And they were trying to think of something new. Producer George Martin recalled in The Beatles Anthology that the Let It Be project held great promise in the beginning: "They were going through a very, very revolutionary period at that time. The first part of the film shows the strain of the early morning sessions held in a cavernous soundstage at London's Twickenham film studios. The early rehearsals captured the group, along with John Lennon's soon-to-be wife Yoko Ono, clearly bored, with only Paul McCartney showing any real enthusiasm for the new material.
The film, which was shot in January 1969, was originally intended to be a TV special called Get Back featuring the group rehearsing for their first live show in over two years. It does not store any personal data.It was 45 years ago today (May 13th, 1970), that the Beatles' final movie, Let It Be, received its U.S. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
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Rumours suggest this is an ‘official companion’ to Peter Jackson’s film and it will include exclusive photographs, transcripts of the recording and an essay by Hanif Kureishi. Indeed, Callaway Arts & Entertainment have a book out called The Beatles: Get Back which is scheduled for mid-October. I’m pretty sure a box set/reissue will follow the theatrical release of The Beatles: Get Back, probably in October time. Surely it will be a combination of remastered album, outtakes, 5.1/Dolby Atmos mix and both versions of the film. While all this is very exciting, what we still have no idea about is what the expected Let It Be 50th anniversary edition will look like. The Walt Disney Studios are releasing it in the US and Canada on 4 September 2020, with additional details and dates for the film’s global release “to follow”. A fully restored version of the original Let It Be film will be made available “at a later date”.
There’s no one better to have our movie seen by the greatest number of people.” I’m thrilled that Disney have stepped up as our distributor. I’ve been privileged to be a fly on the wall while the greatest band of all time works, plays and creates masterpieces. Peter Jackson says, “Working on this project has been a joyous discovery. Peter Jackson has been through over 55 hours of unseen footage, filmed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg in 1969, and 140 hours of mostly unheard audio recordings from the ‘Let It Be’ album sessions. The film will be called The Beatles: Get Back, which of course not only references the group’s 1969 single (with Billy Preston) but is also a nod to the working title of the Let It Be album itself.Īs well as never-before-seen footage of the Let It Be recording session, we now know that the film will include the entire 42 minute rooftop concert, “fully restored”. Peter Jackson’s much anticipated reworking of The Beatles‘ 1970 film Let It Be will be released theatrically in September after worldwide distribution rights were secured by Disney.