Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)

Director:

Michael Schultz

Writer:

Henry Edwards (writer)

Release Date:

24 July 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Musical

Tagline:

A splendid time is guaranteed for all.

Plot:

Small town band hits it big, but they must battle a nefarious plot in the music industry.

Plot Keywords:

Cult Favorite | Surreal | Based On Album | Beatles | Based On Song

Cast

Peter Frampton	...	Billy Shears
Barry Gibb	...	Mark Henderson
Robin Gibb	...	Dave Henderson
Maurice Gibb	...	Bob Henderson
Frankie Howerd	...	Mr. Mustard
Paul Nicholas	...	Dougie Shears
Donald Pleasence	...	B.D. Hoffler
Sandy Farina	...	Strawberry Fields
Dianne Steinberg	...	Lucy
Steve Martin	...	Dr. Maxwell Edison
Aerosmith	...	Future Villain Band (FVB)
Earth Wind & Fire	...	Themselves
Alice Cooper	...	Marvin Sunk (the 'Sun King')
Billy Preston	...	Sergeant Pepper
Stargard	...	The Diamonds

Also Known As:

Banda de los corazones

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)

Certification:

Singapore:PG | USA:PG | Finland:K-12 | USA:PG (certificate #25273)

Filming Locations:

Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Robert Stigwood Organization (RSO)

Trivia:

Last film of Frankie Howerd.

Goofs:

The bass drummer in the original Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is clearly not hitting his drum. Also, his bass drumming is out of time with the music that the rest of the band is playing.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in When Disco Ruled the World (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Even a Train Wreck Can Be Entertaining

I saw this movie three times as a teenager. This was before I had listened to the Beatles very much. I loved the movie and I even owned the soundtrack.

At forty-four, I have heard the Beatles, seen the fall of the BeeGees and seen the stubborn persistence of an almost geriatric Aerosmith. They are indeed the "Future Villain Band".

Love the Beatles? You will hate this movie. Interested in a simpler time when the hair of rock stars sits in a quiet mass atop the head as if waiting to attack (check out Barry Gibb...or is it Maurice?)? Interested in hearing music that you grew up with and loved torn to pieces by dupes of producers that no longer cared if what they made was good...only profitable? Then, this is the movie for you as well...

Songs done well: Come Together, Got to Get You into My Life, Strawberry Fields and I'll Never Do You No Harm...

Songs that didn't stink: Lucy in the Sky, You never Give me Your Money and A Day in the Life...

Songs that were killed and the corpses urinated upon: When I'm Sixty-four, Fixing a Hole, Mister Mustard and Because...