The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
The Beatles stormed through Europe's music scene in 1963, and, in 1964, they conquered America. Their groundbreaking world tours changed global youth culture forever and, arguably, invented mass entertainment as we know it today. All the while, the group were composing and recording a series of extraordinarily successful singles and albums. However the relentless pressure of such unprecedented fame, that in 1966 became uncontrollable turmoil, led to the decision to stop touring. In the ensuing years The Beatles were then free to focus on a series of albums that changed the face of recorded music.
Cast
Paul McCartney
as Self
Ringo Starr
as Self
John Lennon
as Self (Archive Footage)
George Harrison
as Self (Archive Footage)
Larry Kane
as Self
Whoopi Goldberg
as Self
Elvis Costello
as Self
Suzy Eddie Izzard
as Herself
Sigourney Weaver
as Self
Richard Lester
as Self
Reviews
CinemaSerf
It was often said that for people growing up in some of Britain's post-war industrial cities, the only way up/out was a career in music or boxing! Well these four men chose the former. What's astonishing with this documentary is just how much archive there still is, and at just how decent the qualit...
