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Jun. 30, 2009 12:40 PM ET (AP)
Actors: The Beatles
Synopsis: The Beatles Explosion documents the explosion of Beatlemania. The program utilizes archival footage in order to show how John, Paul, George, and Ringo became the biggest celebrities in the world. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Donovan, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Mickie Most
Synopsis: Beatles: The Journey utilizes archival footage of the Fab Four from their rise to fame, through their dominance of popular culture in the sixties, to their solo careers and untimely deaths. The film is accompanied by a CD featuring interviews with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Read More
Synopsis: While most music fans know that the Beatles cut their teeth as a live act with a residency at a rough-and-tumble nightspot in Hamburg, Germany, called The Star Club, fewer people are aware that the group also made their earliest studio recordings during their German sojourn. Tony Sheridan, a Read More
Synopsis: The Beatles: Big Beat Box takes a look back at the early days and subsequent rise of the fab four, through documentary footage and old news interviews with the Beatles themselves. The non-musical program offers a rich historical collage of images and live action from their 1964 blockbuster Read More
Actors: Ed Sullivan
Synopsis: The Ed Sullivan Show was the definitive variety show on television for over two decades. This compilation is comprised of a series of musical performances by some of the greatest names in rock history including a half-dozen appearances by Elvis Presley as well as songs by The Beatles, Sly & the Read More
Crew: Featured Music
Actors: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Wilfrid Brambell
Synopsis: During the first worldwide flush of Beatlemania in 1964, United Artists wanted to ship out a movie with The Beatles before their vogue was over. Working within a tight $500,000 budget, director Richard Lester turned out A Hard Day's Night in a fast 6 1/2 weeks; the picture was in the theatres Read More
Synopsis: Hosted by standup comedian David Steinberg, ABC television's Music Scene was a unique, eclectic, and never-equaled program that the network canceled after scarcely half a season. It aired prime time on Tuesday nights and ran an unusual slot-time of 45 minutes (paired with Aaron Spelling's Read More
Synopsis: Arguably more than any other program of its kind, The Ed Sullivan Show played a pivotal role in propelling fledgling bands and solo artists into superstardom. This production includes a wide variety of then unknown, now legendary American and English musicians performing exclusively for the show. Read More
Synopsis: For decades, The Ed Sullivan Show was the place to catch all of the hottest acts in pop music. This retrospective from Good Times Entertainment is hosted by Michelle Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas and includes a numbers of classic performances, such as the Jackson 5 doing "I Want You Back," Bill Haley & His Comets Read More
Synopsis: Thrill to the sounds of the final concert for the Beatles in San Francisco's Candlestick Park on August 29, 1966 along with coverage of concert preparation and aftermath. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: In February of 1964, Beatlemania began to spread to American shores with the first U.S. visit of John, Paul, George and Ringo to play a short American tour and make two appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. Noted documentary filmmakers David and Albert Maysles had the presence of mind to realize Read More
Synopsis: Fun With the Fab Four features rare footage of those moppy-headed superstars from Liverpool, the Beatles. The video, which details the band's plunge into international fame, compiles hysterical crowds, press conferences, interviews, TV clips, newsreel footage, and more. Appropriate for the Read More
Synopsis: Trying to put the 1960s into a documentary is difficult at best, but this video depicts the '60s through the music of the Beatles and through news milestones like the Vietnam War and Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: This musical video is a compilation of Beatles performances on the TV show "Ready Steady Go." Songs performed include "Twist and Shout", "Roll Over Beethoven." The Japanese import has the complete episode. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Crew: Composer (Music Score)
Actors: Etienne Guichard, Régis Bouquet, Francesco de Rosa, Arnault Lecarpentier, Liliane Delval
Synopsis: A unique look at the history of 20th century France as illustrated in popular culture, Le Bal is set in a Parisian dance hall and features no narrative, no dialogue, and no continuous characters. The film moves from one dance number to the next, as the music reflects the political and cultural Read More
Actors: Gerry Marsden
