History Trivia / Help

* CreatorBacklash: Music/JohnLennon hated this film when he looked back on it in 1970. In fact, the band as a whole wasn't too fond of the end product, feeling like they were extras in their own movie. By 1980, John had warmed up to the film a bit, calling it a precursor to ''Series/Batman1966'', but still stuck to his main complaint that Creator/RichardLester never really explained to the band what the movie was about or the tone he was going for, but also admitted that all four Beatles were "smoking marijuana for breakfast" during the filming, and probably ''were'' told, but didn't listen.

* WorkingTitle: The name "Help" was taken by something else so the name ''Eight Arms to Hold You'' was considered. When Creator/CapitolRecords released "Ticket to Ride" as a single in America a few months in advance of the film, they listed this as the title. [[WritingAroundTrademarks However, they were able to use the name]] "Help" anyway by adding an exclamation mark.

* CreatorBacklash: Music/JohnLennon hated this film when he looked back on it in 1970. In fact, the band as a whole wasn't too fond of the end product, feeling like they were extras in their own movie. By 1980, John had warmed up to the film a bit, calling it a precursor to ''Series/Batman1966''. He noted that his main problem was that no one really explained to the band what the movie was about or the tone it was going for, but also admitted that all four of them were "smoking marijuana for breakfast" during the filming, and probably ''were'' told, but didn't listen.

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* YouLookFamiliar: Victor Spinetti and John Bluthal also appeared in ''Film/AHardDaysNight''.

* OldShame: Music/JohnLennon hated this film when he looked back on it in 1970. In fact, the band as a whole wasn't too fond of the end product, feeling like they were extras in their own movie. By 1980, John had warmed up to the film a bit, calling it a precursor to ''Series/Batman1966''. He noted that his main problem was that no one really explained to the band what the movie was about or the tone it was going for, but also admitted that all four of them were "smoking marijuana for breakfast" during the filming, and probably ''were'' told, but didn't listen.

** "I Need You" and "You Like Me Too Much" are the only Music/GeorgeHarrison-composed Beatles songs that don't have their lyrics reprinted in the song-by-song commentary section of his memoir ''I Me Mine'', suggesting that he considered them an OldShame.

** Creator/JohnLouisMansi as a priest and a thug.

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: The film was released in a special collectors' edition (costing £50 as opposed to £15 for the standard edition) which came in an A4 (210mm*297mm)*50mm box; for that extra £35 one got reproductions of the lobby cards, publicity posters and shooting script, plus a "Making Of" book.

** According to still photos included in the "making of" documentary on the new Special Edition DVD, one of the features in Ringo's apartment space that was not used in the movie was a little dining room table and chairs in the vending machine wall that would pop out in the same manner as Paul's organ.

* UncreditedRole: Creator/BobGrant as an extra.

* WorkingTitle: The name "Help" was taken by something else so the name ''Eight Arms to Hold You'' was considered. When Creator/CapitolRecords released "Ticket to Ride" as a single in America a few months in advance of the film, they listed this as the title. [[WritingAroundTrademarks However, they were able to use the name]] "Help" anyway by [[ExcitedShowTitle adding an exclamation mark.]]

* DeletedRole: A sequence featuring Creator/FrankieHowerd (as Sam Ahab) and Wendy Richard was filmed but left out of final editing owing to its length. However, the sequence was left in the film novelisation.