George Harrison

George Harrison

Born: February 25, 1943
Died: November 29, 2001
in Liverpool, England, UK
George Harrison,  MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles.  Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle",  Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other Beatles, as well as those of their Western audience. Following the band's break-up, he had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys, and also as a film and record producer. Harrison is listed at number 21 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Although most of The Beatles' songs were written by Lennon and McCartney, Beatle albums generally included one or two of Harrison's own songs, from With The Beatles onwards.  His later compositions with The Beatles include "Here Comes the Sun", "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". By the time of the band's break-up, Harrison had accumulated a backlog of material, which he then released as the acclaimed and successful triple album All Things Must Pass in 1970, from which came two singles: a double A-side single, "My Sweet Lord" backed with "Isn't It a Pity", and "What Is Life". In addition to his solo work, Harrison co-wrote two hits for Ringo Starr, another former Beatle, as well as songs for the Traveling Wilburys—the supergroup he formed in 1988 with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison.

Harrison embraced Indian culture and Hinduism in the mid 1960s, and helped expand Western awareness of sitar music and of the Hare Krishna movement. With Ravi Shankar he organised a major charity concert with the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh.

Besides being a musician, he was also a record producer and co-founder of the production company HandMade Films. In his work as a film producer, he collaborated with people as diverse as the members of Monty Python and Madonna. He was married twice, to model Pattie Boyd from 1966 to 1974, and for 23 years to record company secretary Olivia Trinidad Arias, with whom he had one son, Dhani Harrison. He was a close friend of Eric Clapton. He is the only Beatle to have published an autobiography, with I Me Mine in 1980. Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001.

Movies for George Harrison...

Let It Be - At Last (The Restored 1970 Film)
Title: Let It Be - At Last (The Restored 1970 Film)
Character: Himself
Released: May 8, 2024
Type: Movie
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Music Genres. Voices of the World
Title: Music Genres. Voices of the World
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 26, 2023
Type: Movie
Explore the world of sounds and rhythms, the documentary film "Music Genres" invites viewers on a fascinating journey through the diversity of musical genres, their history, and their impact on our culture. From classics to rock, from jazz to hip-hop, the film explores each genre in the light of its special characteristics, origins, and evolution. This film offers a unique opportunity to immerse oneself in the world of music through a variety of genres, revealing their depth, emotional power, and significance in shaping our musical heritage. Journeying into the realm of music through the lens of the documentary "Music Genres" will be an exhilarating and enlightening experience for music enthusiasts.
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Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
Title: Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 13, 2023
Type: Movie
The story of The Beatles' last song featuring exclusive footage and commentary.
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The Beatles and the BBC
Title: The Beatles and the BBC
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 4, 2023
Type: Movie
The relationship between The Beatles and the BBC has always been a special and fascinating one. This special looks back at some key moments that saw the BBC document the band’s journey as they went from Merseybeat heroes with mop-tops and MBEs to seeing out the sixties as long-haired heroes of the counter-culture.
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Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Title: Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 30, 2023
Type: Movie
The making of Elvis Presley's famous live TV concert and the chaotic behind the scenes. It was the most-watched television event of the year with nearly half of the audience tuned in to watch Presley perform in his iconic black leather suit.
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Paul Newman: The Restless
Title: Paul Newman: The Restless
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 11, 2023
Type: Movie
Multi-talented, Paul Newman is one of the greatest American actors of all time. With his silhouette of a Greek statue and his unreal blue eyes, he embodied the quintessential Hollywood star. But he never seemed satisfied. The son of a Jewish sporting goods retailer who despises him and a Catholic mother who adores him, driven by self-doubt and an inherited need for approval from his childhood, he has worked throughout his fifty-year career to break the image of the pretty boy. He made his first experiences in the famous Actors Studio. The breakthrough as a screen star came in 1958 with "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". From then on he preferred characters on the edge of the American dream. With archive images and film excerpts, the documentary paints a portrait of a socio-politically committed man with many facets and also pays tribute to the role of his wife Joanne Woodward.
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Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
Title: Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 6, 2023
Type: Movie
It’s the city that gave birth to The Beatles, inspired Gerry to ride that ferry, and spawned Bunnymen and Atomic Kittens. Now with all eyes – and ears – on Liverpool for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, a look into the BBC’s archives for a selection of performances from some of Merseyside’s biggest and best-loved musical stars.
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Louder Than Rock
Title: Louder Than Rock
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 28, 2023
Type: Movie
In this compelling documentary, we follow the life of Caleb Quaye, the complicated guitarist behind some of the world's most famous musicians such as Elton John, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Hall & Oates, among others.
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The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
Title: The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 13, 2023
Type: Movie
May Pang lovingly recounts her life in rock & roll and the whirlwind 18 months spent as friend, lover, and confidante to one of the towering figures of popular culture, John Lennon, in this funny, touching, and vibrant portrait of first love.
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Roy Orbison At The BBC
Title: Roy Orbison At The BBC
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 4, 2023
Type: Movie
A deep-dive into the BBC’s archives to celebrate the great Roy Orbison – full-time rock 'n’ roll legend, part-time Traveling Wilbury and the man Elvis famously described as ‘the best singer in the world’. The Big O’s story was in many ways a tragic one, full of family tragedies and heartbreak, and his extraordinary voice captured all those emotions and more, bringing a new dimension to popular music. This programme features some of the hits that had fans eraptured and fellow music superstars singing his praises, with performances from his many visits to the UK including Only the Lonely, Crying and Oh Pretty Woman.
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If These Walls Could Sing
Title: If These Walls Could Sing
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 6, 2023
Type: Movie
The untold story of the Abbey Road studio, all-star interviews and intimate access to the premises.
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HISTORY OF ROCK MUSIC. What is Rock Music?
Title: HISTORY OF ROCK MUSIC. What is Rock Music?
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 28, 2022
Type: Movie
We love rock ’n’ roll: well, it’s hard not to, with its sexy, totally exhilarating back story, and the way it continues to evolve and remain relevant. Almost 70 years after it burst onto the scene in the United States, the jury’s still out on who actually invented it. The truth is, rock ’n’ roll is a mash-up of genres that aligned at the perfect time, just as people emerged from the trauma of the Second World War craving a complete break from the recent past, and with money to spend. What is rock music? Let's take a look at it in the next Documentary.
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Title: Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Character: Self (archive Footage)
Released: October 27, 2022
Type: Movie
An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of archival footage and never-before-heard home recordings and personal conversations. This definitive documentary honors Armstrong's legacy as a founding father of jazz, one of the first internationally known and beloved stars, and a cultural ambassador of the United States.
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The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
Title: The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
Released: September 7, 2022
Type: Movie
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The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
Title: The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 30, 2022
Type: Movie
On the 30th of January, 1969, the Beatles performed an unannounced concert from the rooftop of their Apple Corps headquarters at Savile Row, within central London's office and fashion district. Experience the final and unforgettable iconic performance of The Beatles in a special 60-minute presentation, digitally remastered into the image and sound quality of IMAX DMR technology.
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Title: The Beatles: Get Back
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 25, 2021
Type: TV
The three-part documentary series, compiled from over 60 hours of unseen footage, captures the warmth, camaraderie, and creative genius that defined the legacy of music’s most iconic foursome. The series also includes – for the first time in its entirety – The Beatles’ final performance at London’s Savile Row.
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The Beatles and India
Title: The Beatles and India
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 31, 2021
Type: Movie
Explores the The Beatles’ love affair with India, its religions and its culture and, in turn, the impact of their music and style on a young generation in India.
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Title: McCartney 3, 2, 1
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 16, 2021
Type: TV
Paul McCartney sits down for a rare in-depth one-on-one with legendary producer Rick Rubin to discuss his ground breaking work with The Beatles, the emblematic 70s arena rock of Wings and his 50 years and counting as a solo artist.
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Title: 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 21, 2021
Type: TV
An immersive, deep-dive docuseries rich with archival footage and interviews that explores the musicians and soundtracks that shaped the culture and politics of 1971.
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The Beatles: Let It Be
Title: The Beatles: Let It Be
Released: April 15, 2021
Type: Movie
The Beatles present their 1970 chart-topping album "Let It Be" in sweeping new Special Editions, as you’ve never heard it before, with New Mixes in Stereo, 5.1 Surround, and Dolby Atmos by producer Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell. Expanded with Never Before Released Session Recordings, Demos, Rehearsals & Studio Jams, and the Previously Unreleased 1969 Get Back LP Mix by Glyn Johns.
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Title: This Is Pop
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 6, 2021
Type: TV
Unknown histories take center stage as the hitmakers themselves - from ABBA to T-Pain - explore dimensions of pop music you never knew existed.
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Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
Title: Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 21, 2020
Type: Movie
An exploration of the life and career of the Beatles superstar, with a look at the strange parallels between him and his killer Mark David Chapman.
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Meeting the Beatles in India
Title: Meeting the Beatles in India
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 9, 2020
Type: Movie
Filmmaker Paul Saltzman retraces his journey of 50 years ago when he spent a life-changing time with the Beatles at the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram on the banks of the Ganges River. In 1968, he discovered his own soul, learned meditation, which changed his life, and hung out with John, Paul, George and Ringo. Fifty years later, he finds "Bungalow Bill" in Hawaii; connects with David Lynch about his own inner journey; as well as preeminent Beatles historian, Mark Lewisohn; Academy Award nominated film composer, Laurence Rosenthal; and Pattie and Jenny Boyd. And much of this is due to Saltzman's own daughter, Devyani, reminding him that he had put away and forgotten these remarkably intimate photographs of that time in 1968.
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Title: History 101
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 22, 2020
Type: TV
Infographics and archival footage deliver bite-size history lessons on scientific breakthroughs, social movements and world-changing discoveries.
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Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Title: Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 21, 2020
Type: Movie
A confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robbie Robertson's young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band.
