' Seymour : Best American movie ? ` ` Hard Day 's Night , '' 50 years ago this weekend . It was as if the movie -- and the Beatles themselves -- had given me permission to be as wise , foolish , daring , smart and alert to the world as I wanted to be . It was great for teens to see talent , smarts , daring of youth on big screen , he says . Film shows in 50 cities this weekend . He first saw it at 11 , it sent him over the moon , he says . Seymour : His own son reacted same way . You wo n't find better movies out there this summer .
' Seymour : Best American movie ? ` ` Hard Day 's Night , '' 50 years ago this weekend . It was great for teens to see talent , smarts , daring of youth on big screen , he says . Film shows in 50 cities this weekend . He first saw it at 11 , it sent him over the moon , he says . Seymour : His own son reacted same way . You wo n't find better movies out there this summer .