BURBANK, Calif. (October 14) – Today, Disney+ announced that Beatles ’64, an all-new documentary from producer Martin Scorsese and director David Tedeschi, will stream exclusively on Disney+ beginning November 29, 2024. The film captures the electrifying moment of The Beatles’ first visit to America. Featuring never-before-seen footage of the band and the legions of young fans who helped fuel their ascendance, the film gives a rare glimpse into when The Beatles became the most influential and beloved band of all time.
On February 7, 1964, The Beatles arrived in New York City to unprecedented excitement and hysteria. From the instant they landed at Kennedy Airport, met by thousands of fans, Beatlemania swept New York and the entire country. Their thrilling debut performance on The Ed Sullivan Show captivated more than 73 million viewers, the most watched television event of its time. Beatles ’64 presents the spectacle, but also tells a more intimate behind the scenes story, capturing the camaraderie of John, Paul, George, and Ringo as they experienced unimaginable fame.
The film includes rare footage filmed by pioneering documentarians Albert and David Maysles, beautifully restored in 4K by Park Road Post in New Zealand. The live performances from The Beatles first American concert at the Washington, DC Coliseum and their Ed Sullivan appearances were demixed by WingNut Films and remixed by Giles Martin. Spotlighting this singular cultural moment and its continued resonance today, the music and footage are augmented by newly filmed interviews with Paul and Ringo, as well as fans whose lives were transformed by The Beatles.
Beatles ’64 is directed by David Tedeschi and produced by Martin Scorsese, Margaret Bodde, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Olivia Harrison, Sean Ono Lennon, Jonathan Clyde, Mikaela Beardsley, with Jeff Jones and Rick Yorn serving as executive producers.
Coinciding with the film’s Disney+ release, seven American Beatles albums have been analog cut for 180-gram audiophile vinyl from their original mono master tapes for global release on November 22 by Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe. Originally compiled for U.S. release between January 1964 and March 1965 by Capitol Records and United Artists, these mono albums have been out of print on vinyl since 1995. Meet The Beatles!; The Beatles’ Second Album; A Hard Day’s Night (Original Motion Picture Sound Track); Something New; The Beatles’ Story (2LP); Beatles ’65; and The Early Beatles are available now for preorder in a new vinyl box set titled The Beatles: 1964 U.S. Albums In Mono, with six of the titles also available individually.
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ABOUT APPLE CORPS LTD.
Apple Corps Ltd. was founded by The Beatles in 1968 to oversee the band’s own creative and business interests. As part of its management of The Beatles’ entire intellectual property canon, the London-based company administers the legendary band’s recorded catalog along with film, theatrical, and book publishing rights. Apple Corps has piloted innovative, award-winning Beatles projects which have become benchmarks for pioneering accomplishment, including The Beatles Anthology TV series, book and music collections; The Beatles 1; Special Edition releases for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles (‘White Album’), Abbey Road, Let It Be, and Revolver; 2023’s chart-topping “Now And Then” single; The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil®; SiriusXM’s The Beatles Channel; The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years, directed by Ron Howard; “The Beatles: Get Back” docuseries, directed by Peter Jackson; the ‘Get Back’ book; and the restored “Let It Be” film, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. www.thebeatles.com
ABOUT SIKELIA PRODUCTIONS
Sikelia Productions was established by the Oscar®-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese in 2003. The company manages and produces all of Scorsese’s projects including his most recent feature Killers of the Flower Moon (2023); as well as The Irishman (2019); Silence (2016); The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); Hugo (2011); Shutter Island (2010); Best Picture Oscar winner The Departed (2006); The Aviator (2004) and the series Boardwalk Empire (2010) and Vinyl (2016). Scorsese’s Sikelia Productions documentaries include Personality Crisis: One Night Only (2022); the docu-series featuring Fran Lebowitz, Pretend it’s a City (2021); Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019); The 50 Year Argument (2014); Shine a Light (2012); Public Speaking (2010); A Letter to Elia (2010); George Harrison: Living in the Material World, No Direction Home: Bob Dylan; the docu-series The Blues (2003), and the soon to be released documentary Beatles ’64.
ABOUT PARK ROAD POST PRODUCTION
Park Road Post Production is an internationally renowned post-production house offering full Picture, Sound and VFX services – built for filmmakers, by filmmakers. Located in Wellington, New Zealand, its all-inclusive post-production facilities include world-class re-recording theatres equipped with Avid S6 consoles and Dolby® Atmos™, state-of-the-art 4K Dolby® Vision™ 6P laser projectors, and the latest Lasergraphics Director 10K film scanner. Benefitting from working relationships with some of the industry’s best post-production creatives, Park Road offers the talent and technology to bring any request to reality. Park Road Post prides itself on creating an environment that fosters the creative process. The award-winning team brings a wealth of experience and a quality of service second to none. Park Road Post Production’s recent restoration and remastering credits include “The Beatles: Get Back,” “The Abyss,” “Avatar,” “Titanic,” “The Lord of The Rings” Trilogy, “The Hobbit” Trilogy, and “They Shall Not Grow Old.”
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