The Beatles on Digital Video Disc



Beatles / Solo DVD titles - USA
(These titles can be played only on players designed for USA/Canada region 1)
NumberTitleReleased
MPI/Apple DVD-7082A Hard Day's Night11-14-97
Buena Vista Home Video 7-17951-00486-4A Hard Day's Night (Anniversary Edition)03-21-01
MiramaxA Hard Day's Night10-20-00
MiramaxA Hard Day's Night (2-disc set)09-24-02
Simitar #7211Alf Bicknell's Personal Beatles DiarySept. 1997
EMI/AppleBeatles Anthology, The (5-disc set)04/01/03
EMI B00007149KBack in the U.S. (Paul live 2002)11/26/02
Music Video Dist.Beatles, The Big Beat Box (DVD+CD)01/02/02
RepnetBeatles DVD Collector's Set (4-disc set - Help/MMT/First U.S. Visit/Making of HDN)01/02/02
Simitar #2676Beatles The Legend Continues, The1998
SimitarBritish Invasion: The Beatles & Rolling Stones1998
Good Times Home VideoBeatles, The (Unauthorized)09/04/02
Anchor Bay EntertainmentCandy02-25-03
Phantom Sound & VisionConcert for Bangladesh01-14-03
MPI/Apple DVD-6218First U.S. Visit07-28-98
Good Times Home VideoFun With The Fab Four08-27-02
CapitolGimme Some Truth - The Making of John Lennon's "Imagine" Album04-11-00
MPI/Apple DVD-7081Help!11-14-97
MGM Home EntertainmentHow I Won The War04-10-01
Rhino/MPL R2-4462In The World Tonight (Paul McCartney)08-98
MPI/Apple DVD-1538Magical Mystery Tour11-14-97
MPI/Apple DVD-7056Making of A Hard Day's Night, The07-28-98
MPI/Apple DVD-7056The Magic Christian01-21-03
Pioneer EntertainmentRingo and His New All-Starr Band (2002)10-01-02
Emd/Emi ClassicsStanding Stone (Paul McCartney)01-11-00
Pioneer ArtistsSweet Toronto06-01-98
Pioneer ArtistsSweet Toronto01-22-02
Music Video Dist.The Journey: The Beatles06-17-03
MGMYellow Submarine09-14-99
Beatles / Solo DVD titles - Japan
(These titles can be played only on Japanese region DVD players)
NumberTitleReleased
Columbia COBY-90005A Hard Day's Night03-21-98
Columbia COBY-90007Beatles Story, The03-21-98
Columbia COBY-90014Concert For Bangladesh05-21-98
ColumbiaFirst U.S. Visit1998
Columbia COBY-90006Help!03-21-98
Columbia COBY-90003Magical Mystery Tour03-21-98
Columbia COBY-90004Making of A Hard Day's Night, The03-21-98
Columbia COBY-90009Montserrat Live04-21-98
Columbia COBY-90005Sweet Toronto04-21-98

Thanks to Ryuta Saito for Japanese DVD information and scans.




The First Beatles DVD releases (1997):



DVD-7082
A Hard Day's Night DVD
A Hard Day's Night

MPI Home Video   90 minutes+   Dolby Digital Stereo  Released 11/14/97
English, Spanish, and French language tracks with trilingual subtitles

This was the first of three Beatles movies released simultaneously by MPI Home Video on the DVD format. Included along with the Academy Award nominated movie was some rare additional footage, newsreels, a theatrical trailer for the 1982 re-release, a revealing interview with director Richard Lester, and in its entirety, and Lester's experimental film, Running, Jumping & Standing Still which stars Peter Sellers.

This 1997 DVD version of A Hard Day's Night came from a fully restored print made from the film's original negative, but not using the original mono versions of the songs. Picture quality is noticeably better than the laserdisc.



A Hard Day's Night DVD covers
A Hard Day's Night DVD disc
A Hard Day's Night DVD menu
Front and back cover, disc, and inside of 4-page booklet. Click on any image for enlargement





DVD-7081
Help! DVD
Help!

MPI Home Video   90 minutes+   Dolby Digital Stereo  Released 11/14/97
English, Spanish, and French language tracks with trilingual subtitles

This was the second of three Beatles movies released simultaneously by MPI Home Video on the DVD format. Help! was the follow-up film to the Beatles' fantastically successful A Hard Day's Night, and originally debuted in theaters in 1965.

The DVD versions come from a fully restored print made from the film's original color negative, but using the stereo soundtrack. Picture quality is improved over the laserdisc version. Includes the original theatrical trailer, two newsreels, silent footage of the film set and world premiere, still photos and posters set to original radio ads, and an open-end radio interview.



Help! DVD covers
Help! DVD disc
Help! DVD menu
Front and back cover, disc, and inside of 4-page booklet. Click on any image for enlargement





DVD-1538
Magical Mystery Tour DVD
Magical Mystery Tour

MPI Home Video   50 minutes+   Dolby Digital Stereo  Released 11/14/97
English language track with trilingual subtitles

This was the third of three Beatles movies released simultaneously by MPI Home Video on the DVD format. The Magical Mystery Tour film was produced and directed by the Beatles themselves in 1967.

This Digital Video Disc release suffers from digital artifacts, and is of lesser quality than the laserdisc, the colors seem to be somewhat faded. The opening animation sequence has also been edited. Also features a history of the project and newsreels that recapture the mood of the day. For more information on the MMT film, related memorabilia and records, see our Magical Mystery Tour collectors page.



Magical Mystery Tour DVD covers
Magical Mystery Tour DVD disc
Magical Mystery Tour DVD menu
Front and back cover, disc, and inside of 4-page booklet. Click on any image for enlargement


A Hard Day's Night - ©1965 Walter Shenson Films, All Rights Reserved. Packaging & design ©1997 MPI Home Video
Help! - ©1965 Walter Shenson Films and Suba films, All Rights Reserved. Packaging & design ©1997 MPI Home Video
Magical Mystery Tour - ©1967 Apple Films Ltd., All Rights Reserved. Packaging & design ©1997 MPI Home Video




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