Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

[terry]

Stigwood's Believe It Or Not: Before the film's release, Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees announced: "There is no such thing as the Beatles now. They don't exist as a band and never performed Sgt Pepper live in any case. When ours comes out, it will be, in effect, as if theirs never existed."

[edgar]

Frankie Howerd later quipped about the film "It was like Saturday Night Fever (1977), but without the fever".

[miriam]

Several years after the theatrical release of the movie, The Bee Gees expressed their deep dissatisfaction with the end results, saying that they knew several days into filming that the movie would be a failure. They felt that the movie was too "goody goody" in nature to attract audiences, and also felt that director Michael Schultz directed the musical sequences in a very unimaginative fashion.

[tamara]

Donald Pleasence's character is referred to in Burns' narrative voice-over as "B.D. Hoffler", but officially known in the film's credits, publicity materials, and in-film posters as B.D. Brockhurst.

[stephanie]

Originally, The Bee Gees and Peter Frampton were given dialogue. However, since Frampton and The Bee Gees had British accents, their speaking voices were not in line with a movie taking place in middle America; it was decided that they would do away with all dialogue, and use George Burns' role as narrator to supply the dialogue for all the characters.

[kim]

Steve Martin's performance as Dr. Maxwell Edison, singing "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", influenced his zany dentist role in Little Shop of Horrors (1986).

[mathew]

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr both attended the premiere, and subsequently shunned the film. John Lennon and George Harrison refused to see it.

[violet]

In several scenes early in the movie that take place on farm settings, you can spot some fake animals here and there, such as a fake chicken in one scene, and a suspiciously motionless sheep a short time later.

[christina]

George Burns, Carol Channing, Alice Cooper, Connie Stevens, Steve Martin, and Helen Reddy all guest starred on the Muppet Show.

[beth]

When The Bee Gees regained control of their catalog, the soundtrack album to this film was the only album that they did not include.

[sophie]

According to Carel Struycken, this was the last film made at MGM under that studio's management at the time.

[brent]

Paramount Pictures was the international distributor. Nearly 30 years later, Paramount sold its music publishing arm, Famous Music, to Sony/ATV Music Publishing, which has owned the publishing rights to most Beatles songs since 1995.

[terry]

Peter Frampton wanted to get on the trampoline during "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite". It wasn't allowed because he wasn't insured.

[lonnie]

In addition to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the film incorporates songs from other albums by The Beatles: "Nowhere Man" (Rubber Soul), "Got To Get You Into My Life" (Revolver), "Strawberry Fields Forever" (Magical Mystery Tour), "Get Back" (Let It Be), "Come Together", "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", "Oh! Darling", "I Want You (She's So Heavy)", "Here Comes the Sun", "Because", "You Never Give Me Your Money", "Mean Mr. Mustard", "Polythene Pam", "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window", "Golden Slumbers", and "Carry That Weight" (Abbey Road).

[gabriel]

During the filming of Strawberry's funeral, Peter Frampton forced himself to cry by thinking of the then-recent Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash that claimed the lives of several friends and associates.

[lynn]

When production began, The Bee Gees were sharing a trailer. Saturday Night Fever (1977) was released early into the shoot, and the soundtrack became such an instant, overwhelming success, that the Gibb brothers were each given his own trailer.

[toni]

John Travolta was asked by Robert Stigwood to appear during the "Our Guests at Heartland" sequence at the end. He declined as he was busy doing a press tour for Grease (1978).

[liam]

Variety show veteran Chris Bearde was hired to direct, but Executive Producer Robert Stigwood fired him before principal production began.

[maureen]

Many actors, actresses, and singers turned down roles in the film, including Olivia Newton-John (Strawberry Fields), Donna Summer (Lucy), Elton John, Barry Manilow, Bob Hope (Mr. Kite), Doris Day (Mrs. Fields), and Rock Hudson (Mr. Fields).