60 Years Ago, The Beatles Tackled James Bond With Help! – Paste Magazine

August 12

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The greatest challenge that any biographical film about the Beatles has faced is that the “Fab Four” rose to prominence during an unprecedented explosion of celebrity-focused media. Even if the upcoming four-part biographical project from Sam Mendes ends up unearthing previously undiscovered details about the group and their exploits, it will still have to contend with more than six decades of documentaries, news reports, and candid videos that featured Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr as themselves. Whereas even Elvis Presley kept his personal life at a distance from his adoring fans, the Beatles’ personalities became so recognizable that fans were universally comfortable referring to them on a first-name basis.

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Martin A Nethercutt is a writer, singer, producer and loves music. Creative Director at McCartney Studios Editor-in-Chief at McCartney Times Creator-in-Chief at Geist Musik President (title) at McCartney Multimedia, Inc. Went to Albert-Schweitzer-Schule Kassel Lives in Playa del Rey From Kassel, Germany Married to Ruth McCartney

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