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| Australian release of A Hard Day's Night |
It seems "A Hard Day's Night" is distributed by a different company for each country.
Criterion Collection in the USA,
Second Sight Films in the UK,
Koch Media in Germany and now,
Umbrella Entertainment in Australia. Very appropriate, since umbrellas played a major part in the Beatles' arrival down under. Depicted above is the Australian front cover. As we have revealed, the bonus material is also different, depending on where you live. In Germany, the "Special Edition" is a 1 Blu-ray, 3DVD release, which means it may contain even more than the USA edition, which is only 1 Blu-ray and 2 DVDs. Koch Media doesn't list the full contents, but the original German trailer is mentioned. The UK edition is the same as in the USA, except they don't get the "Running, Jumping & Standing Still" film and no deleted scene, and probably not all the trailers.
In Australia, here's what they get:
Blu-ray:* The Beatles: The Road to A Hard day's Night- An Interview with Mark Lewisohn
* In Their Own Voices: The Beatles on A Hard Day's Night
* Anatomy of a Style
* Picturewise- A New Featurette on Richard Lester
* Audio Commentary
* New Trailer
DVD: * Things They Said Today
* You Can't Do That! (The Making Of A Hard Day's Night)
* The Running Jumping & Standing Still short film
* Audio Commentary
* New Trailer
Site:
Umbrella Entertainment (Blu-ray) and
Umbrella Entertainment (DVD). Release date is 2. July. The Special Edition Blu-ray will contain a DVD with the above listed contents.
