Tuesday, October 23, 2012
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Now, how can anything Beatles have taken 45 years to reach the small screen? Hollywood Suite president and co-founder David Kines explains that the film's rocky launch in The U.K. probably derailed plans for immediate North American distribution.
Billed there as a Boxing Day present from The Beatles (it debuted on the BBC on Dec. 26, 1967), there was nothing remotely Christmas-y about the film. It basically showed the Fab Four taking a zany bus tour of rural England. The film was the brainchild of Paul McCartney and all four members of the group are billed as writers and directors.
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The version Hollywood vacation packages to new york city Suite will be showing Friday night, uncut and in true HD, is the same restored and remastered print just released on DVD. The Sony Movie Channel will also air a documentary vacation packages to new york city about the making of Magical Mystery Tour , complete with interviews with John Lennon (conducted in 1970), George Harrison (1993) and a recent interview with Paul McCartney. Martin Scorsese also weighs in on the film's influence, as does former Python vacation packages to new york city Terry Jones and fellow psychedelic survivor, Peter Fonda.
vacation packages to new york city Among the songs on Mystery vacation packages to new york city Tour are I Am The Walrus and The Fool on the Hill. The film is mainly worth watching for the musical moments, not so much for the story. vacation packages to new york city Late '67 was a fractious time for The Beatles, who seemed to drift apart after the death of manager Brian Epstein. If you're wondering what these dudes were smoking when they shot this film, well, you can practically smell it, man.
One other note: Victor Spinetti, who passed away earlier this year, is the only actor to appear with The Beatles in A Hard Day's Night, Help and Magical Mystery Tour . Look for him as a strutting military man.
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