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He has spent the last three years excavating, restoring and assembling archives that had not yet come out of their closet. Peter Jackson will unveil his never-before-seen Beatles documentary over Thanksgiving weekend in the United States, as a gift of thanks to fans of British rockers for their patience.
Scheduled for a theatrical release, The Beatles : Get Back will finally land on Disney + in the form of a mini-series of three episodes of two hours each. Six hours of original content that will only be visible from November 25 to 26 on the platform.
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The Beatles : Get Back set off again in 1969 when John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were preparing their first concert for more than two years. Performed on January 30 of this year from a rooftop in London, it will be the very last of British music’s most iconic group. An ultimate show which will be broadcast for the first time in its entirety in the documentary by Peter Jackson. 43 minutes of uninterrupted hits that will end up on the album “Let it be”, according to Vanity Fair which speaks of a “providential manna for the fans”. First excerpts from the rehearsal sessions, unveiled in December, were already very popular.
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To make his documentary, Peter Jackson drew on the rushes of the film Let it be shot in January 1969 by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. A big fan of the Beatles, the New Zealand filmmaker explains that he “laugh, laugh and laugh again” while viewing nearly 60 hours of previously unseen footage. “It is the epic of a group of friends, but also that of those who compose it. It is the conjunction of human frailties and a partnership unparalleled in the history of music. is also the detailed account of the creative process, of the elaboration of iconic songs under extreme pressure, in the social climate of the beginning of 1969. There is nothing nostalgic about these images: it is raw, strong, honest and deeply human “, he assures in a press release. Promising spectators to “discover the Beatles like you’ve never seen them”.
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