I wanna hold your hand / a Rose & Asseyev production ; written by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale ; produced by Tamara Asseyev & Alex Rose ; directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Nancy Allen, Bobby DiCicco, Marc McClure, Susan Kendall Newman, Theresa Saldana, Wendie Jo Sperber, Eddie Deezen, Christian Juttner, Murray the "K," Will Jordan. Title from screen credits. Originally released as a motion picture in 1978. Features: New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Robert Zemeckis and cowriter Bob Gale; New conversation among Zemeckis, Gale, and executive producer Steven Spielberg; New interview with actors Nancy Allen and Marc McClure; Audio commentary from 2004 featuring Zemeckis and Gale; The lift (1972), and A field of honor (1973), two early short films by Zemeckis; Trailer and radio spots; An essay by critic Scott Tobias.
Summary:
"On February 9, 1964, the Beatles made their first appearance on American television on The Ed Sullivan Show, ratcheting up the frenzy of a fan base whose ecstatic devotion to the band heralded an explosive new wave of youth culture. I Wanna Hold Your Hand looks back to that fateful weekend, following six New Jersey teenagers, each with different reasons for wanting to see the Fab Four, on a madcap mission to Manhattan to meet the band and score tickets to the show. With this rollicking first feature, director Robert Zemeckis and cowriter Bob Gale established themselves as a filmmaking team par excellence, adept and mining America's cultural memory for comedy and adventure with a winning mixture of sweet nostalgia and playful irreverence"--Container.
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