The Beatles "Lost Concert" coming to theaters

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THE BEATLES LOST CONCERT COMING TO THEATERS
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The Beatles first concert in the United States, which hasn't been seen in over four decades, is the focus of "The Beatles: The Lost Concert" which will be hitting theaters on May 17 & 22. Screenvision sent out these details:

Limited Engagement Features Interviews with Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Chuck Berry, Duffy, Mark Ronson, Promoter Sid Bernstein, Louise Harrison and Many More

The story of their historic arrival in America and the impact they had is revealed through new interviews with more than 20 Beatles' associates, journalists, disc jockeys, concert attendees, historians and music luminaries and archival footage of the Fab Four. The list includes Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, rock pioneer Chuck Berry, super producer Mark Ronson, journalists Maureen Cleave, Larry Kane and Ed Rudy, concert promoter Sid Bernstein, Beatle George's sister Louise Harrison, The Strokes' Albert Hammond Jr. and Nick Valensi, chart-topping U.K. songstress Duffy, renown Beatles historian Bruce Spizer, and Mike Mitchell, whose recently unearthed photos of the event are seen throughout the movie.

On February 11, 1964, two days after their record shattering appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," The Beatles traveled by train through a snowstorm to Washington, D.C. to perform their first-ever concert before an American audience at The Washington Coliseum, before an overbooked audience of 8,092 screaming (mostly female) teenagers. Their 12-song set that lasted a little over a half-hour and included both chart-topping originals like "She Loves You" and high-energy covers like "Twist and Shout." Professionally filmed by an eight-camera crew and mixed live on location, the show was broadcast a month later via closed-circuit to movie theaters across America to two million teenagers. The film of the concert was then lost and remained unseen in its entirety by audiences for over 47 years! The original master tapes have now been restored and re-mastered and the entire concert, the ONLY complete Beatles concert available to fans, is included in The Beatles: The Lost Concert.

Sure to rekindle the fires of Beatlemania for both the generation who lived it and the younger ones influenced by it, the event will be shown in movie theaters across the U.S. in a limited engagement on May 17 and 22, 2012. In addition, a special World Premiere is scheduled at New York's landmark Ziegfield Theater on May 6 with two showings. For information, including detailed history, movie trailer and tickets, go to The Beatles - The lost concert.

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This might have historical significance to the horde of Beatle fans worldwide, especially their older devotees but I've never enjoyed their early concerts. I found the screaming girls in the audience distracting and embarrassing and took away a lot of the enjoyment of the concerts they tried to play.

I might watch this when it gets to my HD channels, I'll let MP scout first and let me know what he thinks of it.:D
 

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I saw this concert in a movie theater back when I was in high school. Parts of it are included on both the "Anthology" set and "The First U.S. Visit" disc. The best part is watching the Beatles act as their own roadies. They're playing in a theater in the round type situation. The riser that Ringo and his drums are on doesn't work. After every third song he has to hop off and turn the riser manually (with a little help from his friends) so they can face another segment of the audience.
 

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Will like to see all the commentary in this new film. I have he actual concert itself, and there are clips from it on Anthology.

Wonder what this remaster will look like? Or sound like?

:think:
 

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