The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
“The band you know. The story you don't.”
2016•NR•1h 46m•7.5•Released
DocumentaryMusic
The Beatles stormed through Europe's music scene in 1963, and, in 1964, they conquered America. Their groundbreaking world tours changed global youth culture forever and, arguably, invented mass entertainment as we know it today. All the while, the group were composing and recording a series of extraordinarily successful singles and albums. However the relentless pressure of such unprecedented fame, that in 1966 became uncontrollable turmoil, led to the decision to stop touring. In the ensuing years The Beatles were then free to focus on a series of albums that changed the face of recorded music.
Director
Ron Howard
Writer
P.G. Morgan, Mark Monroe
Budget
$0M
Revenue
$12M
Languages
English
Studio
Imagine Entertainment
Cast
Paul McCartney
Self
Ringo Starr
Self
John Lennon
Self (Archive Footage)
George Harrison
Self (Archive Footage)
Larry Kane
Self
Whoopi Goldberg
Self
Elvis Costello
Self
Suzy Eddie Izzard
Herself
Sigourney Weaver
Self
Richard Lester
Self
Kitty Oliver
Self
Howard Goodall
Self
Jon Savage
Self
Debbie Gendler
Self
Richard Curtis
Self
Production
Company
Imagine Entertainment
Company
Apple Corps
Company
White Horse Pictures
Company
Diamond Docs
Company
Imagine Documentaries
Producer
Brian Grazer
Producer
Nigel Sinclair
Producer
Scott Pascucci
Producer
Ron Howard
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