The Compleat Beatles
Seen it?1982 | 119 min | Documentary, Music
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for the curious. If you loved The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years or Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me, start here.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 59 min.
- What might put you off
- Nothing much for most grown-ups.
Now, for the first time, you can re-live the Beatles legends with this stunning 2-hour musical “Rockumentary”. It’s all there from the wild exuberance of the early Cavern Club days through eight incredible years, to the grim finality of “Let It Be”. See John, Paul, George and Ringo in performance, on tour, in films, recording with George Martin and in rare footage never before seen. Narrated by Malcom McDowell.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 12K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Patrick Montgomery
- Malcolm McDowellNarrator
- John LennonSelf (archive footage)
- Paul McCartneySelf (archive footage)
- George HarrisonSelf (archive footage)
- Ringo StarrSelf (archive footage)
- George MartinSelf
- Allan WilliamsSelf
- Gerry MarsdenSelf
- Marianne FaithfullSelf
- Billy PrestonSelf