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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- 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
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A Complete Mess
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
1/2 (out of 4)
Thankfully the entire "let's turn a great album into a horrid movie" genre didn't make it past this abomination, which is just one bad idea after another. The Bee Gees play the title characters of the legendary Beatles album and for some reason they travel from one vignette to another. I really wish I could explain the "story" a little better but there's really not one or at least not one that you can figure out without the help of a lot of drugs. It's funny to think how popular pop was when the album was made and by the time the film had came out many rock stars had jumped to cocaine and heroin and I think the result of this film proves that those drugs just don't work. I'm really not sure what George Martin was thinking when he threw this together. I'm guessing it had to do something with money because why on Earth would you have The Bee Gees singing the songs of The Beatles? It's nothing against the group as they were great at what they did but throwing them into this film was just a huge mistake as the songs range from suicide worthy to embarrassing. Another horrible thing about the film is its actual look. The entire thing just looks so over-the-top, childish and silly that you can't help but wonder what the set decorator and director were thinking. Things aren't much better in regards to the supporting comic bits where the likes of George Burns and Steve Martin sing. Really? Whose idea was it for them to sing? Of all the guest performances there are only a few who actually shine. One is Alice Cooper doing a nice version of "Because" and then there's Aerosmith doing "Come Together," which is the only version, which is actually better than that of the original. However, the keep with the badness of the entire film, someone had the bright idea of cutting Aerosmith's song off in middle. SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND is without question one of the worst films ever made. The lowest spot? Probably the horrendous version of "Here Comes the Sun" by Sandy Farina.
1/2 (out of 4)
Thankfully the entire "let's turn a great album into a horrid movie" genre didn't make it past this abomination, which is just one bad idea after another. The Bee Gees play the title characters of the legendary Beatles album and for some reason they travel from one vignette to another. I really wish I could explain the "story" a little better but there's really not one or at least not one that you can figure out without the help of a lot of drugs. It's funny to think how popular pop was when the album was made and by the time the film had came out many rock stars had jumped to cocaine and heroin and I think the result of this film proves that those drugs just don't work. I'm really not sure what George Martin was thinking when he threw this together. I'm guessing it had to do something with money because why on Earth would you have The Bee Gees singing the songs of The Beatles? It's nothing against the group as they were great at what they did but throwing them into this film was just a huge mistake as the songs range from suicide worthy to embarrassing. Another horrible thing about the film is its actual look. The entire thing just looks so over-the-top, childish and silly that you can't help but wonder what the set decorator and director were thinking. Things aren't much better in regards to the supporting comic bits where the likes of George Burns and Steve Martin sing. Really? Whose idea was it for them to sing? Of all the guest performances there are only a few who actually shine. One is Alice Cooper doing a nice version of "Because" and then there's Aerosmith doing "Come Together," which is the only version, which is actually better than that of the original. However, the keep with the badness of the entire film, someone had the bright idea of cutting Aerosmith's song off in middle. SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND is without question one of the worst films ever made. The lowest spot? Probably the horrendous version of "Here Comes the Sun" by Sandy Farina.
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- Michael_Elliott
- May 18, 2012
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- Also known as
- Sgt. Pepper
- Filming locations
- San Francisco, California, USA(Tower Records at Columbus & Bay)
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- 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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