The Beatles: Get Back

The Beatles: Get Back
Promotional release poster
GenreMusic documentary
Directed byPeter Jackson
Starring
Music by
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • New Zealand
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes3
Production
Executive producers
  • Jeff Jones
  • Ken Kamins
Producers
EditorJabez Olssen
Running time
  • 157 minutes (part 1)
  • 173 minutes (part 2)
  • 138 minutes (part 3)
  • 468 minutes (total)[1]
Production companies
Original release
NetworkDisney+
Release25 November (2021-11-25) –
27 November 2021 (2021-11-27)
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The Beatles: Get Back is a documentary television series directed and produced by Peter Jackson. It covers the making of the Beatles' 1970 album Let It Be (which had the working title of Get Back) and draws largely from unused footage and audio material originally captured for and recycled original footage from the 1970 documentary of the album by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. The docuseries has a total runtime of nearly eight hours, consisting of three episodes, each of duration between two and three hours covering about one week each, together covering 21 days of studio time.

Also co-produced by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison, the series is presented by Walt Disney Studios in association with Apple Corps and WingNut Films.[2] It premiered with three consecutive daily releases on Disney+ beginning on 25 November 2021.[3][4] A portion of it, titled The Beatles: Get Back – The Rooftop Concert, was given a theatrical release in IMAX theatres across numerous US cities on 30 January 2022.[5] It was then released internationally between 11 and 13 February 2022.[6][7] The Beatles: Get Back was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 12 July 2022.[8]

Jackson characterised the documentary as "a documentary about a documentary".[4] Get Back received critical acclaim for its coverage of the group's creative process, although some criticized the relatively long runtime, and the series' use of "de-noising" and digital smoothing effects. Commentators described it as challenging longtime beliefs that the making of the Let It Be album was marked entirely by tensions between the Beatles, instead showing a more upbeat side to its production.[9][10]

  1. ^ King, Jack (19 November 2021). "'The Beatles: Get Back' Runtime Revealed for Peter Jackson Documentary". Collider. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  2. ^ Parker, Ryan (13 October 2021). "'The Beatles: Get Back' Trailer Dazzles With In-Depth Look at Legendary Band's Final Live Performance". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  3. ^ "'The Beatles: Get Back,' a Disney+ Original Documentary Series Directed by Peter Jackson, to Debut Exclusively on Disney+". TheBeatles.com. 17 June 2021. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b Hagan, Joe (17 June 2021). "The Beatles: Get Back – An Exclusive Deep Dive Into Peter Jackson's Revelatory New Movie". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  5. ^ Dick, Jeremy (30 January 2022). "Peter Jackson's The Beatles Rooftop Concert Doc Screens to Near-Sellout Crowds". Movie Web.
  6. ^ "The Beatles Get Back: The Rooftop Concert (2022)". The Numbers.com. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Legendary Rooftop Concert From Peter Jackson's Docuseries "The Beatles: Get Back" To Make Theatrical Debut Exclusively In IMAX®". The Beatles.com. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  8. ^ Sheffield, Rob (17 May 2022). "'The Beatles: Get Back' Docuseries Available on Blu-ray™ and DVD July 12". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  9. ^ Deloss, John (13 October 2021). "The Beatles: Get Back Trailer Teases 60 Hours of Unseen BTS Footage". Screen Rant. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  10. ^ Grelard, Philippe; Randolph, Eric (14 October 2021). "The Beatles are back with a happier ending". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 14 October 2021.