When we went out on the first trip to america, it was the novelty of conquering america. The film also features their first concert at the washington coliseum and their three historic performances on the ed sullivan show including. The carnegie hall and dc shows were added to the first us visit at the last minute to defray expenses. By the time the beatles first featurefilm, a hard days night, was released in august. Dvd v, mono, ntsc, jew capitol records, apple records. Feb 07, 2014 five common myths about the beatles u.
The beatles make their first visit to the united states, and beatlemania begins. In february of 1964, beatlemania began to spread to american shores with the first u. Kennedy international airport, they were greeted by a crowd of 4,000 beatles fans and 200 journalists. Hey all, i couldnt find a complete list of all movies related to the beatles, so im trying to make one. Theres no narration, no interviews, no prepackaged concert footage, just a flyon the wall view of the fab four during the days when being famous was still new and exciting for them. In 1991, the documentary was reedited as the beatles. The beatles five movies ranked in order of greatness nme. After 40 years, the beatles remain as popular as ever, and fans have become even more fascinated by their history. With john lennon, paul mccartney, george harrison, ringo starr. A documentary film about the beatles first visit to the us in february 1964. On film, the beatles had a mixed track record national. Mar 11, 2020 the longawaited beatles documentary by the lord of the rings director peter jackson will receive a cinema release in the usa and canada on 4 september 2020, with global release details to follow. A local historian believes john lennon, paul mccartney, and his. Into that breach steps the first us visit, a terrific look at their initial blitzkrieg on american audiences.
It contains previouslyunseen footage culled from 55 hours. Every part of the beatles first us visit will be documented on this website with photos and stories. The beatles first us visit chronicles the remarkable two weeks in february 1964 that began americas stillenduring love affair with the group. This dvd release of the polished maysles brothers documentary the first u. The beatles new concert film feature complete us tour the beatles. Everything great about the beatles first us visit duration. This documentary was produced by albert and david maysles. The first us visit, which finally got a dvd release in 2004.
The beatles were not the first rock band to try their act on the big screen. Any fan of richard lesters a hard days night wont want to miss the documentary the beatles. Maysles brothers documentary covering the first arrival of beatlemania in the u. Essentially, the first us visit features the fab four during that brief but brilliant moment in which they first toured the united states, gaining recognition in a big way. Visit video 1991 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. So, when exactly did the beatles john lennon, paul mccartney, and george harrison first appear on film. This is a great documentary as the press were in the hotel rooms at all times during the day, with the beatles on a train to washington, then in florida and back to new york to fly on to the uk. Imagine the beatles first us visit and tour of america, landing in new york and seeing hundreds of fans in the airport to greet you. The beatles first appearance on american tv nbc news. Musicfilmweb is your music documentary hub for music film news, interviews and music dvds beatles photo u. It documents the beatles us trip as they travel to new york city, washington, d. Gallery of 1 movie poster and cover image for the beatles. To mark the birth of beatlemania, their record company is rereleasing on dvd a documentary film of the fab fours invasion called, appropriately enough, the beatles.
On film, the beatles had a mixed track record national news. In this ap photo, the beatles meet reporters at kennedy airport in new york city on february 7, 1964, after their arrival from london for their first american tour. Making a third film to complete their united artists contract. The lost concert features the fab fours complete first american show and interviews about it with chuck berry, steven tyler, and the strokes. It was filmed by renowned documentary filmmaking team albert and david maysles, and documents the beatles u. Nov 21, 20 the beatles first appearance on american television was on nbc news the november 18, 1963 edition of the huntleybrinkley report, which featured this report on beatlemania in england by. Get back documents the recording of the groups let it be album. Footage of the beatles often acting irreverently in front of the camera in hotel rooms makes up the majority of the nonmusical portion of the film. Directed by kathy dougherty, susan froemke, albert maysles. Visit is a 1990 reedited version of renowned documentary filmmaking team albert and david maysles 1964 16mm documentary whats happening.
Apr 23, 2009 in february 1964, documentarians albert and donald maysles were given an unprecedented amount of access to film and record a phenomenon that had much of america at first scratching its head in curiosity, and then screaming along with the rest of the world a cheeky british rock group called the beatles, who were making their first, short. Visit is an archive footage documentary of the beatles first visit to america in february of 1964. A television film featuring the beatles performing at wembley park studios in london on 28 april 1964. Ive split the list into four sections mainly because i took the wikipedia beatles in film page as a starting point.
I put my hand over the phone and asked my brother who are the beatles. The beatles first appearance on american television was on nbc news the november 18, 1963 edition of the huntleybrinkley report, which featured this report on beatlemania in england by. Beatles the first us visit chronicles the band behind the. The beatles first us concert was watched by a crowd of 8,092 fans at the washington coliseum in washington, dc. Neil aspinall, ron furmanek, susan froemke, william dever. This was documented in the exceptional film by the maysles brothers, the beatles first us visit. This behindthescenes documentary captures the moment when pop culture took over not only america, but the world. The pioneering maysles brothers who filmed at the shoulders of john, paul, george and ringo, innovated an intimate documentary style of film making which set the benchmark for rock and roll cinematography that remains to this day. The band had traveled from new york to washington, dc early in the day by rail, as an east coast snowstorm had caused all flights to be cancelled. Washington coliseum, washington, dc the beatles bible. This film is basically a cameraman and sound man following the beatles around during their first visit to america. Footage in the documentary includes the bands press. The making of the beatles first us visit documentary youtube. The beatles surface in 1958 film, earliest recording ever.
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