Beatles: The First U.S. Visit (1991)
Directed by Kathy Dougherty / Susan Froemke / Albert Maysles / David Maysles
Genres - Music |
Sub-Genres - Biography, Music History |
Run Time - 81 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis by Mark Deming
In February of 1964, Beatlemania began to spread to American shores with the first U.S. visit of John, Paul, George and Ringo to play a short American tour and make two appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. Noted documentary filmmakers David and Albert Maysles had the presence of mind to realize there was a story here, and they followed The Beatles with their cameras throughout their first American adventure, capturing the magic of their music and the glorious madness that was Beatlemania.
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band [music group], behind-the-scenes, British, concert-footage, concert-tours, fan [devotee], hysteria, on-the-road
