The Beatles in this film are NOT THE BEATLES

Rating: Null/10 (12 October 2011)

Right. What do I mean they aren't the Beatles? The Beatles in this film have a manager named Norm and a roadie named Shake. The REAL Beatles manager was Brian Epstein, and the roadie(s) were Neil Aspinall and Mal Evans. The Beatle Paul in the film had a grandfather John McCartney. Paul's real grandfather was no longer alive. In the film Paul says he brought along his grandfather because his mother thought the trip would do him some good. Paul's real mother had died many years before.
Mind you, these remarkable look alike Beatles in the film do a very good job of portraying the real Beatles, and credit must be given to Alun Owen, the screenwriter. And Richard Lester's sometimes fantasy world sequences (like the boys running along side the train when only a few seconds before they were ON the train.
Catch John pulling a face whilst "miming" If I Fell.
Classic, timeless.