![]() ![]() Especially considering the five official film releases and the various acting and film composition projects by the individual Beatles. You might be surprised by the numerous “rejected” film projects that the Beatles pondered. Ringo, the Beatle given the best reviews for his acting ability, appeared in the films “Candy”, “The Magic Christian” and “Blindman”. George supplied the music for the feature film “Wonderwall” in 1967. Also in 1966 Paul composed music for the film “The Family Way”. In 1966, John appeared in Dick Lester's film “How I Won The War”. In addition to the official Beatles films, each member participated in individual film projects, with two Beatles pursuing acting and the other two composing soundtracks. However, it is the one Beatles’ film which won an Academy Award (Best Score Academy Award in 1970). It was originally planned as a TV documentary, until they realized that this would satisfy the terms of their three-picture deal. The last feature film portraying the Beatles was “Let It Be”, a depressing film which pretty much documented the disintegration of the Beatles. ![]() And of course the group was thrilled by the success of the film, which they had originally viewed with disdain, only giving “Yellow Sub” some of their “throwaway” songs (supposedly, the joke amongst the group was, “it’s good enough for ‘Yellow Submarine’”). Although the voices of the Beatles were portrayed by actors, the group did make a short live appearance at the end of the film. Work on “Yellow Submarine” was finally resumed, with minimal involvement from the Beatles themselves. First shown in black and white, the hour-long psychedelic-home-movie baffled the largely conservative TV audience, while giving critics the “much-needed” ammunition to try and deflate the ego of the Beatles. The Beatles concentrated on “Magical Mystery Tour”, which debuted on the BBC on Boxing Day in 1967. The death of Brian Epstein temporarily put “Yellow Submarine” on the backburner and pretty much was the nail-in-the-coffin in the serious search for a third film. ![]() In 1967 Brian Epstein negotiated “Yellow Submarine”, an animated picture that the Beatles agreed to do, mistakenly thinking that this would satisfy the third picture of their contract. Remember, the search for this third film fell during the final touring years of the Fab Four, when the band was ready to shed the lovable moptop image that had been portrayed in the first two films. Finding a third film that could be agreed on by all four Beatles had become difficult. Right: The three Beatles movies, not counting "Magical Mystery Tour" (TV movie) and "Yellow Submarine" (animated)ĭuring the time period that the Beatles were a functioning band, they only had five officially released film projects: "A Hard Day's Night," "HELP," "Magical Mystery Tour", "Yellow Submarine" and "Let It Be."Ī Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965) were the first two of a three-picture deal that the group had entered with United Artists. ![]()
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