Rent The Beatles: Get Back (2021)

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7h 48min
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Synopsis:
Directed by Peter Jackson, 'The Beatles: Get Back' is a three-part documentary series that takes audiences back in time to the band's intimate recording sessions. The documentary showcases the warmth, camaraderie and creative genius that defined the legacy of the iconic foursome, and is compiled from 60 hours of unseen footage shot in January 1969 (under the supervision of Michael Lindsay-Hogg and his director of photography Tony Richmond), and more than 150 hours of unheard audio, all of which has been brilliantly restored.
Also featured - for the first time in its entirety - is The Beatles' last live performance as a group - the unforgettable rooftop concert on London's Savile Row - as well as other songs and classic compositions featured on the band's final two albums, 'Abbey Road' and 'Let It Be'.

Part One
The band gathers at Twickenham Film Studios to rehearse for a concert.
Part Two
Rehearsals continue at Apple Studios and the mood lifts.
Part Three
The Beatles perform on the roof of the Apple Offices.
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Neil Aspinall, Jonathan Clyde, Olivia Harrison, Peter Jackson, Paul McCartney, Clare Olssen, Yoko Ono, Ringo Starr
Studio:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Genres:
Children & Family, Documentary, Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Special Interest
Collections:
10 Films to Watch if You Like: A Hard Day's Night, 10 Films to Watch Next If You Liked: Prick Up Your Ears, A Brief History of Singer Biopics, Films to Watch If You Like..., Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Renée Zellweger, People of the Pictures, Remembering Raquel Welch, The Golden Age of British Pop Musicals, A Brief History of Film..., The Third Man At 75, Top 10 Best Picture Follow-Ups, Top Films
BBFC:
Release Date:
Unknown
Run Time:
468 minutes
Languages:
English Audio Description Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing, French, Spanish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
NTSC
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.85:1
Colour:
Colour
Disc 1:
This disc includes the following:
- Part One
Disc 2:
This disc includes the following:
- Part Two
Disc 3:
This disc includes the following:
- Part Three
BBFC:
Release Date:
11/07/2022
Run Time:
468 minutes
Languages:
English Audio Description Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Atmos, English DTS 7.1
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing, French, German, Japanese, Latin American Spanish
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Various
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
(0) All
Disc 1:
This disc includes the following:
- Part One
Disc 2:
This disc includes the following:
- Part Two
Disc 3:
This disc includes the following:
- Part Three

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Reviews (1) of The Beatles: Get Back

The Beatles slowly grind to a halt - The Beatles: Get Back review by Dr Waerdnotte

Spoiler Alert
17/12/2022

Firstly, Whilst watching this and the other DVDs, I got the impression that, like Mick Jagger (My Life As A Rolling Stone), McCartney, Starkey and Ono had taken this opportunity to take control of their own narrative, and present a more balanced reading of the last days of the Beatles. Both McCartney and Ono come out of this looking a lot better than contemporary readings of their role in the demise of The Beatles would have us believe.

In this re-telling of the Beatles Let it Be project Jackson has created a sprawling opus which for me first and foremost reflects the often tedious hours spent noodling around, drinking tea and having mundane conversations, all of which would generally be edited out of a music documentary. However, with Get Back, Jackson gives a warts and all edit that for me is often tedious and occasionally enlightening. What did I take from this? Well, it has been well documented that from as far back as Revolver, McCartney had been trying to keep the band together and here you see the other three's boredom writ large. Lennon, Harrison and Starr don't hide how tedious they find the process. Harrison leaves the band and rejoins, Starr is obviously more interested in his burgeoning movie career (Peter Sellers cameo is hilarious), and Lennon swings from classroom clown to classroom bully. Most of the songs on the album are third rate, particularly when you consider what their contemporaries were producing.

The positives are, it looks good, you see how good a song writer McCartney is, Lennon's guitar playing is a lot better than I thought after listening to Anthology, Glyn Johns had a fantastic wardrobe and it's incredible to see how smoking was such an integral part of so many people's lives.

The negatives? So much of this is tedious to watch and not very interesting. I would love to see an edited version of Peter Jackson's Beatles: Get Back. Edited down to 2 hours yet presenting a different version of Lindsay-Hogg's Let It Be. It has to be remembered both the film and the accompanying album were pretty much junked by the Beatles. They showed no interest in it's release and for many years it was seen as one of the many reasons the Beatles split. Sub-standard music and a movie made to show the worst side of the Beatles and their entourage.

Does this redefine the end of the Beatles narrative? Yes. But sitting through so many hours of footage just to learn that McCartney and Ono weren't really the reason the Beatles split for me was not worth the time.

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