Birth of the Beatles (1979)
Note: this print runs 94 minutes against a recorded 120 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Nigel Havers, Stephen MacKenna, Rod Culbertson, John Altman, Ray Ashcroft, David Nicholas Wilkinson, Richard Marner, Perry Benson
Directed by Richard Marquand
Birth of the Beatles is a 1979 American biographical film, produced by Dick Clark Productions and directed by Richard Marquand. It was shown as a TV film on ABC in the United States, and received a theatrical release in other countries. The film focuses on the early history of the Beatles. It was released nine years after the Beatles disbanded, and is the only biographical film about the band to be released while all four members were alive. Pete Best, the Beatles' original drummer, served as a technical advisor for the production.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.
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