The Beatles Anthology (1995– )

An autobiographical documentary of the greatest of the rock bands.

Stars:

Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Paul McCartney	...	Himself (6 episodes, 1995)
George Harrison	...	Himself (6 episodes, 1995)
Ringo Starr	...	Himself (6 episodes, 1995)
Neil Aspinall	...	Himself (6 episodes, 1995)
George Martin	...	Himself (5 episodes, 1995)
Derek Taylor	...	Himself (4 episodes, 1995)

Storyline

This series is a documentary on the life and times of the Beatles. It features clips from many of their songs as well as in-depth descriptions of their songs, tours, and lives.

---

Plot Keywords:

song | the beatles | tour | england | rock musician | 

---

Genres:

Documentary | Music

---

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English French

Release Date:

19 November 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Beatles Story

Filming Locations:

Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Apple Corps, Capitol Records, Granada Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

600 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Black and White Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The idea for this retrospective first came up in 1970. Apple Crops collected as much archive footage of the band as they could from around the world. Neil Aspinall then assembled a 90 minute documentary tentatively titled "The Long and Winding Road". Plains for the completion lay dormant however until 1980 when all four of the former members of the Beatles agreed to a television special which was to have featured a mini-concert at its conclusion. The project was to have been broadcasted sometime in the early 80's. However these plains where interrupted when John Lennon was murdered on December 8, 1980.

---

Quotes

George Harrison: [on The Beatles' second visit to Shea Stadium] Yeah, okay I don't remember ever going there twice...

---

Connections

Features Frost on Sunday (1968)

---

Soundtracks

"Because"
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Performed by The Beatles

User Reviews

Still the best

Someone had to make this mini-series, and who would be better than the Beatles themselves ? For instance, who could tell with more believability that George didn't like the album Sgt. Pepper that much than George himself ? In this sense this anthology is very important, because all the information comes directly from the Beatles themselves. This DVD set contains additional comments by Niel Aspenall, and George Martin that's never been seen elsewhere which reveals the back stories about the production of Beatles' music, their earlier days on the road etc. Watch this anthology with video "The Compleat Beatles", "Making of A Hard Days Night" and "The making of Sgt. Pepper" (broadcasted, but unreleased in video) you should get pretty much the whole picture of the Beatles.

If I had one complaint about this DVD set, it's that the music is recorded so much louder than the voice track, and is difficult to find the right volume level to listen to. But of all the Beatles documentary videos that are out there, this one still is the best.