'The Beatles: Get Back': How Peter Jackson Found 60 Hours of Unseen Fab Four Footage

The ”Lord of the Rings“ director spun a meeting with The Beatles’ business managers into a documentary pitch

The Beatles: Get Back” director Peter Jackson’s gargantuan feat of compiling 60 hours of never-before-seen footage of the Fab Four’s “Let It Be” recording sessions — as well as new interviews with Paul McCartney and others who were at the scene 52 years ago — actually began as a different project altogether.

In an interview with The Guardian last week, Jackson said he was sought out by Apple Corps – the company which has handled The Beatles’ business affairs since 1968 – because of his interest in virtual and augmented reality technology. There may have been a plan to create an interactive museum experience at some point.

Source: Harper Lambert/thewrap.com

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