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Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
Title: Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 17, 2019
Type: Movie
From the small clubs of Liverpool to the world stage, Sir Paul McCartney has dedicated his life to the music industry. He has not only dominated the airwaves all over the world with the Beatles, but he has also dominated the charts with Wings and his solo work. But Paul McCartney's life hasn't always been glamorous and has been met with some extremely dark days. Experience the story behind one of the music industries most treasured musical icons. This is Sir Paul McCartney.
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Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
Title: Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 13, 2019
Type: Movie
The untold story of Charles Manson's obsession to become a rock star, his rise in the LA music scene, the celebrities who championed his music, his tragic friendship with The Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson and his descent into violence and chaos once his dreams fell apart.
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An Accidental Studio
Title: An Accidental Studio
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 12, 2019
Type: Movie
Charts the early years of HandMade Films seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel, and the man who started it all: former Beatle George Harrison.
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Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
Title: Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 1, 2019
Type: Movie
Abbey Road is a masterpiece filled with such classic Beatles songs as “Come Together,” “Something,” and “Here Comes the Sun.” Deconstructing the Beatles’ Abbey Road: Side Two takes a track-by-track journey into their inspiration and evolution in the studio with the man who’s been presenting his beloved, exhilarating multimedia deep dives into the band’s work here for years. Because of the depth of the Abbey Road songwriting, he created two separate presentations for this album.
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Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
Title: Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 22, 2019
Type: Movie
Abbey Road is a masterpiece filled with such classic Beatles songs as “Come Together,” “Something,” and “Here Comes the Sun.” Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side One takes a track-by-track journey into their inspiration and evolution in the studio with the man who’s been presenting his beloved, exhilarating multimedia deep dives into the band’s work here for years. Because of the depth of the Abbey Road songwriting, he created two separate presentations for this album.
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Understanding Lennon/McCartney
Title: Understanding Lennon/McCartney
Character: Self (archival footage)
Released: December 11, 2018
Type: Movie
This 5-part series is the most intimate, comprehensive biography ever made on John and Paul. Told almost entirely through their own words and music, with information culled from a variety of direct sources and compiled in a way that has never been done before, it directly challenges many of the dominant narratives in Beatles mythology.
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John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
Title: John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 24, 2018
Type: Movie
Film telling the untold story of John Lennon's 1971 album Imagine, exploring the creative collaboration between Lennon and Yoko Ono and featuring interviews and never-seen-before footage.
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ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff
Title: ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 12, 2018
Type: Movie
In 1976, reggae icon Bob Marley survived an assassination attempt as rival political groups battled in Jamaica. But who exactly was responsible?
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The Beatles ‎– Ready Steady Go!
Title: The Beatles ‎– Ready Steady Go!
Character: Self
Released: June 1, 2018
Type: Movie
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Title: Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 14, 2018
Type: TV
The story of Elvis Presley the musical artist, a comprehensive creative journey from his childhood through the final 1976 Jungle Room recording sessions.
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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Title: Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Character: Self
Released: March 30, 2018
Type: Movie
An unflinching and deeply personal journey into the life and work of guitarist Eric Clapton told through his own words and songs.
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George Harrison - All Things Pass
Title: George Harrison - All Things Pass
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 20, 2018
Type: Movie
George Harrison was an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and music and film producer who initially achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles, but went on to sell millions of critically acclaimed solo records. Harrison was referred to as the quiet one of the Beatles, often in the shadow of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. However, he later acquired the respect of critics world wide and is now considered to be on the same level - if not surpassing - Lennon and McCartney as a song writer, a result of creating songs such as ‘Here Comes the Sun’ and ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’. Rolling Stone magazine even ranked him number 11 on their list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time," and he is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
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Take Your Pills
Title: Take Your Pills
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 9, 2018
Type: Movie
In a hypercompetitive world, drugs like Adderall offer students, athletes, coders and others a way to do more -- faster and better. But at what cost?
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14 STANDARD 8mm REELS 1981–1988
Title: 14 STANDARD 8mm REELS 1981–1988
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Preiss had the rare chance to salvage a selection of 8mm reeled from his archive; 30 years after it was first shot, this lovingly refashioned material returns as…a luminescent ode to the friends, filmmakers and artists with whom Preiss lived and worked during this time.
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How the Beatles Changed the World
Title: How the Beatles Changed the World
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 23, 2017
Type: Movie
The fascinating story of the cultural, social, spiritual, and musical revolution ignited by the coming of the Beatles. Tracing the impact that these four band members had, first in their native Britain and soon after worldwide, it reappraises the band and follows their path from young subversives to countercultural heroes. Featuring fresh, revealing interviews with key collaborators as well as a wealth of rarely-seen archival footage, this is a bold new take on the most significant band in the history of music and their enduring impact on popular culture.
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My Generation
Title: My Generation
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 8, 2017
Type: Movie
The vivid and inspiring story of British film icon Michael Caine's personal journey through 1960s swinging London.
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Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Title: Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Character: Self - Musician (archive footage)
Released: August 6, 2017
Type: Movie
The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainly from 1955 to 1968. Tortured women and sadistic monsters populated oppressive scenarios in provocative productions that shocked censorship and disgusted critics but fascinated the public. Movies in which horror was shown in offensive colors: dreadful stories, told without prejudices, that offered fear, blood, sex and stunning performances.
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Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All
Title: Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 16, 2017
Type: Movie
"Hare Krishna!" is a documentary on the life of Srila Prabhupada, the 70-year-old Indian Swami who arrives in America without support or money and ignites a worldwide spiritual phenomenon, now known as the Hare Krishna Movement.
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Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
Title: Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 3, 2017
Type: Movie
50 years ago this week, on 1 June, 1967, an album was released that changed music history - The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. In this film, composer Howard Goodall explores just why this album is still seen as so innovative, so revolutionary and so influential. With the help of outtakes and studio conversations between the band, never heard before outside of Abbey Road, Howard gets under the bonnet of Sgt Pepper. He takes the music apart and reassembles it, to show us how it works - and makes surprising connections with the music of the last 1,000 years to do so.
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
Title: It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 26, 2017
Type: Movie
Featuring interviews with former employees, fellow musicians, family members and journalists, and supported by original and exclusive never-seen-before footage, this star-studded rockumentary offers a fascinating insight into the creation and recording of one of the most ground-breaking and influential albums in pop history.
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Free to Rock
Title: Free to Rock
Character: Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
Released: May 1, 2017
Type: Movie
Rock & Roll spread the sound of freedom across the Iron Curtain and throughout Eastern Europe and the USSR, despite Communist attempts to outlaw it and to crush what they perceived was a contamination of their youth. Over the next thirty years, thousands of underground bands and millions of young fans who yearned for Western values helped fuel the nonvio- lent implosion of the Soviet regime. FREE TO ROCK features Presidents, diplomats, spies and rock stars from the West, the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe who reveal how Rock & Roll music was a contributing factor in ending the Cold
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Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
Title: Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 16, 2016
Type: Movie
Scott Freiman gives some context into what The Beatles were up to during the making of the best selling album of the 60's.
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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
Title: The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 15, 2016
Type: Movie
The Beatles stormed through Europe's music scene in 1963, and, in 1964, they conquered America. Their groundbreaking world tours changed global youth culture forever and, arguably, invented mass entertainment as we know it today. All the while, the group were composing and recording a series of extraordinarily successful singles and albums. However the relentless pressure of such unprecedented fame, that in 1966 became uncontrollable turmoil, led to the decision to stop touring. In the ensuing years The Beatles were then free to focus on a series of albums that changed the face of recorded music.
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
Title: Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 13, 2016
Type: Movie
A mental journey - historical, political, musical and metaphysical - in contemporary times, from the Sixties until nowadays.
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George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison
Title: George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 26, 2016
Type: Movie
Recorded on September 28th, 2014 in Los Angeles, musicians pay tribute to their favorite George Harrison songs.
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Beatles chronology  (1962-1970)
Title: Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 19, 2016
Type: Movie
Beatles chronology
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The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
Title: The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 11, 2015
Type: Movie
The Nation’s Favourite Beatles Number One tells the stories behind some of the greatest Beatles songs ever. With interviews from Beatles’ insiders including musicians, friends, fellow performers and celebrity fans, we’ll hear about the stories behind the Fab Four’s best-loved hits
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The Beatles 1
Title: The Beatles 1
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 6, 2015
Type: Movie
Between 1962 and 1970, The Beatles released 27 No. 1 hit singles in the U.S. and the U.K. In 2000, these timeless songs were collected for The Beatles 1, which topped the charts in 35 countries and became that decade's bestselling album worldwide. 15 years later, 1 is revisited for this entirely new, visually-inspired presentation.
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The Beatles 1+
Title: The Beatles 1+
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 6, 2015
Type: Movie
The Beatles '1' was originally released in 2000 and quickly became the fastest selling album of all time. Featuring 27 of the band's most significant singles, all of which reached #1 in the US or UK charts, '1+' represents the ultimate collector's edition of The Beatles '1', featuring all 27 promo videos from the album and an additional 23 videos, including alternate versions, as well as rarely seen and newly restored films and videos. All the videos have been beautifully restored by a team of film and video technicians and restoration artists who have undertaken painstaking frame-by-frame cleaning, colour-grading, digital enhancement and new edits that took months of dedicated, 'round-the-clock work to accomplish.
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Awake: The Life of Yogananda
Title: Awake: The Life of Yogananda
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 10, 2014
Type: Movie
An unconventional biography by Oscar nominee Paola di Florio and Sundance winner Lisa Leeman about Hindu mystic Paramahansa Yogananda who brought yoga and meditation to the West in 1920 and authored the spiritual classic "Autobiography of a Yogi," which became the go-to book for seekers from George Harrison to Steve Jobs.
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George Harrison:  The Apple Years 1968-75
Title: George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968-75
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 22, 2014
Type: Movie
«The Apple Years» contains several George Harrison promotional films and other video clips.
