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A Hard Day 's Night

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In Rowana’s Agajanian’s exerpt, Nothing Like Any Previous Material Musical: British or American depicts the highly influential economic and social factors of the film A Hard Day’s Night between the audience of Britain and the United States. A Hard Day’s Night was filmed by American enterprises by producer Walter Shenson and director Richard Lester. The film was created to expand the fame and musical recognition of the Beatles among the America and Britain. The intended purpose of the musical comedy was to reflect the public and private lives of The Beatles by taking the audience on a whimsical journal through an extraordinary 36 hours of a typical day in The Beatles life. The four main factors that contributed to the film was to reflect …show more content…

The United Artists was a New York based company that opened in London through the European division in 1961. The company filmed 4 to 5 low budgets films, profiting fewer than 200,000 Euros yearly. Despite the earnings, UA was able to successfully earn its fame by two British films including, Dr. No and Tom Jones in 1962, at $30 to 40 million through the box office. A Hard Day’s Night made its successful turn when the film was produced, selling at 1500 to 1800 prints. The musical made a fortune at $1.3 million within the first week and $5.8 million on the 6th week of popularity. Even though the film was praised by the public because of its production, the film also received an extensive amount of criticism from British, American, and international critics, such as, the French. Richard Lester was accused of basing the film on French nouvelle vague. Although Lester incorporated some of the French influence, the film was not an independent film-maker, like the style of the French. Lester was one of the youngest directors in the film industry at an astounding age of 31. Because of his age, he was able to connect to the youthful audience and create a film that was able to entertain both the youthful teenagers and respectable adult viewers. His use of new technological advancements such as, the hand-held cameras for chase scenes or helicopters made the film seem much more riveting and interesting to the

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