Visit is a 1990 reedited version of renowned documentary filmmaking team albert and david maysles 1964 16mm documentary whats happening. What you see two of us what i see mclennon the movie. It documents their trip as they travel to new york city, washington, dc, and miami beach. The first us visit, and its a documentary about, well, the beatles first trip to america in february 1964. Visit is an archive footage documentary of the beatles first visit to america in february of 1964. In this ap photo, the beatles meet reporters at kennedy airport in new york city on february 7, 1964, after their arrival from london for their first american tour. I thought the movie was absolutely marvelous an inside joke to anyone who has seen the movie.
The beatles the first us visit dvd leeways home grown. The film also features their first concert at the washington coliseum and their three historic performances on the ed sullivan show including. This was documented in the exceptional film by the maysles brothers, the beatles first us visit. Visit an 80minute film released on dvd by mpi home video in 1998. The film of the frantic fortnight records the hysterical reaction to the beatles us debut in a documentary that was the reallife inspiration for the beatles movie a hard days night. The lost concert features the fab fours complete first american show and interviews about it with chuck berry, steven tyler, and the strokes. Terrific chronicle of the fab fours first appearances here in 1964, highlighted by their legendary performances on the ed sullivan show. The beatles 1964 first tour of the united states the. Gallery of 1 movie poster and cover image for the beatles. The maysles brothers were given extraordinary access to the beatles during their first trip to the u.
The beatles ed sullivan the beatles first united states visit occurred in february of 1964 and officially launched the british invasion into the united states. The first solo beatles albums was released in november 1968 wonderwall music by george harrison, which was music for the film wonderwall. Any fan of richard lesters a hard days night wont want to miss the documentary the beatles. Besides filming the performances, they also taped footage of the beatles attending press conferences and photo shoots, as well as goofing around in their hotel rooms.
Two of us complete movie 2000 john lennon paul mccartney. The pioneering maysles brothers who filmed at the shoulders of john, paul, george and ringo, innovated an intimate documentary style of film making which set the benchmark for rock and roll cinematography that remains to this day. Visit is a reedited version of renowned documentary film making team albert and david maysles documentary,whats happening. This behindthescenes documentary captures the moment when pop culture took over not only america, but the world. The siblings filmed them off guard and off duty, in nightclubs, at photo shoots, press conferences, in limos and on trains. M, 73 million americans saw john paul, george and ringo play. Live at the washington coliseum, 1964 concert film will stream on.
Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. The pioneering maysles brothers who filmed at the shoulders of john, paul, george and ringo, innovated an intimate documentary style of film making which set the. It was filmed by renowned documentary filmmaking team albert and david maysles, and documents the beatles u. Historic look at the beatles 1st visit to the united states. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Everything great about the beatles first us visit duration. The beatles first us visit uniquely chronicles the inside story of the two remarkable weeks when beatlemania first ignited america.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Visit an apple film 1991 this film will really get you back to the spirit of beatlemania and the early 60s. The making of the beatles first us visit documentary youtube. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
Neil aspinall, ron furmanek, susan froemke, william dever. It documents the beatles us trip as they travel to new york city, washington, d. The making of the beatles first us visit documentary duration. It was filmed by albert and david maysles, who for some obscure reason, were granted unlimited access to the first tour. The beatles first us visit chronicles the remarkable two weeks in february 1964 that began americas stillenduring love affair with the group. In a little over two weeks, the mopped topped quartet transplanted beatlemania from across the atlantic ocean to the u. Like hard days night, which came out later that year, this film also known as whats happening. This film is basically a cameraman and sound man following the beatles around during their first visit to america. Theres no narration, no interviews, no prepackaged concert footage, just a flyonthewall view of the fab four during the days when being famous was still new and exciting for them. The beatles new concert film feature complete us tour the beatles. Visit is, behind the compleat beatles and their selfproduced anthology, the most entertaining and revealing about this musical group of four doing what they were born to do, on the way to the crest of their musical creativity. This documentary was produced by albert and david maysles. This dvd release of the polished maysles brothers documentary the first u.
The beatles first movie was a hard days night, released in july 1964. This is a great documentary as the press were in the hotel rooms at all times during the day, with the beatles on a train to washington, then in florida and back to new york to fly on to the uk. Footage of the beatles often acting irreverently in front of the camera in hotel rooms makes up the majority of the nonmusical portion of the film. Imagine the beatles first us visit and tour of america, landing in new york and seeing hundreds of fans in the airport to greet you. Visit is from an entirely different time and arguably a different country, when the united states was still mourning the loss of kennedy and happened to be in dire need of positive entertainment, and they found it in the beatles. Well, some never seen material from the early days of beatlemania has been included in a great looking new documentary coming to americas hulu on demand service as well s movie theaters around the world a documentary that looks at their first tour of america. This entertaining doc follows the fab four as they embark on their first tour of the u. The film of the frantic fortnight records the hysterical reaction to the beatles us debut in a documentary that was the reallife. Visually, footage of the beatles latter years would seem to hold more interesting content than footage from 1964. Back stage, en route via train, or in front of swarming fans and press, john, paul, george, and ringo impress as much for their sharp wit, goofy charm, and inexhaustible good humor as they do for their musical talent. Maysles brothers documentary covering the first arrival of beatlemania in the u. When we went out on the first trip to america, it was the novelty of conquering america. Their name is never mentioned at any point in the movie, but it appears in lights during the finale. The beatles make their first visit to the united states, and beatlemania begins.
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