Beatles – The Compleat Beatles

This was the best Beatles documentary prior to the Anthology series.  Many still consider this to be the definitive Beatles documentary.

The Compleat Beatles, released in 1982, is a two hour documentary, chroncling the career of the Beatles. Narrated by Malcolm McDowell, it includes extensive interviews with a number of sources close to the Beatles.  Some of the poeple interview are George Marin, Alan Williams, Bob Wooler, Bill Harry, Gerry Marsden, Billy J. Kramer, Marianne Faithful, Billy Preston, and Tony Sheridan.  It also includes archival footage of interviews with members of The Beatles and their manager Brian Epstein.  The film also includes early concert footage, behind-the-scenes background on the making of their albums, and candid footage of their often obsessed, hysterical fans.  Directed by Patrick Montgomery, the film was released in 1984, and released on home video and laser disc.  This comes from the 2nd edition REMASTERED laserdisc.

Includes:
Prologue
Main Titles – Rock And Roll Music
I Should Have Known Better
Rock’N Roll Roots, Skiffle “Jack O’Diamonds”
John Lennon
Paul McCartney; the first years together
“Venus” – Liverpool Rock
George Harrison; Stue Sutcliffe
Name changes

The first gigs; Hamburg
Bigger gigs; The Cavern – “Hippy, Hippy Shake”
“My Bonnie” – Stu abdicates
Brian Epstein
George Marin; exit Pete Best
Ringto Star

“Please, Please Me” – Recording the first LP
“She Love’s You” – The fans
The Royal Command Performance – “Twist And Shout”
The second album
The Beatles land in America
The Ed Sullivan Show – “All My Love”
Concert debut – “I Want To Hold Your Hand”
“From Me To You”
“A Hard Day’s Night”
First world tour – “I Saw Her Standing There”
The fans; A sprout of a new generation
“I’m Loser” – A healthy competition
“Things We Said Today” – “Ticket To Ride”
“Help!”
“Yesterday”
“Norwegian Wood” – “Nowhere Man” – Rubber Soul
“If A Needed Someone” – Beatlemania goes sour
“Eleanor Rigby” – John experiments with drugs
A new album “Strawberry Fields Forever”
Piccolo trumpet – “Penny Lane”
Splicing together – “Mr. Kite”
“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
“Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”
“All You Need Is Love”
The Maharishi; Brian dies
“Magical Mystery Tour”
“Hello Goodbye” – Adios Maharishi
“Yellow Submarine”
“Hey Jude”
“Mother Nature’s Song” – “Glass Onion”
Yoko Ono – “Revolution 9”
The White Album
Making Let It Be; Billy Preston – “Get Back”
“I’ve Got A Feeling” – Internal strife
The Abbey Road album
The Pull Of Domenstic Life; The decline of Apple
The Beatles… were no more
“Let It Be” – is released – Let It Be
Epilogue / End Credits – “Blackbird”

Video Quality:  Excellent quality, about a 9.0, using our website Quality Rating Table.

Running Length:  120 minutes.

Disc Format:  1 NTSC Blu-Ray BD-R disc.