Synopsis: In a careful, step-by-step manner, this documentary traces the lives and careers of the Beatles from childhood to breakup. The post-Beatle lives of John, Paul, George and Ringo are gingerly touched upon in the film's closing sequences, with emphasis given the senseless 1980 murder of John Lennon. Read More
Actors: Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Marc McClure, Susan Kendall Newman, Theresa Saldana
Synopsis: The time is 1964, and the Beatles, already a hugely popular group, are about to go on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time, an appearance that launched them into a worldwide phenomenon. Already, girls are fainting during their concerts from sheer excitement at being in the same theater with Read More
Actors: Peter Frampton, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Frankie Howerd
Synopsis: Pop star Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees star in this musical, loosely based on the popular 1967 Beatles album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. In the story, Billy Shears, who now heads the Lonely Hearts Club Band, is the grandson of the famous Sergeant Pepper. He is confronted by the Read More
Actors: The Beatles, Yoko Ono, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Billy Preston, George Martin, Linda McCartney, Mal Evans, Heather McCartney
Synopsis: The dissolution of the Fab Four is captured on camera in Michael Lindsay-Hogg's documentary, a filmed record of the sessions for what would become the Beatles' final release, Let It Be. ({^Abbey Road}, cut shortly after these sessions, was in fact the group's final recording, but it was released a Read More
Synopsis: Yellow Submarine is an animated meandering journey filled with puns and dry British humor, where psychedelic music videos take precedent over any linear story. What little there is of a plot, however, concerns a vibrantly colored place called Pepperland that resembles the album cover for {^Sgt. Read More
Synopsis: After the success of the Sgt. Peppers LP, the Beatles decided to hire a psychedelic bus, take a trip into the English countryside, and film the results, no matter how bizarre or boring. With a motley cast of characters, the group basically tramps about the landscape with occasional music cues to Read More
Synopsis: This documentary, filmed in Tokyo Japan, chronicles The Beatle's final tour. Songs performed include "Yesterday," "Paperback Writer," "Day Tripper" and more. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien, Robert Marsden
Synopsis: In the first episode of the six-part story "The Chase," the Doctor (William Hartnell) decides to experiment with the space-time visualizer which he had obtained in the previous adventure "The Space Museum." In so doing, the Doctor makes a horrifying discovery: The dreaded mutant Daleks have Read More
Actors: Ed Sullivan, The Beatles
Crew: Musical Performer
Actors: The Beatles, Leo McKern
Synopsis: In their second feature with director Richard Lester, who oversaw the massive hit A Hard Day's Night, the Beatles again aim for a mix of goofy comedy and sterling pop music. There is slightly more of a plot this time, though it is a patently ridiculous one: a sacred ruby ring comes into Ringo's Read More
Actors: The Beatles, Matt Munro, The Animals
Synopsis: This 70-minute music documentary from 1965 shows the top bands on the British rock scene. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Ed Sullivan, The Beatles, Cab Calloway
Synopsis: Beatles: The Blue Album 1967-1970 features a number of music journalists and professional music business people who discuss the importance of the album that collected many of the great Beatle songs from the second half of their recording career. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: During the 1960's and 1970's, an influx of British pop music flooded American air waves in a surge of popularity that would come to be known as the British Invasion. This program features performances by a number of prominent British Invasion bands such as the Rolling Stones performing Not Fade Read More
Synopsis: The Beatles were the most popular and influential rock & roll bands of their day, and few were better documented during their years together. The Beatles: On the Road includes little-seen highlights from the group's press conferences, newsreel footage of their 1966 visit to Japan, promotional Read More
Synopsis: The Beatles were inarguably the most popular rock & roll group of all time, but that's hardly the beginning an end of their story -- their impact on our culture went beyond music to politics, fashion, spirituality, and the way an entire generation looked at themselves and the world around them. Read More
Synopsis: In 1964, Beatlemania was sweeping the globe and Australia was hardly immune to this contagion, so when the Fab Four headed to Australia and New Zealand for a concert tour in June of that year, the Aussie news media was on hand to record the proceedings. The Beatles: Down Under features interviews Read More
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