The Walt Disney Studios med distribusjonsrettigheter til The Beatles: Get Back

The Walt Disney Studios har kjøpt distribusjonsrettigheter til Peter Jacksons dokumentar The Beatles: Get Back. Dokumentarfilmen kommer på kino 4. september.

Filmen viser samholdet og humoren i bandet under innspillingen av det legendariske albumet Let It Be samt deres siste konsert som The Beatles, den ikoniske tak-konserten på London’s Savile Row.

Konsernsjef i The Walt Disney Company, Robert A. Iger, annnonserte i dag nyheten: “No band has had the kind of impact on the world that The Beatles have had, and ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ is a front-row seat to the inner workings of these genius creators at a seminal moment in music history, with spectacularly restored footage that looks like it was shot yesterday. I’m a huge fan myself, so I could not be happier that Disney is able to share Peter Jackson’s stunning documentary with global audiences in September”.

The Beatles: Get Back presenteres av The Walt Disney Studios sammen med Apple Corps Ltd. og WingNut Films Productions Ltd. og er et samarbeid mellom The Beatles og den Oscar-vinnende filmskaperen Peter Jackson (Lord Of The Rings).

Filmen er satt sammen av over 55 timer med materiale som aldri før har vært vist filmet av Michael Lindsay-Hogg i 1969 og 140 timer med lydopptak som aldri før har vært hørt fra Let It Be studiosessions.

The Beatles: Get Back er regissert av Jackson og produsert av Jackson, Clare Olssen (They Shall Not Grow Old) og Jonathan Clyde, med Ken Kamins og Apple Corps 'Jeff Jones som administrerende produsenter.

Opptakene er restaurert i Park Road Post Production i Wellington, New Zealand, og er redigert av Jabez Olssen, som samarbeidet med Jackson på They Shall Not Grow Old.

Musikken er mikset av Giles Martin og Sam Okell i Abbey Road Studios i London.

Peter Jackson: “Working on this project has been a joyous discovery. I’ve been privileged to be a fly on the wall while the greatest band of all time works, plays and creates masterpieces. I’m thrilled that Disney have stepped up as our distributor. There’s no one better to have our movie seen by the greatest number of people”.

Paul McCartney: “I am really happy that Peter has delved into our archives to make a film that shows the truth about The Beatles recording together. The friendship and love between us comes over and reminds me of what a crazily beautiful time we had”.

Ringo Starr: “I’m really looking forward to this film. Peter is great and it was so cool looking at all this footage. There was hours and hours of us just laughing and playing music, not at all like the version that came out. There was a lot of joy and I think Peter will show that. I think this version will be a lot more peace and loving, like we really were”.