NEW YORK (AP) — The Beatles’ farewell documentary “Let It Be” is getting an encore, and a reinvention. “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson announced Wednesday that he is making a new film out of some 55 hours of footage — shot in January 1969 — that has never been see...
Peter Jackson has signed up for a few hard days nights in the editing suite. TheLord of the Ringsfilmmaker is set to direct a feature-length documentary based on 55 hours of never-released footage ofThe Beatlesrecording their seminal albumLet It Bein 1969. The film will be produce...
Jackson was also the mind behind Paul McCartney’s recent duet performance virtually with the late John Lennon for the Beatles’ classic “I’ve Got a Feeling,” on his set at Glastonbury on June 26. The director shared: “So the next 18 months I worked on Get Back and then Paul is r...
“A big shout-out to the Beatles,” enthused Jackson. For best documentary, winners also included Paul McCartney, Ring Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison. Get Back is based on material shot in early 1969 for the Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s 1970 feature film Let It Be. Both picture an...
“Paul describes it as being very raw,” Jackson added. “He said to me: ‘That is a very accurate portrayal of how we were then.’ Ringo said: ‘It’s truthful.’ The truthfulness of it is important to them. They don’t want a whitewash. They don’t want ...
“The best bit of us always has been, and always will be, when we’re backs against the wall,” said a young McCartney in the film, which hit Disney+ on Thursday. Jackson’s series contains the Beatles’ final public appearance together, a 40-minute concert on the roof ...
Peter Jackson, director of 'Get Back,' says he has plans to make another Beatles film in 2022.
Peter Jackson’s Beatles documentaryGet Backdebuts over Thanksgiving weekend. Working with archival footage that didn’t make the cut for the Beatles’ 1971 documentaryLet It Be, Jackson complicates the dour narrative surrounding the Fab Four’s breakup by showing the creativity, the artistic growth...
Jackson’s film sets a far brighter mood than “Let it Be,” which for the Beatles and the public alike has served as a grim finale. But the Beatles were undeniably in the early stages of breaking up. Their founder, John Lennon, had left his wife for Yoko Ono midway in 1968 and w...
Jackson’s film sets a far brighter mood than “Let it Be,” which for the Beatles and the public alike has served as a grim finale. But the Beatles were undeniably in the early stages of breaking up. Their founder, John Lennon, had left his wife for Yoko Ono midway in 1968...