Meet the BeatLess!

Meet the BeatLess! is a 2011 comedy brickfilm by Leftfield Studios. It follows a parody of The Beatles, The BeatLess, as they attempt to acquire their first ever gig, in order to win a 25-cents bet with the nefarious instrument store owner. The film was preceded by two stand-alone preview films featuring The BeatLess, which can be seen here and here. Meet the BeatLess! is currently the final brickfilm released by Leftfield Studios, though Jon Hellerman began releasing brickfilms again in 2022 under the name ShortStop Animation.

Cast

 * Billy Gribbin as John, Disgruntled fan, Stadium worker 1, JFK, Captain Dirk Smiley
 * Samuel Hellerman as Paul
 * Pete as George, Jed
 * Jonathan Hellerman as Bingo
 * Matthew Bowman as Bill Spectacle, Paul's grandfather, PA announcer
 * Daniel Hellerman as Stadium worker 2
 * Lucy as Elven Queen

Crew

 * Jonathan Hellerman - Director, Screenplay, Set construction, Animator
 * Nathanael Hellerman - Screenplay, Editor
 * Benjamin Hellerman - Set construction
 * Mary - Set construction
 * "Rock'n'Roll Invasion" by The Metal Heartstrings

References to other brickfilms

 * During the intro sequence, The BeatLess pass by a cinema with posters for the previous Leftfield films The Return of the King and Star Wars: The Great Disturbance. They also pass Fred from Fred's Day, as well as a restaurant called Burger Doodle, a reference to Aladibababad.
 * The stadium crowd includes characters from the films Unmasked and Mind Control, as well as The Beatles as they appeared in the brickfilm A Beatles Christmas.