Опубликовано: 6 марта 2012 г.
Combining
Beatles covers with World War II stock footage has to be one of the
oddest ideas for a movie ever conceived. I should preface this by
saying, this is not a good movie. The covers run the gamut from mediocre
to pretty good, and the footage is awkwardly meshed together with it.
Maybe it would have worked better as a 20-minute short, but not as a
full 83-minute movie.
It's a curiosity for Beatles fans and film
buffs, and has never been made officially available on VHS, LaserDisc,
DVD, or Blu-Ray (probably due to the legal headaches of getting the
rights to all of the songs and permission from the artists to use them
all). In fact, outside of a theatrical engagement that lasted two weeks,
the film has only been seen a handful of times on premium cable, and in
super-rare midnight screenings.
All of the songs are written by John Lennon-Paul McCartney.
"Magical Mystery Tour" -- Ambrosia
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" -- Elton John (includes an uncredited John Lennon on lead guitar and backing vocals)
"Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight" -- The Bee Gees
"I Am The Walrus" -- Leo Sayer
"She's Leaving Home" -- Bryan Ferry
"Lovely Rita" -- Roy Wood
"When I'm Sixty-Four" -- Keith Moon
"Get Back" -- Rod Stewart
"Let It Be" -- Leo Sayer
"Yesterday" -- David Essex
"With a Little Help from My Friends/Nowhere Man" -- Jeff Lynne
"Because" -- Lynsey De Paul
"She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" -- The Bee Gees
"Michelle" -- Richard Cocciante
"We Can Work It Out" -- The Four Seasons
"The Fool On The Hill" -- Helen Reddy
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer" -- Frankie Laine
"Hey Jude" -- The Brothers Johnson
"Polythene Pam" -- Roy Wood
"Sun King" -- The Bee Gees
"Getting Better" -- Status Quo
"The Long and Winding Road" -- Leo Sayer
"Help!" -- Henry Gross
"Strawberry Fields Forever" -- Peter Gabriel
"A Day in the Life" -- Frankie Valli
"Come Together" -- Tina Turner
"You Never Give Me Your Money" -- Will Malone & Lou Reizner
"The End" -- The London Symphony Orchestra
NOTE:
I had to remove a scene that had a one-minute clip from "The Desert
Rats" in order to keep the video from being blocked, which is why this
version runs shorter than it should.
Beatles covers with World War II stock footage has to be one of the
oddest ideas for a movie ever conceived. I should preface this by
saying, this is not a good movie. The covers run the gamut from mediocre
to pretty good, and the footage is awkwardly meshed together with it.
Maybe it would have worked better as a 20-minute short, but not as a
full 83-minute movie.
It's a curiosity for Beatles fans and film
buffs, and has never been made officially available on VHS, LaserDisc,
DVD, or Blu-Ray (probably due to the legal headaches of getting the
rights to all of the songs and permission from the artists to use them
all). In fact, outside of a theatrical engagement that lasted two weeks,
the film has only been seen a handful of times on premium cable, and in
super-rare midnight screenings.
All of the songs are written by John Lennon-Paul McCartney.
"Magical Mystery Tour" -- Ambrosia
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" -- Elton John (includes an uncredited John Lennon on lead guitar and backing vocals)
"Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight" -- The Bee Gees
"I Am The Walrus" -- Leo Sayer
"She's Leaving Home" -- Bryan Ferry
"Lovely Rita" -- Roy Wood
"When I'm Sixty-Four" -- Keith Moon
"Get Back" -- Rod Stewart
"Let It Be" -- Leo Sayer
"Yesterday" -- David Essex
"With a Little Help from My Friends/Nowhere Man" -- Jeff Lynne
"Because" -- Lynsey De Paul
"She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" -- The Bee Gees
"Michelle" -- Richard Cocciante
"We Can Work It Out" -- The Four Seasons
"The Fool On The Hill" -- Helen Reddy
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer" -- Frankie Laine
"Hey Jude" -- The Brothers Johnson
"Polythene Pam" -- Roy Wood
"Sun King" -- The Bee Gees
"Getting Better" -- Status Quo
"The Long and Winding Road" -- Leo Sayer
"Help!" -- Henry Gross
"Strawberry Fields Forever" -- Peter Gabriel
"A Day in the Life" -- Frankie Valli
"Come Together" -- Tina Turner
"You Never Give Me Your Money" -- Will Malone & Lou Reizner
"The End" -- The London Symphony Orchestra
NOTE:
I had to remove a scene that had a one-minute clip from "The Desert
Rats" in order to keep the video from being blocked, which is why this
version runs shorter than it should.
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