VHS : The Compleat Beatles
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Rating:  - Excellent! Fun to revisit, and great intro to band
This was my intro to the band as a young teen in the 80's. It's a wonderful film and documentary, that really gives a full story of the band from beginning to end. Really get a glimpse into the personalities and the music's creative process. Good clips of interviews, and music performances/videos. Great choice of songs throughout, not just the hits (such as Tomorrow Never Knows, Why don't we do it in the road, Love you too, Day in the Life), even though they are usually shortened snippets. Small ... Read More
Rating: - a true gem - even if the recording and source quality is uneven
The Compleat Beatles is one of the most enjoyable films for repeat viewings. Malcolm McDowell's narration is the key element - his voice is both melodious and passionate. The film stock is uneven in quality - but that hardly matters. The audio quality throughout is exceptional on the 1991 HiFi stereo NTSC VHS which I recently bought second hand via Amazon (August 2007) - the cover boasts "digitally duplicated Videophonic Sound". I can't compare it to the analogue audio of my LaserDisc version because ... Read More
Rating: - A bit of a compact version of the Beatles' success story
Narrated by the great Malcolm McDowell, this is a must see documentary that manages to do a pretty great job of telling the band's story in just under two hours. As in any band bio, the beginnings are uplifting and exciting and then the break up is hard to watch but as in the Beatles' case, you feel that it's inevitable. The amazing thing that you get from this movie is that it all happened within such a short time. Required viewing for any young rock musician. Check out "The Rutles" immediately afterwards.
Rating: - Now THIS is a Beatles documentary!!
I LOVE this documentary! It was one of the first that I ever watched about The Beatles and it remains a treasure of my small VHS/DVD collection.
Credit was given where it was due and the influential were given a prominent role here (as it should be). There were interviews from Allan Williams (the boys' first manager), George Martin (who crafted and refined their sound for the masses), the late Derek Taylor (who would also show up in the autobiographical "Anthology" mega-documentary), Bill Harry ... Read More
Rating: - Best documentary at its time.
My mom introduced me to the Beatles at a ripe age of four, she was a big time Beatles fan, but I'm a bigger one, too bad I wasn't around in the 60's, I missed out on some good happenings. Anyways, we rented this video back in 1984 when it first came out, and I was hooked. Even before that, I loved the Beatles, and use to plug in the headphones and listen to their old records my mom had and this just added to my taste. You see my mom didn't have all their albums, but I ended up getting them all on vinyl before ... Read More
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