The Beatles: Get Back (2021)

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The three-part documentary series, compiled from over 60 hours of unseen footage, captures the warmth, camaraderie, and creative genius that defined the legacy of music's most iconic foursome. The series also includes – for the first time in its entirety – The Beatles' final performance at London's Savile Row.

Created by: Peter Jackson

Starring: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr

Genre: Documentary

Released: 2021-11-25

Seasons: 1

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The Beatles: Get Back (2021): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• Sixty hours of film footage, shot in January 1969, and over 150 hours of audio stemming from the original Let It Be film were made available to Jackson's team.
• It covers the making of the Beatles' 1970 album Let It Be (which had the working title of Get Back) and draws largely from footage and audio originally captured for the 1970 documentary of the album directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg.
• The book was initially scheduled for 31 August 2021 to coincide with the initial August release of the documentary, but was ultimately released on 12 October, ahead of the documentary.
• On 30 January 2022, The Rooftop Concert premiered in limited theatrical release in 67 theatres, grossing $391,252 at the box office.
• The docuseries has a total runtime of nearly eight hours, consisting of three episodes, each of duration between two and three hours covering about one week each, together covering 21 days of studio time.
• Jackson considers it a supplement to the original 1970 documentary and not a replacement.
• The neural network was called MAL (machine-assisted learning), named after the Beatles' former road manager Mal Evans, and as a pun to HAL 9000 of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
• While visiting Apple Corps to discuss working on a potential Beatles exhibition featuring augmented or virtual reality, Peter Jackson asked Apple about the archival footage for the 1970 documentary of the album, which he was allowed access to for a potential new documentary.

Source: Wikipedia

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