
addition to starring the Beatles, 'Help!' has a witty script, a great
cast of British character actors and features 7 classic Beatles tracks,
including:
-- 'Help!'
-- 'You're
Going To Lose That Girl'
-- 'You've Got
To Hide Your Love Away'
-- 'Ticket To
Ride'
-- 'I Need You'
-- 'The Night
Before'
-- 'Another
Girl'
The DVD
will be a 2-disc set. Disc 1 will feature the original film digitally
restored with a newly created 5.1 soundtrack, while Disc 2 contains an
hour of extra features, including:
-- The Beatles
in Help! -- 30 minute documentary about the making of the
film with Richard Lester, the cast and crew. Includes exclusive behind
the scenes footage of The Beatles on set.
-- A Missing
Scene -- Featuring Wendy Richard
-- The
Restoration of Help! -- An in depth look at the restoration
process.
-- Memories of
Help! -- The cast and crew reminisce
-- Theatrical
Trailers -- 2 US trailers and 1 Spanish trailer.
-- 1965 US
Radio Spots -- Hidden in disc menus.
There
will be 2 editions of the DVD -- a standard digipack and a deluxe boxed
set that will contain a reproduction of Richard Lester's original
annotated script, 8 lobby cards and a poster, plus a 60-page book with
rarely seen photographs and
production notes from the movie. Both the deluxe book and the standard
booklet feature an introduction by Richard Lester and an appreciation
by Martin Scorsese.
Watch
the 'Help!' DVD trailer here: http://emicat.edgeboss.net/wmedia/emicat/beatles/help_trailer_us.wvx
CAST
The Beatles:
John...................................................John Lennon
Paul...................................................Paul McCartney
George.................................................George Harrison
Ringo..................................................Ringo Starr
Clang..................................................Leo McKern
Ahme...................................................Eleanor Bron
Foot...................................................Victor Spinetti
Algernon...............................................Roy Kinnear
Superintendent.........................................Patrick Cargill
Bhuta..................................................John Bluthal
Jeweller...............................................Peter Copley
Doorman................................................Alfie Bass
Abdul..................................................Warren Mitchell
Lawnmower..............................................Bruce Lacey
Cross channel
swimmer..................................Mal Evans
Women in
street....................Dandy Nichols and Gretchen Franklin
PRODUCTION
Director...............................................Richard Lester
Producer...............................................Walter Shenson
Screenplay.................................Marc Behm and Charles Wood
Story
by...............................................Marc Behm
Director of
Photography................................David Watkin
Production
Manager.....................................John Pellatt
Art
Director...........................................Raymond Simm
Colour
Consultant and Titles...........................Robert Freeman
Costume
Designer.......................................Julie Harris
Musical
Director.......................................Ken Thorne
Songs composed
by........................John Lennon and Paul McCartney
and by George Harrison
Songs
performed by.....................................The Beatles
Songs produced
by......................................George Martin
http://www.beatles.com
SOURCE Apple Corps Ltd
Related Links: Undercover:
The Beatles' Help! To Be Reissued On DVD ;
Billboard:
Beatles' 'Help!' Expanded For New DVD ;
NME: The Beatles
'Help!' gets deluxe DVD treatment ;
Cinemablend:
The Beatles Get Help . The official Beatles web page
section:
HELP! .
