Release Date: March 26, 2019
Criterion: $31.96
Amazon: N/A
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
Starring: Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Marc McClure, Dick Miller, Theresa Saldana
On February 9, 1964, the Beatles made their first live appearance on American television on The Ed Sullivan Show,ratcheting up the frenzy of a fanbase 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 teenagers, each with their own reasons for wanting to see the Fab Four, from New Jersey to Manhattan on a madcap mission 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 at mining America’s cultural memory for comedy and adventure with a winning mixture of sweet nostalgia and playful irreverence.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
ORIGINAL 1978 TRAILER:
Criterion: $31.96
Amazon: N/A
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
Starring: Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Marc McClure, Dick Miller, Theresa Saldana
- United States
- 1978
- 99 minutes
- Color
- 1.85:1
- English
On February 9, 1964, the Beatles made their first live appearance on American television on The Ed Sullivan Show,ratcheting up the frenzy of a fanbase 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 teenagers, each with their own reasons for wanting to see the Fab Four, from New Jersey to Manhattan on a madcap mission 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 at mining America’s cultural memory for comedy and adventure with a winning mixture of sweet nostalgia and playful irreverence.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Robert Zemeckis and cowriter Bob Gale, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- 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
- More!
- PLUS: An essay by critic Scott Tobias
ORIGINAL 1978 TRAILER:
