EDITORIAL REVIEWS:
A comedy chronicling 24 hours in the lives of six teenagers from Maplewood, New Jersey, who descend on Manhattan the day The Beatles premiered on the "Ed Sullivan Show," February 8, 1964. Each has a personal agenda: Grace Corrigan is looking for her big break as a photographer; Rosie Petrofsky is the quintessential Beatles fan, and Janice Goldman and Tony Smerko, would do anything to see the performance end in disaster. () "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" was director-screenwriter Robert Zemeckis' feature film debut.
Color by Technicolor; using Panavision Equipment.
Following songs used in the film: "I Want to Hold Your Hand," "Please, Please Me," "I Saw Her Standing There," "Thank You Girl," "Boys," "Twist and Shout," "Misery," "Till There Was You," "Love Me Do," "Do You Want to Know a Secret?" "P.S. I Love You," "Please Mr. Postman," "From Me to You," "Money," "There's a Place," "I Wanna Be Your Man," and "She Loves You." () "...A good-natured, lighthearted backward glance at a 1960s phenomenon -- Beatlemania....I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND is a fresh, clever comedy..." Variety (04/19/1978) "...A genial slapstick comedy..." -- Rating: B Entertainment Weekly (09/30/1994) "...Quite successful....The whole film sparkles with a boisterous lunacy..." New York Times (04/21/1978) "Director Robert Zemeckis' feature debut truly encapsulates that time." USA Today (10/01/2004)
ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION NOTES:
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Producer: Alexandra Rose, Alex Rose, Tamara Asseyev
Director of Photography: Donald M. Morgan Editor: Frank Morriss Production Designer: Peter Jamison Screenwriter: Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis
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