A small-town band hits it big, but it must battle a nefarious plot in the music industry.A small-town band hits it big, but it must battle a nefarious plot in the music industry.A small-town band hits it big, but it must battle a nefarious plot in the music industry.
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- 2 nominations
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Did you know
- TriviaKISS was approached to play the Future Villain Band. They turned down the role, fearing that the movie would hurt their image, and instead starred in Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978).
- GoofsDonald Pleasence's character is called B.D. Hoffler. In the credits, his character is called B.D. Brockhurst.
- Crazy creditsThe old black-and-white Universal Studios logo with a biplane circling a globe is used at the start of the film with added animated explosions in color going off around it.
- SoundtracksSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Music and Lyrics by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Performed by The Bee Gees, Paul Nicholas
Produced by George Martin
By Arrangement with Northern Songs Limited
Featured review
Disjointed, confusing and plain bad.
When this movie was released I was 22 years old, probably the target audience. However despite being a Beatles fan I didn't bother to watch the film until recently, when I had more time to waste.
This movie is a series of nonsensical skits put to Beatles music performed not particularly well, although on a fairly big budget considering the top notch costumes, set design and cinematography. Perhaps it was designed to take a stoned viewer on a weird trip? The best thing about the whole thing is Barry Gibb's spectacular hair and the bizarre 70's vibe. Probably worth a watch just to see how much money and talent can be wasted by a truly terrible concept and awful direction.
This movie is a series of nonsensical skits put to Beatles music performed not particularly well, although on a fairly big budget considering the top notch costumes, set design and cinematography. Perhaps it was designed to take a stoned viewer on a weird trip? The best thing about the whole thing is Barry Gibb's spectacular hair and the bizarre 70's vibe. Probably worth a watch just to see how much money and talent can be wasted by a truly terrible concept and awful direction.
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- skjeffrey
- Aug 24, 2021
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- Also known as
- Sgt. Pepper
- Filming locations
- San Francisco, California, USA(Tower Records at Columbus & Bay)
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Box office
- Budget
- $18,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $20,378,470
- Gross worldwide
- $20,378,470
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
- 2.35 : 1
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By what name was Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) officially released in India in English?
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