Beatle Movie References

Almost Famous (2000)
The lead character in this movie is named "Penny Lane"
When William is talking on the phone with the Rolling Stone office, the RS issue "Lennon Remembers" (part 1) is hanging on the wall in the background.
When William tells Stillwater that they will be on the cover of the Rolling Stone, the lead singer of the band is all excited and says "The first issue I bought had the Beatles on it.  The Beatles!  There were four of them, and there are four of us!!!"

American Beauty
The Beatles Abbey Road song, Because, is played at the end.

Apollo 13 (1995)
  In the scene where Jim Lovell's  daughter is going to see her father in space, she throws a fit over The Beatles' break-up, and she also is holding the Let It Be album.

Austin Powers (International Man of Mystery)
The beginning sequence of this movie has Mike Myers acting very similar to the Fab 4 in Hard a Hard Day's  Night.

Austin Prowler(1999)
Dr. Pussy says "The Bay City Rollers?  I am sure they did better than the Beatles or the Stones. I hated those two bands"

Back to School (1986)
Teacher in college history class tells the class that when he was in Vietnam students were listening to Beatle albums. Lead charactor Rodney Dangerfield mentions Beatles

Bird on a Wire
A woman was talking about a famous hotel and mentions "George Harrison has stayed here"

Blues Brothers
Steve Lawrence says "Who do you think we are the "F-----" Beatles or something?

Bowling for Columbine

The song (actually sung by the Beatles...the first time ever I believe)  "Happiness is a Warm Gun" is played during this documentary about gun control.

Brasses Off (1996)
Phil[as Mr. Chuckles] What's He doing? He can take John Lennon. He can take those three young lads down at Ainsley Pit. He's even thinking of taking my old man. And Margaret bloody Thatcher lives! What's He sodding playing at, eh?

The Breakfast Club
   The scene where Richard, the principal, and Carl, the janitor, are talking in the basement, Richard asked Carl what he wanted to be when he grew up, he replies "I wanted to be John Lennon.”

Cactus Flower (1966)
There is a scene in a record store where you can see the Rubber Soul album on display.

Can't Buy Me Love
At the very end of the movie,  the song “Can't buy me love” is played.

Casino Royle
During the  opening shot "LES BEATLES" graffiti can be seen on the  post.

Das letzte Testament  (German film from the 1980's)
The story is about an American family, which faced a nuclear war. The husband don´t return and after a while the electricity came back to their home, they play first ´All my loving´ on the record player

The Doors (1991)
In a scene right before the Miami concert,  Jim Morrison and John Densmore are arguing.  John says "We took drugs to expand our minds, Jim! Not to escape!" And to that Jim answers sarcastically" What are we the Beatles now John?"

Dirty Dancing (1997)
  At the beginning of the movie Baby  talks  about her summer of '63. She says,"That was before The Beatles came..."

Dumb and Dumber
In the scene where they are sitting at the diner looking through the jukebox, Harry says "Hey, they have the Monkees here." Lloyd responds "yeah, they were a big influence on the Beatles."

Ed
When Ed starts getting big, Ellen DeGeneres describes him as "A Beatle, well, a Spice Girl"

Ferris Buller’s Day Off (1986)
   Ferris says in one scene,"I quote John Lennon: I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me. I believe him. After all, he was the Walrus, I could be the Walrus and I'd still have to bum rides off of people!"
    Later on in the movie, Ferris lip synchs "Twist And Shout" in the parade scene.

Feltch (1985)
Feltch says "Do you have the Beatles White Album?  Never mind, just bring me a cup of hot fat and the head of Alfredo Garcia."

Forrest Gump (1994)
 Forrest meets John on the Dick Cavett show and inspires John to write "Imagine"

Goldfinger 007  (1964)
James Bond says " My dear girl, there are some things that just aren't done, such as drinking Dom Perignon '53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That's just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs!

Good Morning Vietnam
Robin Williams pulled out the Help! album several times, but doesn't play it.

Girl Interrupted (2000)
There is a scene early in the movie where a man driving a taxi asks Winona Ryder why she is going to a mental institution. She says "because I see things." The man says "who doesn't? They could lock John Lennon up for that." And Winona responds "I'm not John Lennon."

The Girls on the Beach
A group of girls promise to get the Beatles to perform at a party.  When they can't get them, the girls dress up as the Fab 4.

Greedy (1994)
The character of Frank says "I don't like the Beatles, and I don't like you!"

Gross Point Blank (1997)
his secretary enters his office in a uniform looking dress to ask if he's going to his high school reunion. He
replies, "Listen, <looks up at her> Sergeant...Pepper..."

