Feb 22nd

The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert** (12A) 
(Curzon Colchester)



(GB/New Zealand/US 2022)
Apple Corps/Wingnut Films. 65m. 

A more entertaining compacted version of the Disney+ series The Beatles: Get Back, focusing less on the group's backstage break-ups and more on their rooftop lunchtime concert on top of Apple's HQ in Savile Row; coveted by Jackson who clearly assembles it from a fan's perspective (with nerdy captions helpfully stating which songs have previously appeared in Let It Be). The concert itself can be viewed now as a nostalgic record of the Fab Four enjoying one last session together, as well as being a fascinating snapshot of a Britain that was still very austere, even during the Swinging Sixties.

p: Clare Olssen, Peter Jackson, Jonathan Clyde, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Oko Lennon, Olivia Harrison
d: Peter Jackson
s: The Beatles, Michael Lindsay Hogg, Billy Preston, Mal Evans, PC Peter Craddock, PC Ray Dagg
ph: Tony Richmond
ed: Jabez Olssen