A documentary chronicling the Beatles' rehearsal sessions in January 1969 for their proposed "back to basics" album, "Get Back," later re-envisioned and released as "Let It Be."
Cinematography
Gritty 16mm footage that feels illegally intimate.
Sound
Raw, unpolished rehearsals — mistakes and breakthroughs included.
Direction
Lindsay-Hogg captures a band imploding with uncomfortable closeness.
Director
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
John Lennon
Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
Paul McCartney
Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
George Harrison
Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
Ringo Starr
Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
Billy Preston
Self (uncredited)
George Martin
Self (uncredited)
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Self (uncredited)
Geoff Emerick
Self (uncredited)
Mal Evans
Self (uncredited)
Yoko Ono
Self (uncredited)
Linda McCartney
Self (uncredited)
Maureen Starkey
Self (uncredited)
Derek Taylor
Self (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The original cut was meant to include a full concert film; instead, we got 81 minutes of a band dying.
Paul McCartney hated this film so much he financed Peter Jackson's 'Get Back' trilogy as corrective propaganda — and it worked.
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The documentary that earned the Beatles their only Oscar to date.
@Jonathanest.90s 264
Fantastic to finally have both this version AND Get Back available. Essential viewing for any fan. 🎸 🥁 🎹 🎤
@YouCantUnhearThis 94
George getting electrocuted from the mic will never get old.
@yonishafrir 30
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