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An autobiographical documentary of the greatest of the rock bands.An autobiographical documentary of the greatest of the rock bands.An autobiographical documentary of the greatest of the rock bands.
- Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
- 2 wins & 4 nominations total
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The Beatles were the center of the Pop Music universe for the eight years they were actively recording, an anchor from which all other 60's music radiates. If you are interested in how the best 14 albums ever made came to be, you have to see the whole thing.
The story is told in the words of the Beatles themselves, and a couple others like George Martin and Neil Aspinall (their chief roadie). Along with footage from concerts and their movies, it's several interviews editted together, but you never hear the interviewers, you only hear Paul or George or Ringo or John's response to the question, and it comes together into a seamless history of the greatest band Rock and Roll ever knew.
The story is told in the words of the Beatles themselves, and a couple others like George Martin and Neil Aspinall (their chief roadie). Along with footage from concerts and their movies, it's several interviews editted together, but you never hear the interviewers, you only hear Paul or George or Ringo or John's response to the question, and it comes together into a seamless history of the greatest band Rock and Roll ever knew.
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- TriviaThe two new songs, "Free As A Bird" and "Real Love", were originally John Lennon demos. The three surviving Beatles added instrumentation to the demos and released the songs as singles in conjunction with the release of the special. In addition, John hadn't filled in the middle eight section of the demo for "Free As A Bird", so the surviving Beatles wrote a new section for that, which, according to Paul, was one of the reasons for choosing the song. It allowed them some input.
- GoofsPaul McCartney says, "We told Brian 'We're not going to America, until we are #1 there'". However, in actuality, Brian Epstein made arrangements for the Beatles to appear on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in New York in November 1963, some three months before the Beatles had their first #1 in America.
- Quotes
George Harrison: [on The Beatles' second visit to Shea Stadium] Yeah, okay I don't remember ever going there twice...
- Alternate versionsThe performance of "All You Need Is Love" from the TV special Our World (1967) was originally in black and white but was colorized for the purpose of this documentary. Some other bits of black and white footage have been colorized, all of which use photos from the period as a reference for the colorization.
- ConnectionsEdited into George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
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- The Long and Winding Road
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- Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK(Interview)
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- Runtime1 hour 7 minutes
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- 4:3
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