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Richard Lester

Author of A Hard Day's Night [1964 film]

32+ Works 1,229 Members 22 Reviews

About the Author

Richard Lester's last film was Get Back, a documentary of the 1989-90 Paul McCartney tour. (Bowker Author Biography)

Includes the names: Richard Lester, Richard Lester, Richard Lester - Director, directed by Richard Lester

Series

Richard Lester's Musketeers

Works by Richard Lester

A Hard Day's Night [1964 film] (1964) — Director — 272 copies, 3 reviews

4 Film Favorites: Superman: The Movie / Superman II / Superman III / Superman IV The Quest for Peace (2001) — Director — 141 copies, 1 review

Superman II [1980 film] (1980) — Director — 135 copies, 4 reviews

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum [1966 film] (1966) — Director — 115 copies, 1 review

Help! [1965 film] (1965) — Director — 97 copies, 2 reviews

Superman III [1983 film] (1983) — Director — 93 copies, 3 reviews

Robin and Marian [1976 film] (1976) — Director — 59 copies, 2 reviews

The Three Musketeers [1973 film] (1973) — Director — 58 copies, 2 reviews

The Three Musketeers / The Four Musketeers (2010) 42 copies

The Four Musketeers [1974 film] (1974) — Director — 37 copies, 1 review

Cuba [1979 film] (2002) 15 copies

Juggernaut [1974 film] (2003) 14 copies

The productive edge : how U.S. industries are pointing the way to a new era of economic growth (1998) 13 copies

The Mouse on the Moon [1963 film] (2000) 13 copies, 1 review

The Bed Sitting Room [1969 film] (1969) 12 copies

The Ritz [1976 film] (1976) — Director — 12 copies

Boutique London: King's Road to Carnaby Street (2010) 11 copies

The Knack … and How to Get It [1965 film] (2002) — Director — 11 copies

John Bates: Fashion Designer (2008) 10 copies

Royal Flash [1975 film] (2007) 10 copies

Petulia [1968 film] (1988) — Director — 10 copies, 1 review

Photographing Fashion: British Style in the Sixties (2009) 9 copies

How I Won The War [1967 film] (2000) — Director — 8 copies, 1 review

Superman III [and] Superman IV (Double Feature Video) 6 copies

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days [1979 film] 6 copies

The Return of the Musketeers [1989 film] (1989) 6 copies

Woodfall: A Revolution in British Cinema (2018) — Director — 4 copies

MGM Classic Musicals Collection — Director — 4 copies

Dress of the Year (2014) 2 copies

Paul McCartney's Get Back World Tour (2005) 2 copies

The Beatles DVD Collector's Set (2000) 1 copy

Fiori musicali 1 copy

Associated Works

The Beatles in Richard Lester's A Hard Day's Night - A Complete Pictorial Record of the Movie (1977) — Director — 37 copies

Sean Connery Collection (Never Say Never Again / Cuba / A Bridge Too Far) (2010) — Director — 5 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1932-01-19
Gender: male
Nationality: USA (birth)
UK
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Education: University of Pennsylvania
Occupations: film director

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The Four Musketeers by Richard Lester

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Musketeers_(1974_film)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073012/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_0_q_Nelj%25C3%25...

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Asko_Tolonen | Nov 10, 2023 |

The Three Musketeers (1974) by Richard Lester

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers_(1973_live-action_film)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072281/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_5_tt_8_nm_0_q_3%2520musket...

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Asko_Tolonen | 1 other review | Nov 10, 2023 |

A Funny thing happened on the way to the Forum

1934

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freixas | Mar 31, 2023 |

Help! The Beatles. by The Beatles

This is a pictorial story of the making of the movie. interesting for Beatles fans. It looks like it was obviously intended to be publicity to go with the movie.

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Karlstar | 1 other review | Jun 10, 2022 |

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Awards

By Award By Work

The Bed Sitting Room [1969 film] (Nominee – Dramatic Presentation – 1970)

501 Must-See Movies (Emma Beare, 2004)

A Hard Day's Night [1964 film] (Musical)

Cannes Film Festival Award

The Knack … and How to Get It [1965 film] (Winner – Palme d'Or – 1965)

10 Comic Book Movies Roger Ebert Loved

Superman II [1980 film]

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Charles Wood Screenwriter, Writer

David Newman Screenplay, Screenwriter

Leslie Newman Screenplay, Screenwriter

Alun Owen Screenwriter

Michael Pertwee Screenwriter

George MacDonald Fraser Screenwriter

Sidney J. Furie Director

Mario Puzo Screenwriter

Melvin Frank Screenwriter

Marc Behm Screenwriter

James Goldman Screenwriter

J. Phillip Di Franco

Terrence McNally Playwright

John Antrobus Writer

Lawrence B. Marcus Screenwriter

Robert Wise Director

Joseph L. Mankiewicz Director

Karel Reisz Director

Ken Hughes Director

Norman Jewison Director

Desmond Davis Director

Ken Thorne Composer

John Lennon Actor

Margot Kidder Actor

Christopher Reeve Actor

Ringo Starr Actor

George Harrison Actor

Paul McCartney Actor

Alexander Salkind Producer

Gene Hackman Actor

Jackie Cooper Actor

Oliver Reed Actor

Michael Crawford Actor

Richard Chamberlain Actor

Michael York Actor

Wilfrid Brambell Actor

Victor Spinetti Actor

Norman Rossington Actor

Anna Quayle Actor

Sean Connery Actor

Charlton Heston Actor

Jean-Pierre Cassel Actor

Raquel Welch Actor

Richard Harris Actor

Marlon Brando Actor

Terence Stamp Actor

Valerie Perrine Actor

Jack O'Halloran Actor

Susannah York Actor

E. G. Marshall Actor

Sarah Douglas Actor

Phil Silvers Actor

Burt Shevelove Librettist

Larry Gelbart Librettist

Nicolas Roeg Cinematographer

Leon Greene Actor

Buster Keaton Actor

Stephen Sondheim Composer

Zero Mostel Actor

Jack Gilford Actor

Plautus Original play

Annette O'Toole Actor

Marc McClure Actor

Pierre Spengler Producer

Pamela Stephenson Actor

Robert Vaughn Actor

Annie Ross Actor

Richard Pryor Actor

Giorgio Moroder Music

Robert Shaw Actor

Nicol Williamson Actor

Michael Salkind Producer

Alexandre Dumas père Original novel

David Watkin Director of photography

Ilya Salkind Producer

Rita Tushingham Actor

Alexandre Dumas Original story

Geraldine Chaplin Actor

Anthony Hopkins

Treat Williams Actor

Christopher J. Brown Actor

Rita Moreno Actor

John Ratzenberger Actor

Jack Weston Actor

Jerry Stiller Actor

Dave King Actor

Peter Cook Actor

F. Murray Abraham Actor

Kaye Ballard Actor

John Everson Actor

Dudley Moore Actor

Margaret Rutherford

Bessie Love Actor

Paul B. Price Actor

Ralph Richardson Actor

Denis O'Dell Producer

George C. Scott

Malcolm McDowell

John Haase Original book

Patrick Ryan Original book

Christopher Reeves

Colin McDowell Foreword

Rodrigo Corral Cover designer

John Berkey Poster artist

Statistics

Works: 32
Also by: 2
Members: 1,229
Popularity: #20,884
Rating: 3.8

Reviews: 22
ISBNs: 63

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