The compleat beatles, released in 1982, is a twohour documentary, chronicling the career of the fab four. All music videos of the beatles during their fab career together and apart esp. The compleat beatles 1984 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Singer tony sheridan, who is interviewed in the film, had them as a. The title of the film is parody of the 80s documentary the compleat beatles. The film is narrated and features live concert footage and backstage glimpses of the group, as well as interviews with a wide range of celebrities. Although it is a mockumentary, it is roughly based on yankovics real life. Although it has since been supplanted by the longer. See the full list of the compleat beatles cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. The best example is the scene of the royal variety show in 1963. I recently bought the 10 hour beatles anthology on dvd and i still prefer the compleat beatles you get the complete story in a very reasonable amount of time.
I first saw this compleat beatles on a 12 laser disk. Patrick montgomeryscreenplay by david silver a documented account of the life and career of the fab four, from their early years in liverpool to their breakup, featuring rare interview and concert. The postbeatle lives of john, paul, george and ringo are gingerly. I like your sense of humor with the to provide the unzipping password comment. The compleat beatles, released in 1982, is a twohour documentary, chronicling the career of the the beatles. Now, for the first time, you can relive the beatles legends with this stunning. They spend a lot more time on their days before recording, which is still interesting, but hardly compleat. The film also contains all of yankovics music videos up to 1985. Complete beatles tribute band live in shrewsbury 2011 by carl windsor. With that said, this documentary is extremely well done.
Oh and by the way, that is not how we spell complete over here my american friend. Malcolm mcdowell narrates a history of the beatles with interviews, old photos and concert footage. If you could call those things you know they will be the greatest cause. Narrated by malcolm mcdowell, it includes extensive interviews with a number of sources close to the beatles. See john, paul, george and ringo in performance, on tour, in films, recording with george martin and in. This documentary was what inducted me into a madcrazed beatlemania. This is an original 27 x 41 1sheet movie poster, good shape, never been hung, it does have edgewear and wearin folds. The complete beatles was originally produced for home video by. As mentioned earlier, this the compleat beatles, the rights relationship of the beatles was made in the first half of the 1980s which is not as strict as it is now, and there are scenes full of tsukkomi when watching with the present eyes. Youll never see the compleat beatles for sale again.
Sep 22, 2017 the surviving beatles were not interviewed for the compleat beatles, although their producer george martin agreed to speak on camera. Some filling from watching youve been and i just knew we just drive into those with being. This documentary film spotlights the career of the british musical group known as the beatles. The compleat beatles 1982 patrick montgomery synopsis. The beatles anthology a history of the beatles by the beatles. Apr 29, 2016 the 10 best beatles movies of all time posted on april 29, 2016 april 29, 2016 by brian gregory by 1964, many pop and rock n roll artists had already taken a diversion into celluloid, although largely without critical acclaim. Compleat beatles original 1sheet poster john lennon paul. The compleat beatles 1982 malcolm mcdowell narrates this music documentary, which covers the history of the beatles, from the legendary british rock bands early days in liverpool, england, to. Beatles the compleat beatles japanese broadcast edition. They do spend a decent amount of time on sgt pepper, but revolver the beatles abbey roadlet it be get condensed into about 20 minutes max revolver gets like one minute. Why wont mgmua reissue a dvd of the compleat beatles.
Malcolm mcdowells narration is the key element his voice is both melodious and passionate. So is it really gonna kill them to put this remarkable film out on dvd. The compleat beatles is a textbook example of how a rock documentary a rockumentary, if you will should be assembled. The film stock is uneven in quality but that hardly matters. Rare footage of early performances highlights this wellrounded chronicle of the most influential group in musical history.
I would like to think that they could show at least a short clip or two from the movies, just to make it more complete. Let me take you down now, for the first time, you can relive the beatles legends with this stunning 2hour musical rockumentary. The compleat beatles remastered edition dvd complete john. Beatles 1969 let it be, 35mm film, apple, beat videa. Any documentary on the beatles which is only 2 hours long is obviously not going to really be compleat. The compleat al is a mockumentary about the life of weird al yankovic, from his birth to 1985. Although it has since been supplanted by the longer and more indepth documentary beatles anthology, the compleat beatles was for many years largely regarded as the definitive film about the beatles. The complete beatles was originally produced for home video by mgmunited artists, the company which in 1982 held the video rights for the beatles flicks a hard days night and help. The beatles in the compleat beatles 1982 1 sheet movie poster add image. The running time of this movie is approximately 120 minutes. Montgomery was able to clear the rights some historically significant early footage of the beatles, but a great deal of their later work was only alluded to in the film. The postbeatle lives of john, paul, george and ringo.
It is its like mountains and the dancing and we go to that once we get over the nervousness, but its like theres a head full of that. Its all there from the wild exuberance of the early cavern club days through eight incredible years, to the grim finality of let it be. All the great songs and lyrics from the the compleat beatles video album ont he webs largest and most authoritative lyrics resource. My teen years were fun because of the beatles and john lennon.
Although it has since been supplanted by the longer and more indepth documentary beatles anthology, the compleat beatles was for many years largely regarded as the definitive film. It wasto promote the 1984 musical documentary,the compleat beatles director. Overview of compleat beatles, the, 1984, directed by patrick montgomery, with john rousmaniere, marianne faithfull, wilfred mellers, at turner classic movies. Through rare family photos, early home movies and tv kinescopes we are. When they were told about the cartoon movie, yellow submarine, the narration states that the only thing the beatles knew about the cartoon animation was that it was being done by the people that made the flintstones, a hannabarbera production. Critically and fan acclaimed, it includes extremely rare clips, interviews and concert footage from bands era and now its available on an extremely limitededition dvd. Yellow submarine was produced by al brodax and king features syndicate. In 1969, 500,000 people descended on a small patch of field in a littleknown town in upstate new york called woodstock. Because apple bought the rights to the compleat beatles specifically so they could take it off of the market, in favor of their own the beatles anthology.
The 2 hours are concise, informative and immensely entertaining. An old documentary i pulled off a laserdisc, with some great footage and insights into the greatest rock and roll group ever. An almost complete list of both the psychotronic video guide and the encyclopedia. Treating its subject with reverence without being stuffy, and crammed with details without being overly long, the compleat beatles tells the liverpool quartets story succinctly and clearly, hitting every major point from stu sutcliffe to yoko ono. The compleat beatles is one of the most enjoyable films for repeat viewings. The complete beatles part 2 directed by patrick montgomery produced by patrick montgomery, stephanie bennett written by david silver starring john lennon paul mccartney george harrison ringo. The compleat beatles 1982 directed by patrick montgomery. Metal evolution extreme metal full episode duration. Dec 04, 2009 the complete beatles part 2 directed by patrick montgomery produced by patrick montgomery, stephanie bennett written by david silver starring john lennon paul mccartney george harrison ringo. The beatles the compleat beatles 2016, blurayr discogs. The compleat beatles, released in 1982, is a twohour documentary chronicling the career of the beatles. This movie was for many years largely regarded as the definitive film about the beatles. Simply put, they wanted to eliminate the competition. Looking forward to checking out the beatles anthology stuff soon.
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