Awesome some amazing information a new footage. A must see for the every day beatle head.

Whilst not a huge (or even a little) Beatles fan, I enjoyed this documentary more than I thought I would. The behind the scenes and concert footage are great, but what fascinated me more were the thousands of swooning fans at every concert and the frenzied fandom that was out of control. Remarkable and scary.

You could put literally any footage of The Beatles walking through an airport in the 60s and I’d be locked in like it’s Heat. Just four little guys getting increasingly sick of being worshipped. Unbelievable stuff. Lots of footage I hadn’t seen before (that Shea Stadium bit insane), but even the stuff I had felt new when threaded through the right little jokes or cutaways. Loved the bit about refusing to play segregated shows. Didn’t know that! Incredibly cool. Loved Paul going full “we were just lads having a laugh” while George clearly hated it the whole time. You do kind of wish it spent more time on the weird stuff — the burnout, the breakdowns, the post-touring implosion, but fair enough: that’s a different film. This one’s about the mania, the speed, the sheer momentum of it all. Ron Howard clearly loves the lads (and that’s fine! We all do!) and he’s not trying to dig up dirt or Make A Statement. Just a lovely 90 mins or so of Beatlemania with some real gems sprinkled in