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PUBLISHED
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2019]
©2019
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1 videodisc (99 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Criterion collection #967
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Title from screen credits
"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
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
Director of photography, Donald M. Morgan ; film editor, Frank Morriss
Nancy Allen, Bobby DiCicco, Marc McClure, Susan Kendall Newman, Theresa Saldana, Wendie Jo Sperber, Eddie Deezen, Christian Juttner, Murray the "K," Will Jordan
Blu-ray, region A; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround
English dialogue with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)