Fact #97742
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John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison of The Beatles arrive in Paris, France, to begin a three-week season at L'Olympia Theatre. While in Paris, they stay at the George V Hotel.
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Alun Owen (scriptwriter, A Hard Day's Night) : I went with The Beatles to Dublin and Paris, and I saw an extraordinary reaction in Paris, because so many people were shouting, 'Ringo! Ringo!' He couldn't understand what was going on.
Richard Lester (director, A Hard Day's Night) : We watched them in their hotel room at the George V, behaving in a way that was extraordinary. In other words, they were prisoners. They had come to Paris and they saw the car that took them there, they saw the backstage of the Olympia, they went to their hotel room and stayed there and sandwiches were brought up. In essence, a screenplay began to form in our minds because we were watching it happen.
George Martin : The boys were having their troubles with the French technicians, who insisted on sabotaging them and pulling out their plugs in the middle of the show. There were actually punch-ups backstage.
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Richard Lester (director, A Hard Day's Night) : We watched them in their hotel room at the George V, behaving in a way that was extraordinary. In other words, they were prisoners. They had come to Paris and they saw the car that took them there, they saw the backstage of the Olympia, they went to their hotel room and stayed there and sandwiches were brought up. In essence, a screenplay began to form in our minds because we were watching it happen.
George Martin : The boys were having their troubles with the French technicians, who insisted on sabotaging them and pulling out their plugs in the middle of the show. There were actually punch-ups backstage.
(Source : unknown)