Beatles - Help! (Korean Import)

Overall I was very happy with this DVD mastering. I saw absolutely no evidence that this was copied from VHS so forget the comments to that effect from one reviewer. As others have noted, the audio is excellent - clear, crisp mono, as God (and George Martin) intended. If you want the best quality mono version of the soundtrack songs, just dub the musical numbers from this disc to CD! Visual quality is very good although I would like to have seen the original widescreen ratio letterboxed. Colors are sharp and bright and short of a total remastering this as good as we're likely to get. My fear would be that the next "official" Apple reissue would substitute the stereo mixes from the LP, which would destroy the audio integrity, so get this while you can!

I've had "Help" on DVD for 17 years now; this version is a great upgrade! Subtitles, great sound (I have Bose 901Vs, no surround). The sound is great. Help is described by some as "best watched fast forwarded to the song scenes". Admittedly, it's a great bunch of "pre-MTV videos"! I'm a "John" fan, and he sings the first four of seven songs."Help" is first , great classic Beatles performance, in their last? B&W scene.Next is "Your Going To Lose That Girl"- a fantastic "recording session" scene, great closeups of faces and guitars, nice filmography for 1965. It's worth a watch for the last line; the record producer asks "Boys, are you buzzing?" John says, "No, I'll take the car"! The Beatles were, as John stated, "smoking marijuana for breakfast" during the filming. George said they busted out laughing constantly, ruining several takes..John plays a 12 string Hootenany in the next scene, "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away". John always hated miming songs, he deliberately made faces, scratched himself, anything for a laugh. Watch for him screwing up the scene twice. Supposedly written for Brian Epstein's life of living gay in the closet."Ticket To Ride", my favorite scene, is next. This video ruled MTV for some time in the mid-80s. Innovative photograhy, "Marx Brothers-like" antics and hilarious wipeouts as the Beatles attempt to ski in the Austrian Alps. It's also THE greatest song by the Beatles, in my opinion...classic drumming, guitars, vocals, harmonies, bass, lyrics."I Need You", George's "song" for the movie, is filmed on the Salisbury Plain with the Royal Army's Tank Corps, in sight of Stonhenge, I think. They're freezing cold-watch Ringo shiver, just like the Apple rooftop in Let It Be!"The Night Before" finixshes the scene from above. Funny, it's Paul's first lead vocal in the film. Great bass playing and fisheye lens guitar shots! John almost gets run over by a tank. It's sad, these scenes (like he and George being "old" in the airport scene) are so different since he's dead. Rot in hell, Mark David Chapman!"Another Girl" is next and pure Beatles fun, as they swap instruments on the Bahaman beach. John is a natural comedian, as usual. Ringo "plays" guitar too. The best part are the girls in those 1965 bikinis! They's cut "James Bond-like", since the movie's a parody of Bond films. They're still hot after all these years!"Help" is reprised for the final scene which wraps up the silly plot. Think of the targeted age group that saw this in the theatre in '65...The ending credits are a blast! "The Barber Of Seville" plays with the Beatles screwing around,as usual, laughing, singing, and George plugging his song! Listen to them laugh so hard they end with a collapsing gasp! The filmography, again, just during the credits, is fascinating for "it's day and age" - 42 years now.This is one of those RARE films, it's a family film, if needed. Yeah, is's not as good as A Hard Day's Night, but it's GOOD+...and the songs are fantastic.This turned out longer than I expected....

We were a bit surprised by the Korean(?) writing on the front (there is also English), and I expected that great photo which was on the cover of the old LP, but it didn't have that. What it did have was the movie, and it was just fine after I dove into my DVD player's menu and turned off the Korean (?) subtitles. I thought the movie's technical quality, as in how it looks on the screen, was excellent, very sharp & clear. The movie is what it was in 1965: a rather silly plot broken up by moments of the Beatles' musical genius.

I watched this on my brother's monster HD WEGA and I was back to those Saturday afternoons when Help! would come on back to back with Yellow Submarine or maybe a Hard Day's Night. I always thought the Beatles movies pioneered music videos before there were any. I couldn't believe how crisp the film transfer was since I'd already seen other movies made much later that looked like crap on HD. I would love for an affordable American release, of Help! but this one's plenty satisfactory for me. Rave!

Yeah, I know. There are a lot of marginal-quality, semi-official DVDs of Beatles films out there <cough>MagicalMysteryTour<cough>...but this one doesn't fall into that category.Picture-wise, it's crisp, with minimal noise (just a VERY RARE bit of film dust on occasion). The sound is excellent, too. Not muddy, perfectly synced, etc. It's a full-frame presentation, but I think the US release from the late '90s was, too. The only odd thing is that NOWHERE on the disc or case is the name of the movie printed in English. Oh, and the photo used for the cover of this 1965 film is, inexplicably, from 1967.But until MPI gets their act together and re-issues "Help!" in the US, this Korean version is a fantastic substitute for about a tenth of the price that the rip-off sellers are asking for.

After the success of "A Hard Day's Night" on the silver screen, the Fab Four triumphs in both music and laughs in "Help"! A good story line about Ringo's ring and the pursuit by Leo (The Prisoner, Rumpole of the Bailey) McKern and company. There are some great songs including the title track. A great price for a DVD if you are fan of the Beatles! Just enjoy!

This movie is one of my favorites ever! Help! is an absurdist spoof of the James Bond style adventure-- its filled with Beatle humour, Beatle music, silly adventure plot devices, and sixties style. In fact, this movie is truly a time capsule of the era. Not just for Beatle fans, this movie is also for those in love with the bright, vibrant style of the sixties.

We had an old VHS copy from years back that was taped off the tv, and my kids wanted a DVD version. Being an import, I was afraid that it wouldn't play in our machine, but it played in all of them without a hitch. The picture and sound quality are great, especially compared to out old VHS copy!I am not going to describe the movie, because I think most people have seen it, and if not, then shame on you! ;-)

this show was a good show, in the Beatles style of movies. I don't see that there was very much of a plot, but I did enjoy the show. lot of beetle songs in this show.

This Beatle flick, like "a Hard Days Night" once again shows the Beatles really knew how to entertain!!!

Well, I love Help! I was thrilled to get this inexpensive version which is technically well done. Sharp. Clear. Things like that.

This movie was hilarious. You have to have an appreciation for slapstick tongue in cheek humor to truly be about to enjoy this film.

Chances are very good that this will NOT be compatible with your DVD player. I tried it in two machines with no success. Buyer beware!

I purchased this in hopes of having a dvd of the movie HELP! by The Beatles. At first, when i recieved the package I almost freaked out, soince it had Korean written on the back...

Thank you for the speedy delivery! The movie was exactly what I was looking for and I did need it in a little bit of a hurry! Thanks!

This is a realy, really fun movie...I saw it years ago and loved it, so I ordered in DVD...well, it's BLANK