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Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled
Title: Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 19, 2014
Type: Movie
The discography of Roy Orbison (1936-1988) - which yielded some of the most heartfelt, passionate classics of the rock ‘n’ roll era - shined even brighter with the release of Mystery Girl, the last album Orbison recorded, in 1989. The commercial success of Mystery Girl was nothing short of impressive: the album was a Top 5 hit, eventually earning Orbison his first platinum award for over 1 million sales, and featured the worldwide Top 10 smash “You Got It.” Mystery Girl: Unraveled features a new hour-long documentary on the making of the album, executive produced by Roy’s sons. The documentary includes new interviews with those behind the album including Steve Cropper, Tom Petty, Mick Campbell and Jeff Lynne. In addition there are eight wonderful music videos, including an unreleased alternate video for “She’s a Mystery to Me” and three new videos for “The Way Is Love,” “You Got It” and “California Blue.
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Beatles på Sverigeturné
Title: Beatles på Sverigeturné
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 11, 2014
Type: Movie
In 2013, it has been 50 years since the world's greatest pop band of all time, The Beatles, made their first international tour to Sweden. Rolf Hammarlund has followed the band's journey to various cities in Sweden and has met fans, journalists and others who were at the concerts in October 1963.
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Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Live In Denmark 1969
Title: Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Live In Denmark 1969
Character: Self
Released: January 5, 2014
Type: Movie
The band, which consisted of Bobby Whitlock on keys, Carl Radle on bass, Jim Gordon on drums, Jim Price on trumpet, Bobby Keys on saxophone, Rita Coolidge on backing vocals, and Billy Preston on keyboards, is on fire during this performance. Clapton’s presence most definitely brought excitement to this lineup and while George Harrison adds to the curiosity factor, he plays little more than support guitar in the background. Knowing now what this cast of players would go on to do, this makes for one very interesting watch.
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Good Ol' Freda
Title: Good Ol' Freda
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 6, 2013
Type: Movie
The story of Freda Kelly, a shy Liverpudlian teenager asked to work for a young local band hoping to make it big: The Beatles. Their loyal secretary from beginning to end, Freda tells her tales for the first time in 50 years.
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Genius
Title: Genius
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 28, 2012
Type: Movie
If you think you know everything there is to know about John Lennon, think again. Genius will open your eyes.
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Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
Title: Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 6, 2012
Type: Movie
The making of The Beatles' controversial 1967 film, featuring previously unseen archive footage.
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Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
Title: Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 5, 2012
Type: Movie
Documentary which gets to the heart of who Jeff Lynne is and how he has had such a tremendous musical influence on our world. The story is told by the British artist himself and such distinguished collaborators and friends of Jeff as Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Tom Petty, Joe Walsh, Olivia and Dhani Harrison, Barbara Orbison and Eric Idle. The film reveals that Lynne is a true man of music, for whom the recording studio is his greatest instrument. With access to Lynne in his studio above LA, this is an intimate account of a great British pop classicist who has ploughed a unique furrow since starting out on the Birmingham Beat scene in the early 60s, moving from the Idle Race to the multi-million selling ELO in the 70s and then, with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison and George Harrison, as a key member of the Traveling Wilburys.
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The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
Title: The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
Character: Self
Released: September 5, 2012
Type: Movie
1964: International Chicago , IL USA September 5, 1964, 1965: White Sox Park Chicago, IL USA August 20, 1965 & 1966: International Amphitheatre Chicago Il USA August 12, 1966 Including Extra Films.
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The Winged Beetle
Title: The Winged Beetle
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2012
Type: Movie
Paul is dead! But is he The Winged Beetle? The Rotten Apple? Who knows!
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Title: George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Character: Self - (archive footage)
Released: November 12, 2011
Type: TV
He was part of the most famous rock-'n'-roll quartet in history. But George Harrison was much more than just a member of The Beatles.
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Beatles Stories
Title: Beatles Stories
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 11, 2011
Type: Movie
A big fan of The Beatles growing up in the 60s, Seth Swirsky noticed that whenever he heard someone relating a story about themselves and The Beatles, he was "all ears". So, starting in 2005, he sought out and filmed those with never before heard, "Beatles Stories". Written by Mike Pope
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George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Title: George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 5, 2011
Type: Movie
Director Martin Scorsese profiles former Beatle George Harrison in this reverent portrait that mixes interviews and archival footage, featuring commentary from the likes of Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and Yoko Ono.
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
Title: The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 2, 2011
Type: Movie
Recovered footage of The Beatles from around the world.
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
Title: The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 2, 2011
Type: Movie
Recovered footage from The Beatles from around the world
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The Beatles:  Recovered Archives Vol. 1
Title: The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 2, 2011
Type: Movie
Recovered archival footage of The Beatles worldwide appearances. Many of these glances of music history were shot by fans worldwide.
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
Title: The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 2, 2011
Type: Movie
Archived movie footage of The Beatles from around the world.
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I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
Title: I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 9, 2011
Type: Movie
I Was There…When the Beatles Played The Cavern tells the story of the underground venue which has become synonymous with one of the world’s greatest bands – The Beatles. The programme includes rare archive footage of the Cavern Club in the sixties, including film of The Beatles performing ‘Some Other Guy’ at the club. On 9 February 1961, having recently returned to Liverpool from performing in Hamburg, The Beatles played at The Cavern for the first of nearly 300 appearances at the club. By the time they played their last gig there, Beatlemania had swept Britain and the band was conquering the world.
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The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
Title: The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2011
Type: Movie
This set includes at least one version of every surviving song The Beatles ever mimed to. The audio has been re-laid and precisely synchronised from the mono mixes and presented in lossless wav format for maximum listening pleasure. The video has also been upgraded and enhanced and is completely free of timecodes and other screen junk. Included are all the "Intertel" promo videos recorded by the band in 1965 and 1966 in newly-sourced unbooted form, as well as a host of other rare mimed performances from such shows as "Ready Steady Go", "Thank Your Lucky Stars" and "Big Night Out". Rounding off volume one are ten songs from The Beatles first two films, remastered with mono sound and presented in uncropped 4:3 format. "Tell Me Why", "If I Fell" and "The Night Before" have been restored to full length and all the tracks from "A Hard Day's Night" now run at their correct speed.
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The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
Title: The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 15, 2010
Type: Movie
This is the candid and unabridged story of the Beatles as told by the insiders who worked, recorded and toured with the group from the Hamburg days to the bitter end. Featuring a meticulously researched and a comprehensive array of inside sources, here at last is the whole uncensored story of the life and work of the Beatles.
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Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India
Title: Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India
Character: Self
Released: October 19, 2010
Type: Movie
A rare, previously unreleased concert performance of Ravi Shankar's 'Music Festival From India' album recorded at London's Royal Albert Hall in 1974. This DVD compiles all the complete filmed performances discovered from this historic concert.
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The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
Title: The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 7, 2010
Type: Movie
This collection consists of four of the most cherished shows in television history. On February 9, 1964, The Beatles made their debut TV appearance in the U.S. on the Ed Sullivan Show. 73 million Americans watched and Beatlemania is born! Other shows included were February 16, 1964, February 23, 1964, and September 12, 1965. Includes 20 song performances, as well as the rest of the four Ed Sullivan shows. Also included in some special editions is the show rehearsal (Deauville Hotel, Miami - Feb.16, 1964)
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Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
Title: Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 1, 2010
Type: Movie
In the summer of 2005, a package arrived at the Hollywood offices of Highway 61 Entertainment from London with no return address. Inside were two mini-cassette audio tapes dated December 30, 1999 and labeled "The Last Testament of George Harrison". A voice eerily similar to Harrison's tells a shocking story: Paul McCartney was killed in a car crash in November of 1966 and replaced with a double!
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John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
Title: John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 19, 2010
Type: Movie
This incredible documentary features in-depth contributions from wives Yoko Ono and Cynthia Lennon, son Julian Lennon and many previously unseen interviews with John himself. Through rare footage, we learn of his rise to fame with the Beatles, his divorce from Cynthia, his first meeting with Yoko, split-up of the band, and his decision to become a solo artist and advocate for world peace.
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The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
Title: The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
The DVD companion to Les Krantz's Beatles book "Fifty Fabulous Years." "The Beatles: The Golden Age" captures the pandemonium of Beatlemania, from their delirious fans and madcap movies to interviews with each of the Fab Four.
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Title: Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 18, 2009
Type: TV
A 2009 television documentary series in six parts that covers 40 years of the surreal comedy group Monty Python, from Flying Circus to present day projects such as the musical Spamalot. The series highlights their childhood, schooling and university life, and pre-Python work. The series featured new interviews with surviving members John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, alongside archive interview footage of Graham Chapman and interviews with several associates of the Pythons, including Carol Cleveland, Neil Innes and Chapman's partner David Sherlock, along with commentary from modern comedians.
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The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
Title: The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 25, 2009
Type: Movie
The Beatles' arrival in America and the start of their US invasion. Paul McCartney's shocking and candid admission to taking LSD, a move which the UK press immediately seized upon. The Ballad of John and Yoko, chronicling the events surrounding Lennon's marriage. The news announcing the untimely death of manager Brian Epstein and the massive impact that this had on the group. The Beatles' trip to India, meeting the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and exploring their mystic side. Behind the scenes footage and 'off the record' interviews given during TV rehearsals and private backstage moments. This captivating DVD features all of this and much more incredible footage of the key moments in the Beatles' career; it is an essential purchase for any die-hard fan of the Fab Four.
