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Ron Howard, who already counts two Oscars as a producer and director of 2001’s A Beautiful Mind, aims to be out there with the best of them this year with his documentary The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years. The film pulls the curtain back on the career trajectory, personal lives and private moments of one of the most iconic rock bands of all time. Winning the Best Music Documentary Award at the Critics’ Choice Awards just last week, Beatles hit theaters on September 16 and has accumulated over $10M at the global B.O.Of course, taking on a documentary on the Beatles is no easy feat, as producer Nigel Sinclair relayed to Deadline’s Dominic Patten at the Awardsline screening for the film on Monday night. Sinclair dug into the challenges faced by the team in attempting to summarize the accomplishments and experiences of one prolific and beloved, Liverpudlian band. “When we did the outline together in 2014, we had like 20 songs we were going to run right through, and they were all laid out on a board. We’d been researching, and Paul Crowder, our brilliant editor here, had been cutting different songs,” Sinclair shared. “I used to say, ’20 songs, that’s going to be 60 minutes of music, guys. Where’s the film?’”

Source: [Video] ‘Eight Days A Week’ Creative Team On Notes From Director Ron Howard | Deadline