
In the 1960s, the Beatles exploded onto the public scene seemingly out of nowhere, as the band's formative years of constant performing at home and in Hamburg, and Brian Epstein's grooming, finally paid off beyond their wildest dreams. Accompanying new interviews of the remaining Beatles, their associates and fans as well as archival interviews of the late ones, this film features footage of the heady concert years of 1963 to 1966 when the band became a worldwide cultural phe... (Full plot summary below)
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In the 1960s, the Beatles exploded onto the public scene seemingly out of nowhere, as the band's formative years of constant performing at home and in Hamburg, and Brian Epstein's grooming, finally paid off beyond their wildest dreams. Accompanying new interviews of the remaining Beatles, their associates and fans as well as archival interviews of the late ones, this film features footage of the heady concert years of 1963 to 1966 when the band became a worldwide cultural phenomena topping them all. It also follows how the Fab Four began to change and grow while the excitement of Beatlemania began to sour their lives into an intolerable slog they needed to escape from to become more than what their fans wanted.
Leave your thoughts about The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years.
| NY1-TVNeil RosenFor Beatles fans and as a history lesson for kids, should you take this ticket to ride? I say 'Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!' |
| Tolucan TimesTony Medley...one of the most enjoyable movies of the year...filled with wonderful music and fascinating interviews with all The Beatles and others...shows in detail how difficult touring became for the Fab Four. |
| Seattle TimesPaul de BarrosA thoroughly delightful, crisply edited film. |
| The Arts DeskJames WoodallIf it's about or based on The Beatles, the question is always the same: how on earth can anything new be said? In the case of Ron Howard's Eight Days a Week: The Touring Years, surprisingly quite a lot, is the answer. |
| Buffalo NewsJeff SimonI frankly can't imagine why anyone would want to miss this film, whether you're a Beatle lover or nostalgist or just younger newbie who wants to know what all the unparalleled screaming was about. |
| Killer Movie ReviewsAndrea ChaseIt's at once an intimate look from the inside out about what it was like to be them, and a literate consideration from the outside in on their impact on the culture. |
| The Stranger (Seattle, WA)Ned LannamannEight Days a Week is a well-drawn reminder that nothing gold-or platinum-can stay, not even the biggest band in the world. |
| The Monthly (Australia)Anwen CrawfordThe achievement of [Ron] Howard's documentary is to make the familiar feel new again, placing the viewer inside that moment - even if you never lived it - when to witness The Beatles was to watch the horizon of your world brighten before you like the dawn |
| Rescu (Australia)Keeva StrattonIt's about a band; but it's also about western culture, fandom and an era that changed the way we experience music forever. |
| The Public (Buffalo)M. FaustIts emphasis is on the few short years in 1964 and 1965 when the world loved the Beatles and they loved us right back. |