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The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
Title: The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 2009
Type: Movie
Included in the set is a DVD called The Mini Documentaries compiling all the short documentaries released on the individual albums in QuickTime format. This DVD features narration from all four Beatles as well as George Martin as the opening on each of the individual albums. Each documentary contains rare footage and previously unheard dialogue. There are sound excerpts from various songs, accompanied by still photos, clips of television appearances, footage from inside recording sessions, film footage from their final photo session, and material from the five Beatles films A Hard Day's Night, Help!, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine, and Let It Be. The DVD has a red Apple label (similar to that on the original US Let It Be LP). This DVD is exclusive to the Stereo set, and is not included in the Mono version.
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The Beatles on Record
Title: The Beatles on Record
Character: Self
Released: September 6, 2009
Type: Movie
A collection of interviews and footage of the band detailing how their sound progressed and how their albums were made.
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The Beatles: Budokan Tokyo 1966
Title: The Beatles: Budokan Tokyo 1966
Character: Self (lead and backing vocals, lead guitar)
Released: July 19, 2009
Type: Movie
The concert, and their first on the following day, was video taped by Nippon Television. The two shows were edited together and broadcast during The Beatles Recital, From Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, which was screened on NTV Channel 4 on 1 July from 9pm.
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The Beatles: Parting Ways
Title: The Beatles: Parting Ways
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Parting Ways treats The Beatles with the respect they deserve and details their lives since the world's number one band fell apart.
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The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
Title: The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
Character: Self (Archive Footage)
Released: September 30, 2008
Type: Movie
This nostalgic retrospective with colleagues and friends of the Beatles fondly recalls Paul McCartney's simple plan for the "Magical Mystery Tour" movie: to let assorted odd characters climb aboard a bus, then film their adventures. The 1967 movie was a cinematic flop, but Keith McCartney (Paul's brother) and other insiders reveal the excitement and camaraderie in those salad days before tensions within the Fab Four began to split them apart.
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Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
Title: Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 8, 2008
Type: Movie
The Beatles. Their story is told for the very first time using original rare film and video of the band, including home movies, concert footage, newsreels and photographs from private collections. There are also interviews with those who surrounded the band, and those who were there from the very start. Also included is an exclusive interview with fan and star in his own right, Phil Collins. For the first time we can see The Beatles relaxed, at play, on and off stage, on film and is a rare glimpse inside the lives of four musicians who shook the world.
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Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
Title: Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 12, 2008
Type: Movie
Featuring a wealth of performance clips, archival footage and testimonials from friends, peers and experts, this fascinating documentary explores the legendary collaboration between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Focusing on the period of work that began with "Revolver" and ended with "Abbey Road," this feature chronicles the duo's efforts, from the writing to the recording, and examines the impact their partnership had on the world at large.
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The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
Title: The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 12, 2007
Type: Movie
Packed with interviews and restored footage, this hourlong documentary recounts the story of the Beatles -- from their early days as the Quarrymen and meteoric rise to international fame to their place in the pantheon of music history. Included are recordings by early Fab Four collaborator Tony Sheridan, plus Kenny Everett radio interviews with mop tops Paul McCartney, John Lennon and Ringo Starr.
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The Beatles: Help!
Title: The Beatles: Help!
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 27, 2007
Type: Movie
30 minute documentary about the making of the film Help! with Richard Lester, the cast and crew. Includes exclusive behind the scenes footage of The Beatles on set.
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
Title: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 14, 2007
Type: Movie
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich and packed with rare concert footage and home movies, this documentary explores the history of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, including Petty's famous collaborations and notorious clashes with the record industry. Interviews with musical luminaries including Jackson Browne, George Harrison, Eddie Vedder, Roger McGuinn, Jeff Lynne, Dave Stewart and Petty himself shed some revelatory vision.
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The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys
Title: The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys
Character: Self
Released: June 12, 2007
Type: Movie
Spring, 1988: George Harrison asks Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty to spend a day in the studio at Bob Dylan's L.A. house. The result is "Handle With Care." He liked the process so much that the five of them, plus Jim Keltner, spend a week in May at Dave Stewart's house, where they write and record a song a day to produce an album. We watch the creative process: group efforts ("Dirty World" is a found poem) and individual ones (Dylan's lyrics for "Congratulations'). Petty calls them "a bunch of friends who happened to be really good at making music." The album, released in October, goes platinum. The rock video for "End of the Line" is a eulogy for Orbison (1936-1988).
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The Beatles Explosion
Title: The Beatles Explosion
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Documentary / Music/Musical - This rare documentary explores the early days of The Beatles with rare interviews, newsreels, press conferences and TV appearances. This celebration of Beatlemania presents a candid look at the Fab Four, detailing their thoughts of fame, the screaming fans and the media's fascination with their hair.
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The Beatles: Love
Title: The Beatles: Love
Character: Self
Released: November 20, 2006
Type: Movie
DVD Soundtrack to the Cirque du Soleil show.
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Doctor Who: Origins
Title: Doctor Who: Origins
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 30, 2006
Type: Movie
A 55-minute documentary, detailing the creation of Doctor Who, including a rare interview with creator Sydney Newman, and new interviews with producer Verity Lambert, directors Waris Hussein and Richard Martin, actors William Russell and Carole Ann Ford, title sequence designer Bernard Lodge, and TARDIS sound effect creator Brian Hodgson
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George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
Title: George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
Character: Self
Released: October 24, 2005
Type: Movie
Short documentary focused on the background story of the show, including interviews with cast and crew.
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The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
Title: The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
Character: Self - guitarra solista, vocalista
Released: February 22, 2005
Type: Movie
60 promotional movies + Bonus special features on one DVD. Early singles and songs from featured albums are represented here in some classic live performances (miming) or with some collages of period-appropriate footage. By late 1965 the Beatles were increasingly reluctant to make the constant round of television appearances to promote their new releases. So they decided to self-produce and videotape their own promo clips that could be distributed worldwide to any company waiting for T.V. The Beatles were the forerunners of the MTV revolution and instigated the era of promotional video.
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The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
Title: The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 14, 2005
Type: Movie
On October 5th 1962, the Beatles released their first single, Love Me Do. It was a moment that changed music history and popular culture forever. It was also an extraordinary year in social and cultural history, not just for Liverpool but for the world, with the Cuban missile crisis, John Glenn in space and beer at a shilling a pint. Stuart Maconie explores how the Beatles changed from leather and slicked back hair to suits and Beatle mops, and how their fashion set the pace for the sixties to follow. Pop artist Sir Peter Blake, Bob Harris and former Beatles drummer Pete Best join friends to reflect on how the Beatles evolved into John, Paul, George and Ringo - the most famous band in the world.
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Beatles Biggest Secrets
Title: Beatles Biggest Secrets
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 2, 2004
Type: Movie
Featuring new and exclusive interviews, Beatles' Biggest Secrets, reveals the inside story of the world's greatest pop group with explosive revelations about the extraordinary lives of Liverpool's favorite sons. From the band's formation and early exposure to the gritty world of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll in the dingy strip clubs of Hamburg, Germany, the program then travels forward through the Beatles' careers with shocking surprises about their relationships with each other, their women and their inner circle. Filled with interviews from friends, relatives, colleagues and former girlfriends as well as rare film footage and original artwork by artist Klaus Voormann, this is the first fully rounded Beatles portrait to appear on DVD. This is the Beatles at their best -- and their worst!
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Title: 20th Century Greats
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 27, 2004
Type: TV
Howard Goodall examines the work of The Beatles, Cole Porter, Bernard Herrmann and Leonard Bernstein.
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The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
Title: The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 1, 2004
Type: Movie
The complete original BEATLES promo films from 1964-1969 1 . YOU CAN'T DO THAT 2 . HELP dartless version 3 . I FEEL FINE 4 . TICKET TO RIDE 5 . WE CAN WORK IT OUT 6 . DAY TRIPPER version 3 7 . PAPERBACK WRITER version 4 8 . RAIN version 3 9 . STRAWBERRY FIRLDS FOREVER 10 . PENNY LANE 11 . A DAY IN THE LIFE 12 . ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE 13 . HELLO GOODBYE version 3 14 . LADY MADONNA 15 . REVOLUTION 16 . HEY JUDE version 1 17 . GET BACK 18 . TWO OF US 19 . DONT LET ME DOWN 20 . LET IT BE 21 . THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO 22 . SOMETHING BONUS PROMOS 1 . HEY BULLDOG 1999 AMERICAN BANDSTAND 1 . STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER 2 . PENNY LANE
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George Harrison: All things must pass
Title: George Harrison: All things must pass
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 31, 2004
Type: Movie
The Life and times of George Harrison. George Harrison was the youngest member of the world famous group The Beatles. A man of many contradictions. He was known as the 'Quiet one'. Although Monty python's Eric Idle once remarked 'George never stopped talking'. The melancholy one who had a great sense of humour. The simple spiritual man who had a passion for motor racing and enjoyed his immense wealth. This programme explores his complex nature and his life journey with interviews with those that were close to him. And using rare film footage we examine his undoubted musical talent. His time with The Beatles, and his long help spiritual beliefs that were a comfort to him until his untimely death, at just 58.
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George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992
Title: George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 23, 2004
Type: Movie
Former Beatle George Harrison has had many artistic incarnations. This video includes performance footage from Harrison's 1991 tour in Japan with Eric Clapton, seven music videos and interview footage, plus a special bonus of three songs (performed by Harrison himself) from the movie he produced, Shanghai Surprise, starring Madonna and Sean Penn. Tracks include "This Song," "Crackerbox Palace," "Got My Mind Set on You," "Taxman" and more.
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Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
Title: Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Get to know the mastermind behind The Beatles’ worldwide domination, from an unknown Liverpool band to uncontested modern musical icons.
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Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
Title: Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 25, 2003
Type: Movie
Fueled by archival film clips and captivating anecdotes from friends and family, this unauthorized biography of John Lennon captures a lesser-known side of the Beatle who caused as much a stir with his personal causes as he did with his music. Highlights include rarely told stories about Lennon's upbringing from his half sister, Julia Baird, and tales from former members of Lennon's first band, the Quarrymen.
