Talk:Help! (film)

Wa-do (Thank you in Cherokee)
Estrose. Thanks for adding the info box to the article. It really improved the look and feel of the page. --Bookofsecrets 14:31, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

DVD-less in America
The story of why the movie is not on DVD (at least in the US) might be interesting, if anyone knows it. Unfortunately, I don't. Gaohoyt 16:59, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Well it's being released now. The American DVD released has been pushed back 7 days from Oct 30th 2007 to Nov 6th 2007. I don't have time to include a source for this info but anyone who checks with online stores can see it's true. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.19.241.129 (talk) 15:11, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Wow, they've digitally cleaned up the old prints and the movie looks like new. The soundtrack is true stereo (on my machine anyway) Get Help!--Phyllis1753 (talk) 00:35, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Images
The picture shown (of a DVD!! cover) is not appropriate for an article about a film. Does anyone have a more suitable image, e.g. the original film poster (preferably the British one, whose design ties in with the LP cover) Emeraude 22:20, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

I actually like the picture it's funny I mean what The Beatles say XD -71.107.147.75 (talk) 03:28, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Trivia: credit music
"In the ending of the film, the song played over the credits is The Barber of Seville written by Italian composer Gioachino Rossini." The Barber of Seville is a complete opera by itself, so I assume the piece (not "song") played is an excerpt, possibly the overture. I watched the movie only once, years ago, so I don't feel qualified to correct this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.59.73.29 (talk) 23:15, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Trivia: disguise scene
Should it be noted that except for Paul, the Beatles' disguises look like the individual members after the band split up? I know it it's probably just a coincidence but George and especially Ringo and John look like they eventually did in their solo careers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.248.36.9 (talk) 19:37, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I remember hearing that the Beatles (EXCEPT for Paul's glasses) would eventually look like that in real life. I don't recall about John Lennon's solo career regarding this, but take a look at 1969 (breakup announcement didn't come until 1970); you'd wouldn't believe it's the same person! Facial hair doesn't show up in real life until moustaches appear in the lead-up to Sgt. Pepper. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.82 (talk) 17:29, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

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first trivia bullet
Because trivia sections are basically irrelevant and the first bullet is very unimportant and silly, does anyone have a problem with me deleting it? Wonderwallmusic (talk) 22:47, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks almost like original research and a bit of synthesis to me; no objection if it goes. The reader/viewer can draw their own conclusions if they need to, but we shouldn't do it for them. -- Rodhullandemu  (Talk) 22:59, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Mary Ford
Internet Movie Database IMDb lists Mary Ford (as in Les Paul and...) as a bit player. Is this real? Someone playing a joke on IMDb? Same name, different person? Anyone know something about this? --Phyllis1753 (talk) 16:18, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Trivia

 * Moved here for sourcing and moving to appropriate sections in main article: Rodhull  andemu  00:04, 6 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Among the film's original working titles were Beatles Phase II and, as suggested by Walter Shenson, Eight Arms to Hold You. In fact, all copies of the single ("Ticket To Ride/Yes It Is") and early copies of the US-released 45 ("Help!/I'm Down") are printed with that as the movie title.
 * The "channel swimmer" who makes appearances during the curling scene and at the end of the film is Beatles road manager Mal Evans.
 * A sequence with the Beatles practicing acting lessons, which featured actress Wendy Richard (Miss Brahms of Are You Being Served?), was filmed but was cut from the final product.
 * A scene involving The Beatles driving around the Bahamas in 'Beetle' cars was cut out of the final film.
 * Another sequence cut from the film occurs when the thugs are attempting to kidnap Ringo by pounding on the exterior of a plastic bubble-top container in a tree-house with clubs, only to discover that it is Harrison wearing a Ringo mask.
 * The book that John pulls out of his secret compartment in his room is a copy of his book, A Spaniard in the Works.
 * Director Richard Lester originally approached Peter Sellers to play Clang, Sellers declined because he didn't want to be upstaged by the Beatles.
 * In the scene in the Indian restaurant, the thugs from Kaili choke the band and begin playing "A Hard Days Night" in 'Indian' style.

Not only on the laserdisk!
The mentioned extras (home movie footage, trailers, footage from the premiere, radio ads, and posters) were not only released in the CAV laserdisk edition! I have right in front of me a "Special 30th Anniversary" 1995 VHS edition ("in hi-fi digital stereo") released by EMI in association with Video Collection International Ltd. that contains all those extras after the main movie, with the visual extras as the video and the radio ads simultaneously as the audio. --79.193.57.176 (talk) 22:56, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

telegraph lines -- and comment on original research
I just saw a documentary about this movie on Youtube, and learned more about part of the "Ticket to Ride" melody being displayed on a music score on the (film) screen: There were telegraph wires running in that area and they showed up on camera, and apparently in 1965 the technology did not exist to edit them out. So they were used as lines of a musical staff onto which part of the "Ticket to Ride" melody was plotted.

If original research is removed, I'd like to hear about it HERE on the talk page so I could consider it while doing any other reading about this movie or other topics. Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.82 (talk) 17:24, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

OK, I have again located (on Youtube) "The Beatles in Help". It's in 4 parts, and you look at about the 3:51 mark in part 3 to find the music score I referred to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyFmPCyg4rY&feature=relmfu — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.82 (talk) 17:44, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

And one extra note: The key signature wasn't provided. It's A major, although the only pitch affected here is C, which as a result is sharped. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.82 (talk) 17:52, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

What's this garbage under Part Two?
What is the meaning of this?

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Odd addition to the intro
"A series of still photographs were taken by the photojournalist Michael Peto during the making of the film and are held by Archive Services, University of Dundee.[4]"

Interesting I suppose (though in my mind I'm thinking "so what"?), but either way why is this in the very short intro? At best it's a very very minor point of trivia, and not even so sure it qualifies as that. Definitely doesn't belong in an intro to the overall subject.70.91.35.27 (talk) 16:27, 20 August 2013 (UTC)TF

Just noticed that this same information is repeated further into the article and is expanded upon, so I took it out of the intro since it was a bit distracting there.70.91.35.27 (talk) 16:34, 20 August 2013 (UTC)TF

Supplementals
The supplementals listed were also all included on the 1995 MPI VHS, except, I think, for the open interviews. It was fairly odd back in 1995 how after the film, you get audios and visuals that just don't match as you have radio ads playing over posters, set photos, the silent home-movie set footage, etc. --2003:71:4E6A:C965:6590:F5FF:3A5C:D5CB (talk) 00:10, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

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