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  • Actors: The Beatles, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: German, English, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: EMI
  • DVD Release Date: 9 Feb 2004
  • Run Time: 81 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00018TINQ
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 16,423 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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    #17 in  DVD > Music > Artists & Bands > Beatles, The
    #64 in  DVD > Music > Rock > Classic & Prog Rock
    #95 in  DVD > Music > Pop & Dance > Adult Pop

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Synopsis
A day-by-day look at The Beatles' first tour in the USA, beginning with their arrival on February 7, 1964. Featured is off-stage footage of the four band members on the road and in their hotel rooms as they sample American culture and clown around. Included is never-before-seen coverage of their activities in New York, Washington D.C., and Miami shot by the Maysles Brothers (the masterminds behind the pioneering Rolling Stones documentary GIMME SHELTER). THE FIRST U.S. VISIT also includes three of the Beatles' unforgettable performances on the Ed Sullivan Show--preserved intact.

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40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It was fourty years ago today .........!!!, 1 Mar 2004
By Siriam (London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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At the risk of showing my age, if you really want a nostalgic whiff of Beatlemania that depicts what it was really like at the time then this will beat hands down all the other contenders (yes I accept the full Anthology set will satisfy the historic completist but this is the brief time snapshot that is worth it's weight in gold in showing their initial impact and why the Beatles meant so much to so many people in the mid-1960s).

Given the paucity of few UK complete visual recordings (e.g. no London Palladium or Royal Variety Show tapes kept)or UK documentaries, we must be forever grateful to whoever at UK Granada TV had the great insight to guess that in hitting the US for just over one week with the platform of the Ed Sullivan shows (NY and Miami)and an intervening live show in Washington DC would deliver a unique artefact of Beatlemania. On top of that to then decide to use the Maysles Brothers with their "hands on" cinema verite style to make these historic recordings was a truly inspired choice (proven yet again in their later "Gimme Shelter" documentary of the Rolling Stones in the late 1960s).

While the recordings of certain parts of this DVD may be topped in quality elsewhere in other recent releases, having seen this documentary several times in torrid "old TV" tapes format across the 1980s in UK cinemas this DVD is a very good quality version given access to the original tapes. The additional footage of deleted scenes plus Albert Maysle commenting on what it was like really like in making the film, underlines that this is an amazing record with a level of access to the Beatles that was never repeated plus captures beautifully how fully they conquered the USA in 1964, without realising at the time what they had achieved.

Interesting other observations having watched the DVD several times are how much all four Beatles were in strong personal empathy ( especially Ringo as the lynchpin of a lot of their dry humour which so enraptured them to the Americans and against the backdrop of the prior sacking of Pete Best)plus the growing absence of Lennon (based on the film footage shown here)who seems already to have started to inhabit his own space.

A priceless visual documentary record!

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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A fly on the wall account of Beatlemania US style!, 10 Feb 2004
By Mr. Neil R. J. Saint "FrenchSpurs" (France) - See all my reviews
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An interesting historical documentary showing that the Beatles in reality were very close to the personalities "given to them" by directer Dick Lester in a Hard Days Night - John (aloof, cocky and cool)Paul (pretty, clever and a little full of himself) George (the baby, wide eyed and innocent) and Ringo (charming,jokey and happy to be along for the ride).

Included are their first 3 performances on Ed Sullivan - 70 million for their first show!!!! I'm A Celebrity eat your heart out!! - and the Washington Coloseum show where the Beatles themselves had to keep constructing their own podium so that all sides of the audience could see them. The footage of this show is average to say the least! Included is a 50 minute "Making Of" extra where the director outlines how the documentary was made and there is also his commentary throughout the main film.

Although good I can't imagine it would interest anyone other than Beatle completists or contemporary historians. I certainly wouldn't buy it if you have the Anthology VHS/DVD and the recent Ed Sullivan DVD as you'll have the bulk of it already.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Essential!, 25 April 2008
By Jokerman (Sweden) - See all my reviews
It is said that the Beatles were quite shocked when they first saw Bob Dylan's "Don't Look Back", as they had expected it to be something like A Hard Days Night, rather than a true, naked and revealing documentary.

This DVD is in many ways the Don't Look Back-version of A Hard days night. Of course, the most private details are not here, but it probably comes very close to actually documenting the Beatles' on tour from the inside (for the first, and perhaps only time).
Very much like Michael Brauns "Love me do"-book (for those who remember that).

As the original film was marginalized by A Hard Days Night (there has been much said about this), the DVD release should give the makers the credit they deserve.

Essential Beatles stuff!


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