| Notes | First pressing 2014
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Richard Lester, with three audio options—a monaural soundtrack as well as newly created stereo and 5.1 surround mixes supervised by sound producer Giles Martin at Abbey Road Studios—presented in uncompressed monaural, uncompressed stereo, and DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray
• Audio commentary featuring cast and crew
• In Their Own Voices, a new piece combining 1964 interviews with the Beatles with behind-the-scenes footage and photos
• “You Can’t Do That”: The Making of “A Hard Day’s Night”, a 1994 documentary by producer Walter Shenson including an outtake performance by the Beatles
• Things They Said Today, a 2002 documentary about the film featuring Lester, music producer George Martin, screenwriter Alun Owen, and cinematographer Gilbert Taylor
• Picturewise, a new piece about Lester’s early work, featuring a new audio interview with the director
• The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1960), Lester’s Oscar-nominated short
• Anatomy of a Style, a new piece on Lester’s methods
• New interview with author Mark Lewisohn
• PLUS: An essay by critic Howard Hampton and excerpts from a 1970 interview with Lester |
