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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
The band you know. The story you don't.
Genres
DocumentaryMusic
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$5
Revenue
$12283800
Runtime
106 min
Release Date
2016-09-15
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
373
Vote Average
7.531
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Paul McCartney
Self
Ringo Starr
Self
John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
George Harrison
Self (archive footage)
Larry Kane
Self
Whoopi Goldberg
Self
Elvis Costello
Self
Eddie Izzard
Herself
Sigourney Weaver
Self
Richard Lester
Self
Kitty Oliver
Self
Howard Goodall
Self
Jon Savage
Self
Debbie Gendler
Self
Richard Curtis
Self
Malcolm Gladwell
Self
George Martin
Self (archive footage)
Neil Aspinall
Self (archive footage)
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