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The Beatles: Around the World
Title: The Beatles: Around the World
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 4, 2003
Type: Movie
«Around the World» actually contains three sections. First is what seems to be a basically complete version of the «Around the Beatles» TV broadcast from England. Next is the promo ad for theater showings of the first U.S. Washington D.C. concert program, and then the program straight through until the abrupt cut during the next-to-last song. Third segment is the 1966 Tokyo «light suits» concert.
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The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
Title: The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
Character: Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer (archive footage)
Released: August 16, 2003
Type: Movie
Twenty-three years after the release of the original Beatles mockumentary, 'The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash', famous artists, actors and musicians speak out on how The Rutles influenced them.
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Beatles: The Journey
Title: Beatles: The Journey
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 17, 2003
Type: Movie
Utilizing rare archive footage, news reels and unique interviews, this riveting music documentary follows the formation and astonishing rise of the world's first supergroup: The Beatles. Re-live the events that marked them as a music phenomenon and follows their careers through to the untimely deaths of John Lennon and George Harrison.
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Hagström: Everything in Music
Title: Hagström: Everything in Music
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 23, 2003
Type: Movie
"Hagström - Everything in Music" is a documentary about Albin Hagström who, based on his love of music, built an international empire with manufacturing accordions, guitars and amplifiers. Hagström started a variety of music stores, music schools, and published booklets. The headquarters were located in the small village of Älvdalen, Sweden, but already in the 1930s Hagström had a branch in the Rockerfeller Center in Manhattan. Among Hagström's customers and friends were Jimi Hendrix, Carl Jularbo, Frank Zappa, ABBA, Owe Thörnqvist. Larry Coryell and many others.
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Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Title: Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 26, 2002
Type: Movie
In 2002, a 60-year old McCartney refocused the attention on his musicianship, staging a massive live concert in Cleveland, Ohio. The superstar, who went on to form the popular rock group Wings and had several hit records as a solo artist, performs a track list that covers all three phases of his long and prolific career, including the hits "Eleanor Rigby," "Live And Let Die," "Blackbird," "The Long And Winding Road," and "Mother Nature's Son." In addition to the 30 tunes that McCartney enthusiastically performs, seemingly immune to the ravages of time and aging, BACK IN THE U.S.A LIVE also includes candid behind-the-scenes footage of the rocker backstage and on the road.
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Things They Said Today
Title: Things They Said Today
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 30, 2002
Type: Movie
A documentary on the making of the Beatles' 1964 film "A Hard Day's Night," featuring director Richard Lester, music producer George Martin, screenwriter Alun Owen, and cinematographer Gilbert Taylor.
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Naqoyqatsi
Title: Naqoyqatsi
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 2, 2002
Type: Movie
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
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George Harrison - The Quiet one
Title: George Harrison - The Quiet one
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 1, 2002
Type: Movie
This release documents the remarkable life of George Harrison. By turns spiritual, darkly funny, and loving father, Harrison was an uncommon man who led an uncommon life. This documentary attempts to present an overview of his many sides.
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Beatles: Big Beat Box
Title: Beatles: Big Beat Box
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 3, 2001
Type: Movie
The early days of The Beatles are captured in this fascinating film. Featuring behind the scenes clips, it traces the Fab Four's start as Liverpool lads playing the local clubs to 'making it' in Germany. Early press conferences and interviews reveal their charisma and knack for messing around - yeah, yeah, yeah!
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Wingspan
Title: Wingspan
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: May 11, 2001
Type: Movie
When the most famous and influential pop band in the world, the Beatles, broke up in 1970, hardly anyone expected that resident heartthrob Paul McCartney could follow up with another highly successful rock band. With the formation of Wings, however, Paul and his wife Linda did just that. WINGSPAN is a riveting documentary look at McCartney's labor of love which combines a musical history with the McCartney family history. Through rare behind-the-scenes footage, home movies, and intimate family photos, the story of the band who dared to write "Jet" unfolds.
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Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
Title: Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
Character: Self
Released: April 11, 2000
Type: Movie
An instant classic when released in September 1971, John Lennon's Imagine was the ex-Beatle's solo masterpiece, and its musical legacy is matched here by priceless footage of Lennon's creative process, independently edited from original 16-millimeter footage by producer-director Andrew Solt with the hands-off approval of Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono. Incorporating footage from John and Yoko's original film Imagine (clips of which were previously included in the 1988 documentary Imagine: John Lennon), Gimme Some Truth presents Lennon, Ono, coproducer Phil Spector, and a host of gifted musicians in a fluid context of conflict, community, and craftsmanship. Bearing witness to every stage of the recording process, this 63-minute documentary succeeds as a visual diary, a study of familiar music in its infancy, and a revealing portrait of the then-30-year-old Lennon--from witty clown to confrontational perfectionist--at the peak of his post-Fab Four inspiration.
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In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
Title: In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
Character: Self
Released: October 7, 1999
Type: Movie
Roy Orbison - In Dreams is the ultimate exclusive music documentary of the life of Roy Orbison. It provides in-depth insights into his legendary career with classic performances, personal home movies and photos, location footage and interviews with the great and the humble that he touched with his music.
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Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
Title: Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
Character: Self (archive footage / uncredited)
Released: July 15, 1999
Type: Movie
Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd's bestselling children's book headlines this winning 25-minute collection of sleepytime tales from HBO. Susan Sarandon narrates the simple story of a bunny readying for bed. Other top entertainers lend their voices to the tape: Tony Bennett sings the story of "Hit the Road to Dreamland"; Lauryn Hill brings rhythm to "Hush, Little Baby"; Billy Crystal lends many voices to Mercer Mayer's "There's a Nightmare in My Closet"; and singers Natalie Cole, Aaron Neville, and Patti LeBelle sing other tales. A dandy video for the youngster, punctuated with "interviews" of real kids answering a host of bedtime questions.
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Television: The First Fifty Years
Title: Television: The First Fifty Years
Character: Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter Cronkite, Carol Burnett, and Jay Leno.
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The Beatles: A Celebration
Title: The Beatles: A Celebration
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Geoffrey Giuliano is a Beatleologist who has written lots of books about them ,notably an interesting Harrison biography (Harrison reportedly said: "this guy knows more about my life than I do").He appears in his movie,as some kind of tourist guide who takes the viewer to Abbey road,the roof-where-the-last-concert-took-place ,and the gates of Strawberry Fields. Most of the interviews come from the post-Beatles era: Pete Best (and Fred Seaman ) speaks of the savage days in Hamburg .There is a lot of unseen photographs although they are sometimes anachronistic : for instance,they are talking about the campaign for peace while showing pictures of Lennon with his second son Sean.
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Title: Classic Albums
Character: Self
Released: April 14, 1997
Type: TV
A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a stage in the history of music.
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The Beatles Story
Title: The Beatles Story
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 1, 1996
Type: Movie
This one-hour documentary recounts the musical career of the "Fab Four" in its entirety: from their early days in Liverpool to the peak of their success as the world's most successful pop group. The film is largely archival and built around extensive footage that chronicles the phenomenon of Beatlemania as it rapidly spreads across the globe. Much of the material has not been seen before and includes a number of interviews with The Beatles at critical moments in their career, plus fascinating footage from their final American tour. To complete the film there is also recent footage and retrospective interviews with members of The Beatles entourage as well as those who have spent time analyzing and evaluating The Beatle's musical and social impact on our lives.
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Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
Title: Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Alf Bicknell, who was the Beatles' driver and road manager, shows footage, photographs and outtakes taken while he was employed by the Beatles.
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Title: The Beatles Anthology
Character: Self
Released: November 19, 1995
Type: TV
A documentary series on the career of The Beatles.
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You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
Title: You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Thirty years after A Hard Day's Night, its producer, director, writer and others describe its making. United Artists Records came to Walter Shenson, asking him to produce a movie so UA could issue a soundtrack album. Shenson signed Lester to direct, and they got the Beatles to agree to star. Shenson sent Owen to Dublin to spend time with the Fab Four; from this came a script built around their being prisoners of their own success. Phil Collins, himself an extra on A Hard Day's Night, hosts this examination of a seminal film: what was ad-libbed, why was it a hit, what was its influence on other movies, and how did it define the way the public viewed each Beatle for years to come?
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The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary
Title: The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 23, 1994
Type: Movie
Television special from Channel 9 looks at The Beatles‘ historic tour of Australia in 1964 and features footage from one of the Melbourne concerts.
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Tom Petty: Going Home
Title: Tom Petty: Going Home
Character: Self
Released: January 23, 1994
Type: Movie
Television documentary spanning Tom Petty's career from 1976-1994.
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Curves Contours & Body Horns
Title: Curves Contours & Body Horns
Character: Self
Released: December 12, 1993
Type: Movie
Now recognized as one of the best electric guitars ever designed, Leo Fender's Stratocaster is a vital ingredient of American popular culture. Its completely unconventional design and construction have rendered it the most copied of all modern electric guitars. This documentary celebrates 40 years of the history of the Fender Stratocaster.
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Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
Title: Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
Character: Self
Released: October 5, 1993
Type: Movie
VHS tape featuring 12 performances in 1963 & 1964 by The Beatles on iconic 60's pop show Ready Steady Go. All performances in black & white in front of a live studio audience.
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Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
Title: Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
Character: Self
Released: March 2, 1993
Type: Movie
On October 16, 1992, an impressive and eclectic group of artists gathered at Madison Square Garden in New York City for the purpose of celebrating the music of Bob Dylan on the occasion of his 30th anniversary of recording. Bringing together musical greats as far-flung as Johnny Cash and Eddie Vedder, The Clancy Brothers and Lou Reed, the four-hour show celebrated a truly remarkable lifetime of songs in front of a sold-out audience of over 18,000. Warmly dubbed the Bobfest by participant Neil Young, the show was broadcast around the world and featured a cast of musical notables performing carefully chosen and often surprising selections from the incomparable Dylan songbook. At evening's end, the man of honor himself appeared on stage and gracefully brought it all back home again. In a world where all-star celebrity gatherings have become commonplace, the Bob Dylan celebration stood out as, first and foremost, a legitimately memorable musical event.
