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Help!

Name: Help!
Director: Richard Lester
Genre: Comedy, Music, Adventure
Released: 1965-07-29
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 6.8

“Stop worrying! HELP! is on the way!”

6.8/ 1019651h 32mEnglish

ComedyMusicAdventure

Directed by Richard Lester

Movie Info

Director: Richard Lester
Release Date: Jul 29, 1965
Runtime: 1h 32m
Language: English
Status: Released
Genre: Comedy, Music, Adventure

Budget

$2M

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Synopsis

A sinister Eastern cult, preparing to sacrifice a young woman to their goddess Kaili, realizes the sacred sacrificial ring is missing. The ring has been secretly sent to Beatles drummer Ringo Starr inside a fan letter and is now stuck on his finger. Led by High Priest Clang, cult members travel to London to retrieve it. They aren't the only ones after the ring. The mad scientist Foot and his assistant Algernon dream of ruling the world with its power, while Scotland Yard also gets involved. The beautiful but dead-eyed cult member Ahme secretly begins helping the Beatles. What follows is a madcap chase through the streets of London, the ski slopes of the Austrian Alps, and the sunny beaches of the Bahamas, culminating in a confrontation involving a wild tiger, the British Army, and a man swimming the English Channel.

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Editor's Review

A man in trouble because of a ring... Sounds familiar, right? But this time, instead of heading to Mordor to destroy it, we're off to the Austrian Alps and the Bahamas to get it off a finger. And our hero isn't Frodo, it's Ringo Starr! The Beatles' second film, 'Help!', is a unique concoction that blends a James Bond spoof with the absurdist humor of the Marx Brothers, perfectly capturing the wild energy of the 60s . With a cult, two mad scientists, Scotland Yard, and a mysterious woman all chasing the ring, did even the Beatles themselves fully grasp what was going on? As John Lennon later confessed, 'we were smoking marijuana for breakfast during that period, nobody could communicate with us' . The result was a film considered a pioneer of the music video and a cult classic that has charmed audiences for generations . If you're tired of the ordinary and looking for 90 minutes of joyous, mindless fun to lose yourself in, 'Help!' is for you. After all, how can you miss a film where a group of young men sing Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy' to tame a tiger?