Beatles '64 director and producer on The Beatles and their rock and roll legacy

05 December, 2024 - 0 Comments


Unprecedented excitement and hysteria led thousands of fans to John F Kennedy International Airport in New York City on February 7, 1964, with placards and banners to welcome The Beatles and jumpstart their American invasion.

The rock band consisted of Sir Paul McCartney, 82, John Lennon, who died aged 40 from gunshot wounds, George Harrison, who died aged 58 following a battle with cancer, and 84-year-old Sir Richard Starkey – also known professionally as Ringo Starr – who all originated from Liverpool. “On that plane coming to the United States, they had no idea if anyone would be waiting for them, or the degree to which Capitol Records, writers and reporters did not want them to succeed. They wanted them to fail and worked against them,” says Beatles ‘64 director David Tedeschi, known for Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story By Martin Scorsese, Pretend It’s A City, and Vinyl.

“At Carnegie Hall – their second American concert – the establishment was appalled when they heard the rock and roll music these kids were playing in the hallowed halls and banned their promoter [Sid Bernstein].”

Beatles ‘64 is a new documentary on Disney+ produced by Academy Award-winning American filmmaker Martin Scorsese, 82, who directed Shutter Island and The Wolf Of Wall Street, and producer Margaret Bodde who has worked with Scorsese on Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese, and The 50 Year Argument.

It captures the electrifying moment of The Beatles’ first visit to America. It features never-seen-before footage of the band and their legion of young fans who helped fuel their ascendence. The Grammy, Academy Award – for Best Original Song Score for the 1970 documentary film Let It Be – and Ivor Novello Award-winning rock band, who were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in their first year of eligibility – 1988 – achieved record-breaking levels of critical and commercial success.

Source: Yolanthe Fawehinmi/yorkshirepost.co.uk

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