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Running time. 119 min. Language. English. The Compleat Beatles, released in 1982, [1] is a two-hour documentary chronicling the career of the Beatles. [2] Narrated by actor Malcolm McDowell, [1] it includes extensive interviews with a number of sources close to the Beatles.
- David Silver
- The Beatles
- Patrick Montgomery
- Patrick Montgomery, Stephanie Bennett
Jun 1, 2020 · The facts mostly hold up, as this film was created before historian Mark Lewisohn‘s landmark book _The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions_(1988), still the definitive work on their studio time. The film certainly moves faster than _The Beatles Anthology_.
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The Compleat Beatles: Directed by Patrick Montgomery. With Malcolm McDowell, Gerry Marsden, Allan Williams, Bill Harry. The history of the great British rock band.
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- Documentary, Music
- Patrick Montgomery
- 1982-10
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- Writer David Silver had a pitch-perfect understanding of the Beatles’ career arc — and importance in their time and beyond. “Poets of a generation, heroes of an era,” The Compleat Beatlesbegins, with Malcolm McDowell reciting Silver’s lines with Shakespearean gravity.
- Gerry Marsden was an ace witness to what the Beatles were doing. The leader of Gerry and the Pacemakers, perpetual Liverpudlian also-rans, Gerry Marsden was always broad-spirited when it came to talking about the band that so outpaced his own, but you don’t get to hear him very much on film.
- Early manager Allan Williams was quite the character. Williams liked his tall tales, and the Beatles basically screwed the guy over after he hooked them up with Hamburg and they jumped ship for Brian Epstein, but Williams clearly loved reminiscing about his relationship with the band, which would continue on for a while still.
- George Harrison‘s mom deserves serious props. The Compleat Beatlesdoes an excellent job of synthesizing how the Beatles came together in their pre-fame years (complete with an image of John Lennon’s report card decrying his “insolence”), with a clear, concise chronology, and valuable insight directed towards the subject of George Harrison and his mother.
Narrated by Malcom McDowell. 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”.
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