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Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Title: Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 25, 1992
Type: Movie
A comical and musical collection of yuletide appearances on the Ed Sullivan show. Timeless appearances by musical guests such as Johnny Mathis, Sergio Franchi and Bing Crosby are included along with comedic performers such as Topo Gigio and the Muppets.
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The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Title: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Character: Self
Released: June 14, 1992
Type: Movie
This was an official documentary shown on television featuring George Martin taking us through the album tracks and Paul, George and Ringo giving us their memories of the sessions. The Making Of Sgt. Pepper was transmitted in the UK on ITV on 14th June 1992 and featured separate interviews with Paul (filmed on 9th April 1992), George (12th April) and Ringo (19th April). The show also features George Martin playing some unreleased Sgt. Pepper's recordings directly off the original studio 4-track master tapes.
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The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
Title: The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 13, 1991
Type: Movie
The Beatles First US Visit uniquely chronicles the inside story of the two remarkable weeks when Beatlemania first ignited America. The pioneering Maysles Brothers who filmed at the shoulders of John, Paul, George and Ringo, innovated an intimate documentary style of film-making which set the benchmark for rock and roll cinematography that remains to this day.
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My Sweet Lord in the Far East
Title: My Sweet Lord in the Far East
Character: Self
Released: July 17, 1991
Type: Movie
Very bad videotape of George Harrison and Eric Clapton in Concert Japan 1991. Hilarious subtitles.
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Title: The Simpsons
Character: George Harrison (voice)
Released: December 17, 1989
Type: TV
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
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Checking Out
Title: Checking Out
Character: Cleaner (uncredited)
Released: April 21, 1989
Type: Movie
When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own mortality. Convinced that all his aches and pains are an indication of his imminent death, Ray's life turns into a slapstick farce of health-crazed anxiety and hypochondria.
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The Movie Life of George
Title: The Movie Life of George
Character: Self
Released: February 10, 1989
Type: Movie
When EMI refused to produce Monty Python's Life of Brian, George Harrison founded Handmade Pictures so that he could see the film. This is the story of him and Handmade Films.
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Imagine: John Lennon
Title: Imagine: John Lennon
Character: Self
Released: September 30, 1988
Type: Movie
The biography of former Beatle, John Lennon—narrated by Lennon himself—with extensive material from Yoko Ono's personal collection, previously unseen footage from Lennon's private archives, and interviews with David Bowie, his first wife Cynthia, second wife Yoko Ono and sons Julian and Sean.
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Jimi Plays Monterey
Title: Jimi Plays Monterey
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 16, 1987
Type: Movie
It's no exaggeration to say this might be the most intense and groundbreaking 45-minute performance in the history of rock. Jimi Hendrix's debut American set at 1967's Monterey Pop Festival is generally considered one of the most radical and legendary live shows ever. Virtually unknown to American audiences at the time, even though he was already an established entity in the UK, Hendrix and his two-piece Experience explode on stage, ripping through blues classics "Rock Me Baby" and Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor," interpreting and electrifying Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," debuting songs from his yet-to-be-released first album and closing with the now historic sacrificing/burning of his guitar during an unhinged version of "Wild Thing" that even its writer Chip Taylor would never have imagined. Hendrix uses feedback and distortion to enhance the songs in whisper-to-scream intensity, blazing territory that had not been previously explored with as much soul-frazzled power.
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Taj Mahal and Friends
Title: Taj Mahal and Friends
Character: Self
Released: March 10, 1987
Type: Movie
Live! February 19th, 1987. Palomino Club, North Hollywood, California.
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Shanghai Surprise
Title: Shanghai Surprise
Character: Nightclub Singer
Released: August 29, 1986
Type: Movie
Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for her patients. Fate sets them on a hectic, exotic, and even romantic quest for stolen drugs. But they are up against every thug and smuggler in Shangai.
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Fun with the Fab Four
Title: Fun with the Fab Four
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Rare footage of the sensational Beatles: hysterical crowds, press conferences, interviews, TV clips, newsreels and more.
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Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session
Title: Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session
Character: Self
Released: October 15, 1985
Type: Movie
This classic concert show featuring Carl Perkins, the godfather of rock 'n' roll, with a superstar cast recorded at London's Limehouse Studios in 1985. Guitar, vocals - Carl Perkins, Eric Clapton, George Harrison / Drums, vocals - Ringo Starr / Bass - Greg Perkins, John David / Double Bass - Lee Rocker / Drums - Dave Charles, Slim Jim Ghost / Guitar - Earl Slick, Mickey Gee / Guitar, Vocal, Producer [Music], Directed by - Dave Edmunds / Piano - Gearing Watkins / Singing - Rosanne Cash
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British Rock: The First Wave
Title: British Rock: The First Wave
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 10, 1985
Type: Movie
A history of the rise of rock and roll in England from the 1950's through 1970 and its effects on American popular music. Beatles - "She loves You", "Twist and Shout", "I Saw Her Standing There", "Can't Buy Me love", "She's a Woman" Gerry & The Pacemakers - "It's Gonna be Alright", "Ferry Cross the Mersey" Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - "Do you Love me" The Hollies - "Just One Look" The Rolling Stones - "I Just Wanna Make Love To You", "I Wanna be Your Man", "Around and Around" The Animals - "The House Of The Rising Sun", We ve Gotta Get out of This Place" The Kings - "All Day and all of the Night" Freddie & the Dreamers - "I'm Telling You Now" Manfred Mann - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" Herman's Hermits - "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter" Spencer Davis Group - "I'm a Men The Who - "Can't Explain", "My Generation" Yardbirds - "Heart Full of Soul" Cream - "Tales of Brave Ulysses"
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Water
Title: Water
Character: Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band
Released: January 11, 1985
Type: Movie
A British diplomat to a West Indian island nation finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when a large American drilling company finds a huge source of natural mineral water there.
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The Compleat Beatles
Title: The Compleat Beatles
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Now, for the first time, you can re-live the Beatles legends with this stunning 2-hour musical “Rockumentary”. It’s all there from the wild exuberance of the early Cavern Club days through eight incredible years, to the grim finality of “Let It Be”. See John, Paul, George and Ringo in performance, on tour, in films, recording with George Martin and in rare footage never before seen. Narrated by Malcom McDowell.
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Title: Timewatch
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 29, 1982
Type: TV
Timewatch is a long-running British television series showing documentaries on historical subjects, spanning all human history. It was first broadcast on 29 September 1982 and is produced by the BBC, the Timewatch brandname is used as a banner title in the UK, but many of the individual documentaries can be found on US cable channels without the branding.
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Title: Wogan
Character: Self
Released: May 4, 1982
Type: TV
Wogan is a British television chat show
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Title: Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions spanning from the 1930s through the 1980s.
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This Is Elvis
Title: This Is Elvis
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: April 3, 1981
Type: Movie
Though several actors portray Elvis Presley at different stages of his life, this documentary is comprised mostly of actual performance footage and interviews with Elvis, his fans and those close to him. This biographical docu-drama features rare footage of Elvis and dramatically recreated scenes from Elvis' life.
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Life of Brian
Title: Life of Brian
Character: Mr. Papadopolous (uncredited)
Released: August 17, 1979
Type: Movie
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.
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Ringo
Title: Ringo
Character: George Harrison
Released: April 25, 1978
Type: Movie
Ringo, stressed out by fame, trades places with a schmuck who looks exactly like him. Then the problems start!
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Title: I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 1, 1978
Type: Movie
If they missed Beatles' first appearance in the U.S.A. they would hate themselves for the rest of their lives! So four young girls from New Jersey set off even though they don't have tickets for the show! The journey is full of surprises and misfortunes but the young ladies are determined to reach their idols.
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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Title: The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Character: The Interviewer (Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer)
Released: March 22, 1978
Type: Movie
The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.
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Eric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel
Title: Eric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Eric Clapton and his band toured Europe by train in 1978, and a documentary called "Eric Clapton and his Rolling Hotel" was filmed, but never released. Clapton put his band in a three-carriage train, originally at the disposal of Hermann Goering during the Nazi years in Germany, and traveled from town to town on the continent, from one concert to the next. It was an easy way to transport and house the band and equipment, and it offered ample opportunity for interviews, groups interactions, and filming. Clapton talks about his music and his works and peaks the viewers interest with stories about musicians like Hendrix and George Harrison. The interviews are supplemented with performances by Muddy waters, Elton John and George Harrison, as well as Clapton and his band. Tracks featured are Cocaine, Further On Up The Road, Lay Down Sally, Tulsa Time, Worried Life Blues, Early in the Morning, Badge, Wonderful Tonight, Key to the Highway, Double Trouble, Crossroads and Layla.
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The Beatles at Shea Stadium
Title: The Beatles at Shea Stadium
Character: Self
Released: August 6, 1977
Type: Movie
The Beatles at Shea Stadium is a fifty-minute-long documentary of the Beatles' 1965 concert at Shea Stadium in New York, the highlight of the group's 1965 tour.
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Mighty Good: The Beatles
Title: Mighty Good: The Beatles
Character: Self
Released: May 14, 1977
Type: Movie
No musical group has had as profound an impact on pop music as The Beatles. Tony Palmer's groundbreaking documentary gives us an intimate look at one of the most influential groups in musical history.
