“So that’s very emotional and very special to see that again”.
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Howard, John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono, and George Harrison’s widow Olivia Harrison were among those at the star-filled screening, but the marquee guests were Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
As well as the Eight Days A Week film, which is in cinemas in both the United Kingdom and USA now, The Beatles released new live album “Live At The Hollywood Bowl” last Friday (September 9) and saw it debut at Number Three on today’s United Kingdom albums chart.
Liverpool will have the world premiere of the documentary earlier on Thursday evening, following a day of celebrations as the city remembers what is undoubtedly its greatest export.
“People love the Beatles”. Filmmaker Ron Howard delves into the raving touring years of the band as they traveled from Liverpool, England, across the globe in the new movie.
“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. Frantically rushing through the quartet’s prodigious output during these years, Eight Days a Week is best when it slows down, allowing a performance of, say, “I Feel Fine” to be heard and seen in full, rather than interrupting these soaring melodies so that Malcolm Gladwell can redundantly discuss “the emergence of teenage culture”. McCartney says the band knew it was time to stop touring, partly because fans screamed so loud the band couldn’t hear the music.
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“I think the basic thing about the Beatles is that we were a great little band”, he said.
