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==Production==

After seeing [[Ann Jellicoe]]'s play ''The Knack'', the producers envisioned a film adaptation. They offered the position of director to [[Lindsay Anderson]], who refused.<ref name="Steiner">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/84070%7C0/The-Knack-And-How-To-Get-It.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108052621/http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/84070%7C0/The-Knack-And-How-To-Get-It.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 November 2012 |title=The Knack ...and How to Get It |last=Steiner |first=Richard |access-date=7 June 2017 |work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]}}{{dead link |date=May 2024}}</ref>

Having worked with [[The Beatles]] on ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'', Lester was another candidate for director, and agreed to take the position.<ref name="Steiner"/> Lester made major changes to the play, adding his own touch through direct address, unexpected oddly-edited sequences, humorous subtitles, and a [[Greek chorus]] of disapproving members of "the older generation."{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} Filming took place in a few weeks in November and early December 1964, and Lester employed television advertising techniques.<ref name="Steiner"/> Talking about the film in the 1980s, actor [[Ray Brooks (actor)|Ray Brooks]] said: {{cquote|He’s a very visual man. They reckon that you could take any frame from ''[[Help! (film)|Help]]'', ''The Knack'', and ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day’s Night]]'' and you could put it on the cover of Time/Life. Everything was so beautifully shot."<ref>[http://www.chrishunt.biz/feature24.html ''Ray Brooks interview''] by [[Chris Hunt]]</ref>}}

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===Accolades===

The film was entered into competition at the [[1965 Cannes Film Festival]],<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2888/year/1965.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119093130/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2888/year/1965.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 January 2012 |title=Festival de Cannes: The Knack ...and How to Get It |access-date=7 June 2017 |work=festival-cannes.com}}{{dead link |date=May 2024}}</ref> where it won the [[Palme d'Or]].<ref name="Guardian">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/may/11/cannes-film-2011-award-winners-palme-dor |title=Cannes 2011: all the Palme d'Or winners |date=May 2011 |access-date=7 June 2017 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

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