Product ReviewsHelp! (DVD, 1965)

Excellent Fab Four Film plus an awesome soundtrack, an easy 10 out of 10.

I thoroughly enjoyed this DVD. It's the second Beatle's movie after the first "Hard Day's Night". This was directed by the same director who did that film as well, Richard Lester. The original title of the movie was "8 arms to hold you" but after McCartney & Lennon wrote a catchy little tune by the name of "HELP" it was set in stone that this was to be the movies' title.

The movie seems to be a little less cohesive than the first one but it still works. Filmed in color this movie shines from the 1st frame free of dirt, dust, grime and the restoration was a complete success.

Ringo has a new ring. The leader of a Religious Eastern cult thinks this is the key element in a human sacrifice and they will stop at nothing to obtain it. Meanwhile a mad Scientist and his assistant are after the ring as well believing that....dare I utter this.......that if he has it he can RULE THE WORLD.

All the songs are performed in different locations around the world, from England to the Bahamas and then onto a snowy Austrian mountain side. A great selection of songs performed in the movie include, "Help!", "The Night Before", "I Need You", "Another Girl", "You're Gonna Lose That Girl", "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away", "She's A Woman" and "Ticket To Ride". What a wonderful soundtrack, huh.

Some whimsical moments in the movie are Paul being shrunk to the size of a chewing gum wrapper, George on a snowy mountainside on skis wearing a top hat. John fishing a "season ticket" out of his soup then saying "I always like a lot of seasoning in me soup", LOL and on and on. This movie really does make them look like the English equivalent to the U.S.'s Marx brothers.

All in all this film works and comes with a ton of extras and features on the restoration of the DVD, interviews and behind the scenes with some of the principle players, trailers, hidden Radio adds are among the Easter eggs in this DVD set.

If you're a Beatle fan then this is a 10 out of 10. If you're a movie fan then the DVD is a 10 out of 10. So you can't lose. Pick up a copy and I'm sure you'll be singing along with the songs in no time. This was smack dap in the middle of Beatle mania and you catch a glimpse of it in the movie.

The Fab hold their own among the professional actors and the music is second to none. Excellent DVD.Read full review...

Great movie if you love the Beatles!

The movie itself is great, but more importantly, the DVDs were indeed new and in perfect condition, as promised. I bought this for my sister who is a Beatles (or really Paul McCartney) fanatic and she LOVED watching it. She had her own copy but lost it in a move, so this one was a Godsend. Read full review...

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Good But Not Great

It's been a long time since I have seen the movie HELP!. I remember as a kid liking this movie better than A Hard Day's Night but that is no longer the case. Although I like HELP!, I just think AHDN is a better movie. HELP! actually has a bit of a plot, as opposed to AHDN which just follows the Beatles for a couple of days as they prepare to be guests on a variety show, but HELP! is overly silly at times. The plot focuses on an eastern religious cult which has daily (yes, daily) sacrifices to their god Kaili. These sacrifices require the victim to wear a ring which has somehow been acquired by Ringo. Try as they might, the cult just can't seem to get the ring back as they follow the Fab Four all over the world in various attempts to do so. Ringo is very willing to give the ring back but it won't come off of his finger. Eventually, however, it just falls off at the end of the movie. Some of The Beatles best early music is in this movie and that alone makes it worth owning. Unlike AHDN, the music is synchronised to the footage so that it actually looks like the boys are playing in the recording studio, the apartment in which all four live, and other places. As mentioned earlier, HELP! gets too silly at times, such as the boys housekeeper(?) mowing a lawn-like carpet with wind-up teeth, Paul getting shrunken down to almost microscopic size, and Paul's attempt to be an indian scout. Overall, though, it is a movie worth owning if just for the music which is, well, fabulous. All true Beatle fans should own this movie. It is good, but not great.Read full review...

We really do need "Help"!

The Beatles movie, "Help" was a fun experience to watch. Having been a Beatles fan throughout my life, and still an active fan, buying and seeing this movie was awesome. In today's society we are missing out on a time in our country when life, although complex and undergoing changes, was a far simplier and fun place to exist in. True each generation can also say this, has said this, and will say this, seeing a movie, such as "Help" does, indeed, "Help" us through the complexities of today, and brings us home to a day when 4 young lads, known as the Beatles, were the headliners, and who all, in their own way, did, indeed "Help" a society and shaped a culture. To watch this movie again was to relive these days of yesterday, and I am thankful.Read full review...

The Fab Four on film!

These Beatles movies are so much fun! I've loved them for years, and both of these updated versions have great special features which provide a lot of additional information about the films. Recommended.
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played perfectly

I read a lot of reviews on other sellers of this movie, so I was a lttle worried, I bought help for my wife a big beatles fan, the quality of this dvd is great, audio is great, I'm very happy with it!!Read full review...

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Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got this dvd for christmas and I've watched 6 times already.
Man,there they are,fully restored color,DTS 5.1 surround and funnier than I remember.There are so many funny parts,it's hard to get to it:Leo Mckearn standing in the back of the car pointing forward and it goes in reverse,or singing in the phone booth.Roy Kinnear and Victor Spinetti as the bumbling scientist.Really,really funny stuff.I remember in the anthology how Ringo talks about the curling scene in which one of the rocks is a bomb.He and Paul ran out of the shot "ran to Switzerland" to get stoned.I grin when I see that scene.
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Beautiful Absurdity

Classic Richard Lester, this movie is a satirical barrel of monkeys. A must see for anyone interested in pop culture. “Help”, along with “A Hard Days Night” has influenced almost everything that has come after it. Read full review...

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Classic Beatles film, fun 60's times.

The price was very fair. Condition was better than expected. All original contents arrived ahead of schedule. My favorite Beatles movie with amazing sound and picture!

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Help movie

Very good movie,very entertaining I enjoyed it,if you are a Beatles fan then I recommend this movie,the music is great...I'm a big Beatles fan so I knew I would enjoy it,I wasn't disappointed..

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