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02 March, 1964 - The Beatles Start Shooting A Hard Day's Night
A Hard Day's Night - praised as a benchmark for music film production and remaining influential to this day - began its first day of shooting at Paddington Station in London.
Director Dick Lester used a documentary style of filming to capture the claustrophobia of Beatlemania, and writer Alun Owen delivered a script which epitomised the quick-witted humour of the band.
Comedy and music are combined in the movie to create a pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964.
Alun (screenwriter) picked up a lot of little things about us. Things like: 'He is late but he is very clean, isn't he?' Little jokes, the sarcasm, the humour, John's wit, Ringo's laconic manner; each of our different ways. The film manages to capture our characters quite well.
Paul
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