Appendix 3.2: Sample films - synopses and character lists
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made to the younger generation. Any character much over 20 is
liable to be the butt of both the film's humour and that of
the Beatles themselves. The only possible exception to this
is the character played by Wilfrid Brambell and this, it seems
likely, is a consequence of Brambell1S exquisite performance
as well as of his character's definition as eccentric,
anarchic and impossible. His behaviour allows the Beatles
themselves to occupy the position of reasonableness and, by
implication, to put the 'adults' of the film such as the
businessman on the train, the police, the TV producers, even
further beyond the pale.
Female characters in order of appearance, character groups
|
1 |
Crowd of young girls following the Beatles to Liverpool station__________________________________ |
4 |
|
2_____ |
Women serving in station cafeteria |
4_____ |
|
3_____ |
Couple in the restaurant car on the train |
4_____ |
|
4_____ |
Schoolgirls on the train |
4_____ |
|
5____ |
Young woman with a lapdog on the train____________ |
4_____ |
|
6 |
Young blonde woman with Paul's Grandfather, on |
4 |
|
7_____ |
Crowd of fans at the station, London______________ |
4_____ |
|
8_____ |
Young women dancing at the London disco |
4_____ |
|
9_____ |
Women in the gambling club |
4_____ |
|
10 |
Fans outside the Television Centre________________ |
4_____ |
|
11 |
Photographers and Journalists at the Press |
4 |
|
12 |
Waitresses at the Press reception |
4_____ |
|
13 |
Couple seated in the empty auditorium |
4____ |
|
14 |
Woman seated in the empty auditorium |
4_____ |
|
15 |
Costumed women in the corridors of the Television |
4 |
|
16 |
Woman in a sweater talking to John Lennon in the |
4 |
|
17 |
Secretary in the teenage TV show production |
4 |
|
18 |
Costumed women on the set of the light opera |
4____ |
|
19 |
Production assistant in the sound booth on the |
4 |
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