Howard’s film manages the neat trick of bringing the pop-cultural gods known as Ringo, Paul, John and George down to human scale.
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The film, which has the backing of John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono, and Olivia Harrison, widow of George, features footage showing how the four-piece worked together to become the most successful band the world has seen.
For those who were children when “Beatlemania” exploded in the United States, Ron Howard’s “The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years” is like the baby boomers’ “Amy”. But now it can be told: the only reason Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr approved the project is because they were fans of Howard’s old TV shows.
The two surviving Beatles reunited on a blue carpet last night for the premiere of a documentary charting their miraculous touring years.
McCartney’s fashion designer daughter, Stella, was also there along with her husband Alasdhair Wallis, completing a historical evening.
Notable music A-listers attending the celebration include Madonna, Michael Keaton, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Liam Gallagher. “After two years of working with it, I’m a little sad to let it go”.
“In the cinema, we’re actually going to hear ourselves for the first time”.
“We did Candlestick Park and it was OK, a lot of screaming and we didn’t enjoy the gig and we were just hustled into this meat wagon which was just like a chrome box and we are all just sliding around looking at each other thinking “bloody hell”, he told BBC’s “The One Show” on Wednesday.
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With the film hitting the theaters to rapturous audiences reliving their love for their favorite musical act, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr – as representatives of the Fab Four from Liverpool – have once again made headlines.