Hanging Up
When Meg Ryan's character is looking at old family pictures on the wall in her father's home, "Junk" by Paul is playing in the background.

Head (Monkee's Movie from 1968)
A waitress in the diner scene asks Micky if he's still doing his tribute to Ringo Starr. Micky responds by asking her if she'd like a punch in the mouth.
Also Peter Tork enters the men's room whistling "Strawberry Fields Forever"

Heartbreakers
Sigourney Weaver sings "Back in the USSR" with a bad Russian   accent.

Hook
Peter Pan goes to visit Wendy and finds her grand daughter instead. On the wall is a Hard Day's Night poster and she has a Beatle pillow on the bed.

Independence Day
 Julius Levinson , in the Air Force One after the aliens made their first attack, says,"All you need is Love. John Lennon. Smart man; shot in the back; very sad."

I am Sam (2002)
    This movie was FULL of Beatles references for a some what complete list follow this link.
Instant Karma
I haven't seen this movie, I just saw it at a video shop.  Looks like an 80's film named after the famous John Lennon song.

Jungle Book
There are four buzzards with mop tops and Liverpool accents. <In the Sept/Oct 2000 issue of Beatlefan magazine it is revealed that Walt Disney met with Brian Epstein and ask for the Beatles to record songs for the Jungle Book.  John Lennon shot this idea down.   This might be the reason for this strange Beatles reference in this cartoon.>

Jungle to Jungle
  There is a scene where Tim Allen’s character and the little boy are in a canoe going down the river, and Tim says , "Bird who sings: Hoko Yuno. Bird who can't sing: Yoko Ono."

Men in Black
   When  Tommy Lee Jones was showing  Will Smith, the new format for  music like albums, cassette tapes, compact discs, and then this new format, he said, "This means I'm gonna have to buy the White Album again!"

Michael (1996)
   Michael  says,"Remember what John and Paul said." Someone asks"Who? The Apostles?" and he says,"No, The Beatles: all you need is love!"
 

Mojave Moon
One of the characters' name is Eleanor Rigby.  She informs one of the other characters that her mother named after a Beatles song.

Money Pit
Tom Hank's girlfriend in the movie sings Beatles songs when she was drunk.

Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995)
   Mr. Holland  comes home from work and meets his wife at the door, they start talking about John Lennon's death, because John had just died the night before.
    Then their deaf son Cole is sitting on top of the record player 'listening' to a Beatles album, and signs that he understands The Beatles too.
      They are watching the news and they show crowds of people in NYC holding up John signs, "Imagine" is playing in the background.
       Mr. Holland's band does a concert and he sings "Beautiful Boy" to his son Cole.

My Girl
 In one scene, Macauley Culkin’s character is in the driver's seat of Shelley's  mobile home and he says,"I'm going to drive all the way to Liverpool." When Shelley asks why, Veda  replies,"Big Ringo fan."

National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation
There are four Beatle look a likes standing around Audrey, and she asks them if they have been together longer than the real Beatles, and they all shake their heads yes.

The Out of Towners (1999)
The movie starts with the Lennon song (Just like)Starting Over
There is a scene where Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn are walking down a street in New York City, when a guy comes up and asks them for five bucks. They ask this guy if he is Andrew Lloyd Weber and he says "yes." Then Steve Martin asks "do you know Paul McCartney?" And Steve then gets robbed.

Panic
The boy asks his dad what his favorite group is. The dad says "I don't know". The boy asks again and the dad says "I don't know." The boy asks again and the dad says "The Beatles."

Panic Room (2002)
    When Meg (Jodie Foster) and her daughter Sarah (Kristen Stewart) are locked inside the 'Panic Room' from the burglars, in order to restrain herself Sarah hides in a corner and starts to chant the names of Beatles albums: "Help...Rubber Soul...Yesterday and Today...Sergeant Pepper....Magical Mystery Tour...The White Album...Let It Be..."

 Peggy Sue Got Married
 When Peggy Sue  first discovers she went back in time to the year 1960, she makes a comment about going to Liverpool to discover The Beatles.
Charlie needs a good song and Peggy Sue came up to him and told him that she wrote a song for him. He later appears in the movie saying that he liked her song, but he replaced the “yeah"s with "ooo"s. He starts to sing "She Loves You," but with the "ooo"s.

Poltergeist
When the father is trying to make the mother feel better, he sings "If I fell" to her.

Postman
Everyone is down, and the postman tells the people that there is a new president, Richard Starkey, and he is from Minneapolis.

Rain man
 Raymond  and Tom Cruise's character sing "I saw her standing there" while in the bathroom.

