The Beatles - The First U.S. Visit
by Kathy Dougherty, Albert Maysles, Susan Fr?mke
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Actor: Brian Epstein, Ed Sullivan, George Harrison, Murray the 'K', Paul McCartneyDirector: Albert Maysles, Kathy Dougherty, Susan Fr?mke
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 83 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-07-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Mpi Home Video
DVD Reviews of The Beatles - The First U.S. Visit
DVD Review: Change of Packaging?
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great DVD on The Beatles arrival in America !
"Beatlemania" at its peak! ... However have they re-packaged this DVD my copy is a black and White cover, has there been any re-mastering? with this color cover?
DVD Review: FAB-ulous
Summary: 5 Stars
Watching this DVD was like seeing The Beatles on Ed Sullivan for the first time (which I did) and reliving "Beatlemania". Just when you thought the girls couldn't scream anymore...they screamed LOUDER! A wonderful film that shows just how "normal" they were backstage away from the hysteria. And yes...you might like the music a bit too!DVD Review: The Beatles First US Visit
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an amazing DVD. Not only is it a comprehensive documentary of the Beatles' first visit to the US in 1964 (the Maysles brothers, the videographers, were given access to almost every place the Beatles were at the time), but it also contains complete & crystal-clear footage of their 3 performances on the Ed Sullivan show as well as their concert at the Washington Coliseum. For true Beatles fans this DVD is a must-have and definitely a collectors item (it is unavailable in any of the big stores like HMV)!DVD Review: Great preformances
Summary: 5 Stars
I was suprised at how good The Beatles sounded live. Their harmonies were amazining. The way they looked and sounded, was pure fun. I do not see any bands or artists today that have the magic they had........ DVD Review: The Beatles First U.S. Visit
Summary: 4 Stars
This could have been a wonderful DVD and it is still very interesting to watch.
HOWEVER, The main thing I wanted was to see them play and the Ed Sullivan Shows were my main reason to buy this.
How annoying it is to see the original Sullivan shows but have a narrator
talking over the performance. I mean the DVD is 90 minutes long and full of useless stuff. Why talk over the Sullivan show.
Now I will have to buy the Sullivan Shows DVD and HOPE it does not have similar talk over issues.
This is the Beatles after all Couldn't you have shut up while they are playing? Make your comments in between songs.
Description of The Beatles - The First U.S. Visit
Any fan of Richard Lester's A Hard Day's Night won't want to miss the documentary The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit by Albert and David Maysles. The Maysles brothers were given extraordinary access to the Beatles during their first trip to the U.S., in February 1964, for several concerts and their seminal first appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. Like Hard Day's Night, which came out later that year, this film (also known as What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A.) shows lots of spontaneous cheekiness with the press and fans; the Beatles' wide-eyed bemusement at the hysteria they caused; as much cutting up as a tiny hotel room allows; and even specific scenes--goofing off on a commuter train, mod dancing in a nightclub--that would later appear in Lester's film. The only thing missing is Paul's grandfather.The performance segments alone are a must for fans. The three Ed Sullivan appearances show a great cross section of their hits at the time, including "All My Loving," "I Saw Her Standing There," a beautifully delivered "This Boy" by John Lennon, and a wobbly "I Saw Her Standing There" so out of tune George Harrison nearly cracks up as he listens to Lennon and Paul McCartney struggle for harmony. The blurry, badly mic'd footage of the concert at the Washington Coliseum shows the Beatles acting as their own roadies, setting up their instruments; the platform Ringo Starr drums on lurches ominously with each downbeat. It was a more innocent, exuberant time, to be sure, and this sweet documentary lets the Beatles phenomenon speak for itself. --Anne Hurley
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