Product Details
- Starring: The Beatles
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- Aspect Ratio: 1.75:1
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- Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
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- Binding: DVD
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- Brand: EMD
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- Director: Richard Lester
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- EAN: 5099950951994
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- Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Limited Edition, NTSC, Surround Sound
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- Label: Capitol
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- Language: English
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- Manufacturer: Capitol
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- Number of Items: 2
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- Product Group: DVD
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- Publisher: Capitol
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- Region Code: 1
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- Release Date: 2007-11-06
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- Studio: Capitol
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- Theatrical Release Date: 1965-08-25
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- Title: Help! (Deluxe Edition)
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Avg Customer Rating: 
Product Description: After the worldwide success of A Hard Day's Night, the Beatles and director Richard Lester reunited for a follow-up film, Eight Arms to Hold You. Well, that wasn't the final title; a pleading Lennon-McCartney tune provided the catchier handle: Help! A loose semispoof of the globe-trotting James Bond pictures, Help! has always been considered a somewhat disorganized comedown from its predecessor; but it presents "the famous Beatles" even more clearly as the English cousins of the Marx Brothers. The plot has an Eastern religious cult declaring that the new ring on Ringo's finger is the key element in a human sacrifice; they will stop at nothing to obtain it. Meanwhile, a mad scientist (crazed Victor Spinetti, who also appeared in A Hard Day's Night and Magical Mystery Tour) believes that if he has the ring, he could--dare we say it?--rule the world. The songs, including "Ticket to Ride" and "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," are filmed with gleeful ingenuity, in locations such as the Bahamas, an Austrian ski resort, and the Salisbury Plain. The relentless nonsense becomes nearly the equivalent of a swinging-'60s Alice in Wonderland: for instance, Paul shrinks to the size of a gum wrapper, John fishes a season ticket out of his soup, George wears a top hat on the ski slopes, the lads sing the "Ode to Joy" to a lion. Oh, and the film is dedicated to Elias Howe, "who in 1846 invented the sewing machine." Brilliant. --Robert Horton
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Customer Reviews
It's The Beatles...
Need I say more??? A must have for all Beatles fans out there! Video and sound quality are excellent. Lots of rare photos and video footage added to this package. Well worth it.
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beatles(say no more)
the beatles are the most famous group of people on the planet.everything that can be said about them,has.so there is nothing that i can really add except that help was their second movie and as such was not as good as their first.the reason to buy this pkg. is the extras.like how the movie was made by many of the people who were involved with its production.this is not just a movie but a slice of the history of the sixties.all of this is worth watching,the extras more so than the movie.
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why so cheap?
I remember when this DVD set sold for about $179.00; I purchased it new from Amazon for $29.95. I'd like to know: why so cheap? Was it a mistake? It's now selling for $80.00 on this site.....feels like the stock market to me.
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No HELP! needed for boxset.
This boxset was absolutely amazing. I was thrilled with the item the second I opened it. I couldn't believe the amount of thought that was put into creating this DVD collection together. This is truly a collection that a diehard Beatles fan should not be without.
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Recommended
Simply, Beatles fan a must have.HELP! Movie Beatles.
Wonderful book, Pictures, Beatles.Buy 2 save one for your collection.
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