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What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A.

  • TV Movie
  • 19641964
  • 1h 21m
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7.2/10
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Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and The Beatles in What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A. (1964)
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A documentary following the Fab Four for five days in 1964. A humorous and freewheeling account of their first trip to America.A documentary following the Fab Four for five days in 1964. A humorous and freewheeling account of their first trip to America.A documentary following the Fab Four for five days in 1964. A humorous and freewheeling account of their first trip to America.
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7.2/10
125
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    • Albert Maysles
    • David Maysles
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    • John Lennon
    • Paul McCartney
    • George Harrison
    • Albert Maysles
    • David Maysles
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    • John Lennon
    • Paul McCartney
    • George Harrison
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      The film was not intended to be exclusively confined to TV broadcasts. During the time of production, the Mayles brothers where trying to transition away from TV broadcasts and get their films in theaters with a traditional theatrical release. Similar to what happened with their first film about Joseph Levine, it appears that the subjects of this film only granted them TV broadcast rights.
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    This documentary offers one of the only non-scripted glimpses of the young Beatles during one of their first visits to America. Filmed with the goal of capturing the Beatles "as they were" in the midst of media and fan mayhem, the Maysles brothers remind us that these Fab Four started out small, carefree and almost too-human.

    I had the rare opportunity to see this film during a lecture by Albert Maysles. Since the film was made just before the release of "Hard Days Night," that portrayal of the fictional Beatles sadly overwhelmed the distribution of this documentary. If your local library, film school or video store has a copy of this, grab it with haste.
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      • December 14, 1964 (United States)
      • United States
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