The Rock
Nicholas Cage's character, Godspeed,  receives a rare Beatles record, the original pressing of "Meet the Beatles" while at the office.  Someone asks him why he would want such an expensive record when he could get it on Cd for cheaper.  He responds, "It sounds better on vinyl"
Nicholas Cage is "Beatlemaniac" at the end of the movie.
Godspeed also sings the Lennon-McCartney song "World without love" (which was recorded by Peter & Gordan)

The Recruit (2003)
scene where Collin Farrell is being interrogated
Husky Guy: You gonna give me names?
James Clayton: Ok, ok. John is the wise guy, Paul is the cute one, George is pretty quiet and there's a new guy but I can't remember his name.  

Secrets
Five teenagers get stuck in a garage underneath a hotel where the Beatles are staying.

Sister Act
   When asked to name the Disciples,  Whoopi Goldberg says,"John, Paul, George and Ringo!"

Sixteen Candles (1984)
Samantha and "Farmer" Ted are sitting in a car at their high school during a school dance.  Sam tells Ted that today is her birthday.  Ted automatically burst out singing "They say it's your birthday..." along with banging the rhythm on the dashboard.   Sam tell him to stop, and so he starts to sing "Hey Jude...."

Sleepless in Seattle
   There is one scene were Tom Hanks walks into a room with his son in it, the boy turns around holding a record album and say,"Hey dad, did you know that is you play this backwards, it says 'Paul Is Dead'?". Tom Hanks replies, "Yeah I knew that."

Sliding Door (1998)
The character of James says this funny quote "Everyone is born knowing every single Beatles lyric. It's ingested into the fetus along with all that amniotic stuff.  In fact, they should be called "the Fetals"

That Thing You Do (1995)
Guy (the drummer) is called Ringo by the owner of the pizza place.
      When the photographers were taking their pictures in California, one of them asked, "Hey,how come you don't have long hair like the Beatles? Don't you like the Beatles?"  Then while on a tv show, the host of the show says he is going to  "challenge the Beatles to a hair-combing contest."
         When Guy's family sat down to watch them on T.V., one of the family members said, "I wonder how many people are going to be watching them tonight." Someone answered back, "How many people watched the Beatles on 'Ed Sullivan'?"    On that Hollywood television performance the tv technician says "It is now time for America to 'Meet the Wonders.'"  And he puts up the names of each guy during the song (just like it was done with the Beatles on Ed Sullivan during the song, 'Til there was You).  When it gets to Jimmy his caption says "Careful girls, he's engaged."   (I am not sure if this is a Beatles reference or a Rutles reference....)
          Faye suggested the name "One-ders" because of the "Beat" in "Beatles."
          When the Wonders were on a radio station in LA, the DJ introduces them as four boys from the east.  Then he says, "no girl, not those mop tops, today we have America's own Wonders!"

Thing called love (1993)
James Wright asks "How many Beatles were there?"

To Sir With Love (1967)
The teacher is discussing with the class the latest trends in fashion and says, "Take The Beatles, they started a huge social revolution."

Top Secret
The "little horses" sing "Hard Day's night"

Vanilla Sky (2001)
Paul McCartney sings the title song for this movie, and was nominated for an Oscar for it (but lost to Randy Newman)
    The psychiatrist tells Tom Cruise's character "John used to be my favorite Beatle, but now it's Paul." Tom replies "I always liked George." 

Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Jerry Divine says "that man sitting  over there in the white suit is the biggest things to come out of this country since sliced Beatles."

Wayne's World (1992)
When Wayne and Garth are standing outside the Gas Works, Wayne asks Tiny (played by Meatloaf) who is playing.  Tiny says The Golly Green Giants and the Shitty Beatles.  Wayne says "The Shitty Beatles? Are they any good"  And Tiny answers "No man, they  suck."  And Wayne says "Oh then it isn't just a clever name?"
According to the close captioning, when Wayne sings and play on his guitar "and her name was Cassandra" he is singing like Paul McCartney.
When Wayne and Cassandra are lying in bed, Wayne asks her if she would still love him when he is going through his "hanging out with Ravi Shankar phase."

Wayne's World  2 (1994)
Wayne  tries to impress Cassandra's  father by showing ancient karate fighting stances. He says,"I know all the moves: the Bat, the Rat, the Crane...The Beatles!"

Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
Michael Henderson says "The Beatles aren't English.  They're from Liverpool."

Won't you please please help me?  If you know of any more Beatle movie references, please send them to me.  I am also in need of the year the movies I already have came out.  Thanks so very much!

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