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THE BEATLES unseen Let It Be recording sessions documentary from Peter Jackson now has a title, release date and endorsements from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
Over a year ago, The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson announced he was helming a new documentary film about The Beatles. The movie features mountains of unseen and newly restored footage from the Fab Four’s Let It Be recording sessions at Abbey Road Studios before they split in 1970 with the release of their final studio album. Half a century on and now the film’s title and release date have been revealed with endorsements from Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Ringo Starr and the widows of John Lennon and George Harrison.
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The Walt Disney Studios Company have announced Jackson’s film is called The Beatles: Get Back and it will also include the band’s entire 42-minute final live performance on the roof of Apple’s Savile Row London office, completely restored.
The documentary movie will be released in US and Canadian cinemas on September 4, 2020, while a UK release is yet to be announced.
Disney boss Bob Iger made the announcement today at Disney’s annual meeting of shareholders.The outgoing Executive Chairman said: “No band has had the kind of impact on the world that The Beatles have had, and The Beatles: Get Back is a front-row seat to the inner workings of these genius creators at a seminal moment in music history, with spectacularly restored footage that looks like it was shot yesterday.”
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The Beatles: Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr tease Peter Jackson’s UNSEEN footage doc (Image: GETTY)
The new documentary is called The Beatles: Get Back (Image: DISNEY)
Iger continued: “I’m a huge fan myself, so I could not be happier that Disney is able to share Peter Jackson’s stunning documentary with global audiences in September.”
Jackson previously directed They Shall Not Grow Old, in which he and his team restored, colourised and added sound to original First World War footage.
On working on The Beatles: Get Back, the director said: “Working on this project has been a joyous discovery. I’ve been privileged to be a fly on the wall while the greatest band of all time works, plays and creates masterpieces.
“I’m thrilled that Disney have stepped up as our distributor. There’s no one better to have our movie seen by the greatest number of people.”
Peter Jackson is directing The Beatles: Get Back (Image: DISNEY)
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