I Wanna Hold Your Hand
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 fan base 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 New Jersey teenagers, each with different reasons for wanting to see the Fab Four, on a madcap mission to Manhattan 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
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Scott Tobias
New cover by Manasseh Johnson
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
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Scott Tobias
New cover by Manasseh Johnson
Cast
- Nancy Allen
- Pam Mitchell
- Bobby Di Cicco
- Tony Smerko
- Marc McClure
- Larry Dubois
- Susan Kendall Newman
- Janis Goldman
- Theresa Saldana
- Grace Corrigan
- Wendie Jo Sperber
- Rosie Petrofsky
- Eddie Deezen
- Richard “Ringo” Klaus
- Christian Juttner
- Peter Plimpton
- Murray the “K”
- As himself
- Will Jordan
- Ed Sullivan
Credits
- Director
- Robert Zemeckis
- Produced by
- Tamara Asseyev
- Produced by
- Alex Rose
- Written by
- Robert Zemeckis
- Written by
- Bob Gale
- Executive producer
- Steven Spielberg
- Director of photography
- Donald M. Morgan
- Art director
- Peter Jamison
- Film editor
- Frank Morriss
A scene from I Wanna Hold Your Hand
