Help! (Blu-ray)

HELP! Appears on Blu-ray in a single-disc package pairing the digitally restored film and 5.1 soundtrack with an hour of extra features, including a 30- minute documentary about the making of the film, memories of the cast and crew, an in-depth look at the restoration process, an outtake scene, and original theatrical trailers and radio spots. An introduction by the films director, Richard Lester, and an appreciation by Martin Scorsese are included in the Blu-rays booklet. Directed by Richard Lester, who also directed the bands debut feature film, 1964s a HARD DAYS NIGHT, HELP! #follows The Beatles as they become passive recipients of an outside plot that revolves around Ringo's possession of a sacrificial ring, which he cannot remove from his finger. As a result, he and his band mates John, Paul and George are chased from London to the Austrian Alps and the Bahamas by religious cult members, a mad scientist and the London police.

Starring: The Beatles, Leo McKern, Alex MacIntosh, Andrea Malandrinos, Blake Butler, Bruce Lacey, Edith Saville, Jenny till, Joe Gibbons, John Lennon, John Louis Mansi, Mal Evans, Rupert Holliday Evans, Stewart Guidotti, Susan Reid, Vera Cook, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti, Roy Kinnear, John Bluthal, Patrick Cargill, Alfie Bass, Warren Mitchell, Peter Copley, Ronnie Brody, Rupert Evans, Andreas Malandrinos, Golda Casimir, Eve Eden, Zienia Merton, Ian Wilson, Mary Ford, Thomas Baptiste, Dandy Nichols, Jeremy Lloyd, Gretchen Franklin

Director: Jonathan Clyde, Walter Shenson