they certainly looked like they were in the throes of true beatlemania, didn't they?
any idea how "staged" they were or whether the boys played a few numbers and these were genuine reactions?
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They were genuine reactions. That is what Beatlemania really looked like. Richard Lester put ads in the papers inviting fans to come to the theater and the kids got to watch the production for free.
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Not only that, the shooting lasted several hours, compared to the standard 20-minute Beatle concert of the time.
shareWorth noting, in considering how much fun it might have been to be in the crowd: the Beatles didn't actually play, they just lip-synced.
shareI don't think that mattered much. They could've been playing checkers and still gotten the same excited reaction from the fans.
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Supposedly,
STING is one of the kids in the crowd
sting? he would have been maybe 13 at the time, so not sure about that. phil collins, is there though.
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You're thinking of Phil Collins, who went on to narrate "You Can't Do That, the Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'", worth seeking out.
shareI read an article recently by someone who was there. He said the concert shooting session took several hours, and that the hall slowly filled with the smell of urine as the fans couldn't 'contain' themselves.
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All of them, lucky bastards
According to Collins, he was 12 when he did the movie. So, a 13-year-old Sting wouldn't have been out of the question.
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I should think a 13-year-old sting would've healed by NOW.
shareCollins has either mis-stated his birthdate or is misremembering his age. His bio says he was born in January 1951; the concert scene in AHD'sN was filmed on March 31, 1964.