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The Day the Music Died
Title: The Day the Music Died
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
This documentary film is mostly about the New York Pop Festival, which began on July 17, 1970 at Randall's Island, NY, and lasted for three days
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Night Lunch
Title: Night Lunch
Character: Self
Released: December 9, 1975
Type: Movie
This is Poe and Král's first effort, shot on small-gauge stock, before their more well-known endeavor The Blank Generation (1976) came to be. A "DIY" portrait of the New York music scene, the film is a patchwork of footage of numerous rock acts performing live, at venues like Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, the dive bars of Greenwich Village and, of course, CBGB.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Musical Guest
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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Title: Rutland Weekend Television
Character: Self
Released: May 12, 1975
Type: TV
Comedy sketch series purporting to show the programming of a low key regional television service. Written by Eric Idle of 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' fame. A popular feature was the music of Neil Innes (one time member of the eccentric Bonzo Dog Dooh Dah Band), especially his Beatles parody The Rutles. They later featured in their own film: 'The Rutles (All You Need Is Cash)'.
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
Title: Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 3, 1974
Type: Movie
Photos, animation, and music illustrate the story of the Beatles.
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The Society of the Spectacle
Title: The Society of the Spectacle
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.
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Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
Title: Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
Character: Self
Released: April 9, 1974
Type: Movie
Universally accepted as a true icon of the 20th century, Muhammad Ali’s phenomenal achievements spanned sport, politics and religion. One man – photographer William Klein had comprehensive access to the events that shaped Ali’s legend. In 1964, the young gregarious Cassius Clay successfully defeated the seemingly invincible Heavyweight Champion of the World Sonny Liston – the manner of Clay’s victory and his amazing persona made him an instant superstar. Through this incredible period, and Clay’s subsequent rematches with Liston, William Klein enjoyed unrivalled access top Clay’s camp – witnessing at first hand Cassius Clay becoming Muhammad Ali and angering the American people with his allegiance to Islam. Forward to Zaire 1974, and the return of Muhammad Ali to the world stage to face another invincible champion George Foreman. As Ali reclaimed the crown for a second time, Klein was ever present, capturing the full story at close quarter.
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Imagine
Title: Imagine
Character: Self
Released: December 23, 1972
Type: Movie
A surreal, half-fiction, half real life footage of a day in the life of John lennon and Yoko Ono, composed to music from John's historic 'Imagine' album and Yoko's 'Fly'.
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The Concert for Bangladesh
Title: The Concert for Bangladesh
Character: Self
Released: March 23, 1972
Type: Movie
A film about the first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise relief funds for the poor of Bangladesh. The Concert for Bangladesh was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. The shows were held at 2:30 and 8:00 pm on Sunday, 1 August 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to raise international awareness of, and fund relief for refugees from East Pakistan, following the Bangladesh Liberation War-related genocide.
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Raga
Title: Raga
Character: Self
Released: November 23, 1971
Type: Movie
A Film Journey to the Soul of India documents the life of sitar master Ravi Shankar in the late 1960s and early 1970s, following him on his return to India to revisit his guru, Bengali multi-instrumentalist and composer, Baba Ustad Allauddin Khan. It further explores Shankar's life as a musician and teacher in the United States and Europe, initiating those in the West to the exceptional world that is Indian classical music and culture. Through rare and candid footage shot in both India and the United States, Raga sheds light on Shankar's influences and collaborations, from Allauddin Khan to his famed dancer brother Uday Shankar, to his associations with Western musicians Yehudi Menuhin and George Harrison. Fully narrated by Shankar himself, the film reveals music as the soul of India and of Shankar's life.
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Title: Disco
Character: Self
Released: February 13, 1971
Type: TV
Disco was a pop music program that aired in Germany on the ZDF network from 1971 to 1982. It generally aired on the first Saturday of each month at 7:30PM, each show running 45 minutes. 133 shows were produced. The show was hosted by German actor and comedian Ilja Richter. Its lesser known predecessor on ZDF, 4-3-2-1 Hot & Sweet was aired between 1966 and 1970, presenters included Ilja Richter and Suzanne Doucet. Disco generally served a younger pop-oriented audience compared to ZDF's Hitparade, and until 1972, its main competitor was Beat-Club, followed by Musikladen, both on ARD. Repeats of Disco have been aired since 1984 on ZDF Musikkanal, after its closedown in 1989 on 3sat. Since 2004, the digital ZDF Theaterkanal aired repeats of the entire series. In 2007, ZDF Dokukanal began to air reruns, starting with episodes from 1975 and also multiple repeats of the series have been shown on hit24 in 2008. The show focussed on chart hits current at the time of airing, giving about equal airtime to international pop music and German Schlager. Despite its name, it did not particularly focus on disco music although it featured many disco hits as long as they were chart relevant..
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Let It Be
Title: Let It Be
Character: Self (The Beatles) (uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1970
Type: Movie
The filmed account of The Beatles' attempt to recapture their old group spirit by making a back to basics album, which instead drove them further apart.
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The Beatles: SOMETHING
Title: The Beatles: SOMETHING
Character: Self
Released: October 6, 1969
Type: Movie
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The Beatles - Abbey Road
Title: The Beatles - Abbey Road
Character: Self - guitar, vocals
Released: October 1, 1969
Type: Movie
This is the first time Abbey Road has been remixed and presented with additional session recordings and demos. To create Abbey Road’s new stereo, 5.1 surround, and Dolby Atmos mixes, Martin and Okell worked with an expert team of engineers and audio restoration specialists at Abbey Road Studios. This Super Deluxe Edition of Abbey Road features the new stereo album mix, sourced directly from the original eight-track session tapes. To produce the mix, Giles was guided by the album’s original stereo mix supervised by his father, George Martin. Abbey Road’s Super Deluxe box set presents 40 tracks – including “The Long One” Trial Edit & Mix for the album’s epic Side 2 medley – on three CDs (stereo) and one Blu-ray disc (Dolby Atmos, 96kHz/24 bit high resolution stereo, and 96 kHz/24 bit DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1).
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The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
Title: The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 29, 1969
Type: Movie
This is a "Fly on the Wall" look at The Beatles' recording sessions from productive days at Apple Studios January 23 to 29, 1969. Most of this footage did not make the final cut for the film, Let It Be. We see the Beatles chat, joke, tune, rehearse and try some serious attempts at recording. Over 75% of this footage has not been seen in this form, meaning inferior copies of some of this footage has circulated, but contained few moments of audio that matched the film.
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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
Title: The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 2, 1969
Type: Movie
In January of 1969 The Beatles gathered together to film and record to what become "Let It Be"..... Presented here for the first time is every known clip, put in chronological order of events and with correct audio to the best of ability. All clips have been identified, synched with correct audio! You will enjoy this more than you think! The rooftop concert is now a really treat - additional audio, all in stereo and every clip of footage found - more than you think. Watching that will really impress you! All together this is the best yet! Special thanks to British Lions for their help in this project....
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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
Title: The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 2, 1969
Type: Movie
In January of 1969 The Beatles gathered together to film and record to what become "Let It Be"..... Presented here for the first time is every known clip, put in chronological order of events and with correct audio to the best of ability. All clips have been identified, synched with correct audio! You will enjoy this more than you think! The rooftop concert is now a really treat - additional audio, all in stereo and every clip of footage found - more than you think. Watching that will really impress you! All together this is the best yet! Special thanks to British Lions for their help in this project....
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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
Title: The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 2, 1969
Type: Movie
In January of 1969 The Beatles gathered together to film and record to what become "Let It Be"..... Presented here for the first time is every known clip, put in chronological order of events and with correct audio to the best of ability. All clips have been identified, synched with correct audio! You will enjoy this more than you think! The rooftop concert is now a really treat - additional audio, all in stereo and every clip of footage found - more than you think. Watching that will really impress you! All together this is the best yet! Special thanks to British Lions for their help in this project....
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The Beatles Mod Odyssey
Title: The Beatles Mod Odyssey
Character: Self
Released: December 10, 1968
Type: Movie
Short documentary on the making of 'Yellow Submarine'
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All My Loving
Title: All My Loving
Character: Self
Released: November 3, 1968
Type: Movie
Originally a BBC documentary, this film by Tony Palmer about the 1960's music scene was later released as a standalone DVD by the BFI
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The Beatles: HEY JUDE
Title: The Beatles: HEY JUDE
Character: Self
Released: October 6, 1968
Type: Movie
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The Beatles: REVOLUTION
Title: The Beatles: REVOLUTION
Character: Self
Released: September 19, 1968
Type: Movie
TV released videoclip to the The Beatles single song REVOLUTION
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Yellow Submarine
Title: Yellow Submarine
Character: George (uncredited)
Released: July 17, 1968
Type: Movie
The wicked Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, eliminating all color and music. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and journeys to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.
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Title: The Dick Cavett Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 6, 1968
Type: TV
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
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The Movie Orgy
Title: The Movie Orgy
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
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Magical Mystery Tour
Title: Magical Mystery Tour
Character: Self / Magician Looking Through Telescope
Released: December 25, 1967
Type: Movie
Originally produced for television, this short film as an off-the-wall road movie starring the Beatles and a couple dozen friends on a psychedelic bus tour.
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Title: Omnibus
Character: Self
Released: October 13, 1967
Type: TV
Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the successor to the long-running arts-based series 'Monitor'. It ran from 1967 until 2003, usually being transmitted on Sunday evenings. During its 35-year history, the programme won 12 Bafta awards. Among the series' best remembered documentaries are Cracked Actor, a profile of David Bowie, and Rene Magritte, a graduate film by David Wheatley, 'Madonna: Behind the American dream', a film produced by Nadia Hagger, and a profile of the British film director Ridley Scott. For a season in 1982, the series was in a magazine format presented by Barry Norman. The series was replaced by 'Imagine' hosted by Alan Yentob.
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All You Need Is Love
Title: All You Need Is Love
Character: Self
Released: July 7, 1967
Type: Movie
Compilation of almost all The Beatles' music videos, with other television appearances and live performances.
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Our World
Title: Our World
Character: Self
Released: June 25, 1967
Type: Movie
Various international presentions are featured through satellite uplink.
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Monument
Title: Monument
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 17, 1967
Type: Movie
In the fall of 1967, intermedia artists Ture Sjölander and Lars Weck collaborated with Bengt Modin, video engineer of the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation in Stockholm, to produce an experimental program called Monument. It was broadcast in January, 1968, and subsequently has been seen throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States. Apart from the technical aspect of the project, their intention was to develop a widened consciousness of the communi - cative process inherent in visual images. They selected as source material the "monuments" of world culture— images of famous persons and paintings.
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Title: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Character: Self (uncredited)
Released: February 5, 1967
Type: TV
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is an American comedy and variety show hosted by the Smothers Brothers and initially airing on CBS from 1967 to 1969.
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El Rey en Londres
Title: El Rey en Londres
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 11, 1966
Type: Movie
The film shows as a documentary the trip to London of Palito Ortega and Graciela Borges
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Beatles - Tokyo, Japan 66
Title: Beatles - Tokyo, Japan 66
Character: Himself
Released: October 1, 1966
Type: Movie
01. Beatles arrive in Tokyo, Japan Airport/ Hotel/ Press Conference Off to the concerts EVENING CONCERT JUNE 30, 1966: 02. Rock'n'Roll Music 03. She's A Woman 04. If I Needed Someone 05. Day Tripper 06. Baby's In Black 07. I Feel Fine 08. Yesterday 09. I Wanna Be Your Man 10. Nowhere Man 11. Paperback Writer 12. I'm Down
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Die Beatles
Title: Die Beatles
Character: Self (as The Beatles)
Released: July 5, 1966
Type: Movie
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Reflections on Love
Title: Reflections on Love
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A dazzlingly mod yet oddly old-fashioned romantic view of heterosexual couples in the swinging youth scene of 1960s London.
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The Music of Lennon & McCartney
Title: The Music of Lennon & McCartney
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 16, 1965
Type: Movie
A 1965 British television special honouring the songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. It was produced by Granada Television and aired on that network on 16 December 1965 before receiving a national broadcast the following evening. The programme mainly consisted of other artists miming to their recordings of the songs. The Beatles performed Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out, and Peter Sellers delivered a comedic interpretation of A Hard Day's Night, in the style of stage actor Laurence Olivier's portrayal of Richard III.
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The Beatles: Live in Paris
Title: The Beatles: Live in Paris
Character: Self
Released: October 31, 1965
Type: Movie
The Beatles live at the Palais des Sports, Paris, June 20th 1965.
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Help!
Title: Help!
Character: George
Released: July 29, 1965
Type: Movie
An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off). On top of that, a pair of mad scientists, members of Scotland Yard, and a beautiful but dead-eyed assassin all have their own plans for the Fab Four.
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Doctor Who: The Chase
Title: Doctor Who: The Chase
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 26, 1965
Type: Movie
The Doctor and his companions are pursued through time and space by the Daleks on the desert planet Aridius and beyond.
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Pop Gear
Title: Pop Gear
Character: Self
Released: May 19, 1965
Type: Movie
A compilation of proto-music videos featuring leading British rock bands of the 60s, including The Animals, The Spencer Davis Group, and Herman's Hermits.
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The Beatles Unauthorized
Title: The Beatles Unauthorized
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
A one-of-a-kind compilation offering a fascinating, entertaining, and surprising look at the Fab Four with rare newsreel footage, candid and revealing interviews, and historic performances. Included are their first U.S. concert in Washington, D.C., never-before-seen highlights from the Hollywood Bowl, a rare uncensored interview filmed just before their very last concert, and live renditions of many hits.
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What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
Title: What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
Character: Self - The Beatles Member
Released: October 16, 1964
Type: Movie
New York, USA, February 1964. Five grueling days in the life of George, John, Paul and Ringo, the Fab Four, The Beatles: the hysterical fan reception at JFK airport; several press conferences; in their rooms at the Plaza Hotel; in the backstage at the Ed Sullivan Show; hanging out with the legendary DJ Murray the K; and the frantic return home.
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The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
Title: The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
Character: Self
Released: July 17, 1964
Type: Movie
Great compilation of unedited footage from the 1964 Holland visit. You've seen all of these, but not uncut like this.
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A Hard Day's Night
Title: A Hard Day's Night
Character: George
Released: July 7, 1964
Type: Movie
Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.
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The Beatles Sing for Shell
Title: The Beatles Sing for Shell
Character: Self
Released: July 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Cameras from the Australian Channel 9 recorded the sixth and final show of the Melbourne leg of The Beatles' world tour on 17 June 1964. It was screened on 1 July 1964 as an hour-long special, The Beatles Sing For Shell, named after the oil company which sponsored the broadcast. Nine of The Beatles' Melbourne performances were included in the show (the others edited out and discarded at the insistence of Beatles manager Brian Epstein): I Saw Her Standing There, You Can't Do That, All My Loving, She Loves You, Till There Was You, Roll Over Beethoven, Can't Buy Me Love, Twist And Shout and Long Tall Sally. The complete unedited concert (from an alternate audio feed) was also aired on Australian radio.
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The Beatles in Australia
Title: The Beatles in Australia
Character: Self
Released: June 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Documentary following the 1964 groundbreaking Beatles tour of Australia.
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Around the Beatles
Title: Around the Beatles
Character: Self
Released: May 6, 1964
Type: Movie
The show opens on an image of the Globe Theatre, with Ringo Starr unfurling a flag with the legend "Around The Beatles". The studio setting is arranged as a theater in the round, (hence the show's name) echoing the seating arrangement of the Globe. The opening act is a humorous rendition of the "play within a play", Pyramus and Thisbe (Act V, Scene I) from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, with Paul McCartney as Pyramus, John Lennon as his lover Thisbe, George Harrison as Moonshine, and Starr as Lion.
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The Beatles - Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964
Title: The Beatles - Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964
Character: Self
Released: March 14, 1964
Type: Movie
The Beatles’ first US concert was watched by a crowd of 8,092 fans at the Washington Coliseum in Washington, DC on 11 February 1964. Brian Epstein had allowed CBS to film the performance, which was shown by the National General Corporation in a telecast in US cinemas on 14 & 15 March. The performance has since been released on DVD and was available for download with the digital "Beatles Stereo Box Set" on iTunes.
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The Beatles: Live in Washington DC
Title: The Beatles: Live in Washington DC
Character: Self
Released: March 14, 1964
Type: Movie
The Beatles’ first US concert was watched by a crowd of 8,092 fans at the Washington Coliseum in Washington, DC. The band had traveled from New York to Washington, DC early in the day by rail, as an East Coast snowstorm had caused all flights to be cancelled. The Beatles took to the stage at 8.31pm, and performed 12 songs: ‘Roll Over Beethoven’, ‘From Me To You’, ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, ‘This Boy’, ‘All My Loving’, ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’, ‘Please Please Me’, ‘Till There Was You’, ‘She Loves You’, ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’, ‘Twist And Shout’ and ‘Long Tall Sally’.
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Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
Title: Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 12, 1964
Type: Movie
The American documentary makers - The Maysles Brothers, were given exclusive access to almost every minute of The Beatles first American visit. The first 3 days of film footage shot in New York was rushed over to Granada Television in London who quickly edited the footage for a TV special called "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York" which was broadcast on February 12, 1964 at 10:25pm. The majority of the footage in this UK special featured their arrival at JFK Airport; Arriving at their hotel room; Fans outside the Plaza Hotel; footage from inside their hotel room with Murray The K; Murray The K interviewing them on the phone from WINS radio station; Walking through Central Park for a photo session; Limo ride to CBC TV Studios; Ringo & Murray The K dancing at the Peppermint Lounge.
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Title: Top of the Pops
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: TV
The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.
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The Beatles Come to Town
Title: The Beatles Come to Town
Character: Self
Released: December 22, 1963
Type: Movie
Pathe News technicolor short showing The Beatles in concert at the ABC Cinema in Manchester, Lancashire on 11/20/63. This footage was incorporated into the 1965 Pathe feature "Pop Gear.”
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The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
Title: The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
Released: December 7, 1963
Type: Movie
On December 7th 1963, in the afternoon The Beatles played a concert at the Empire Theatre in Liverpool which was filmed for the BBC
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The Mersey Sound
Title: The Mersey Sound
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 1963
Type: Movie
This 1963 film packed with raw, archive footage and interviews is the story of the Mersey Sound. Fuelled by Beatlemania, this musical explosion changed the face of pop music forever. The Beatles, The Undertakers and Group One are filmed in a number of venues including The Iron Door and Southport’s Little Theatre.
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Title: The Morecambe & Wise Show
Character: Self
Released: October 12, 1961
Type: TV
The Morecambe & Wise Show is the third TV series by English comedy double-act Morecambe and Wise. It began airing in 1968 on BBC2, specifically because it was then the only channel broadcasting in colour, following the duo's move to the BBC from ATV, where they had made Two of a Kind since 1961. The series was popular enough to be moved to BBC1, with its Christmas specials garnering prime-time audiences in excess of 20 million, some of the largest in British television history. After their 1977 Christmas special, retaining its title, the show moved over to ITV.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self - Member of The Beatles
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Rock Gala Concert
Title: Rock Gala Concert
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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The Beatles are Coming
Title: The Beatles are Coming
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Beatlemania through the concert years: from The Cavern to Candlestick Park
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The Beatles  - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
Title: The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Good to excellent quality DVD collecting all available material from the Bravo Beatles Blitztournee in Germany 24 to 26.06.1966. Also on this DVD are Tracks from Cliff and the Rebell Rousers, The Rattles and Peter and Gordon, all from the Munich Concert.
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The Beatles - 1967-1970
Title: The Beatles - 1967-1970
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Collection of Beatles videos from 1967 to 1970: The Beatles were a British rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era.