Alongside his career of all-time great narrative movies, Martin Scorsese has been a chronicler of music in documentary form – whether it’s his Bob Dylan works No Direction Home and Rolling Thunder Revue; his Rolling Stones concert movie Shine A Light; his legendary The Band film The Last Waltz; or his George Harrison documentary, Living In The Material World. Now, as producer, he’s turning his attention to the full complement of the Fab Four with Beatles ’64 – an all-new feature film documentary coming to Disney+, capturing the band’s first trip to the States.
Beatles ’64 is directed by longtime Scorsese collaborator David Tedeschi, and features never-before-seen Beatles footage. Their 1964 trip to the USA saw them make their legendary TV performance on The Ed Sullivan Show and swelled the eruption of Beatlemania – which the documentary looks to capture, alongside behind-the-scenes footage of John, Paul, George and Ringo. “Spotlighting this singular cultural moment and its continued resonance today, the music and footage are augmented by newly filmed interviews with Paul and Ringo, as well as fans whose lives were transformed by The Beatles,” a release confirms.
Any Beatles fans clamouring for filmic goodness won’t have long to wait – Beatles ’64 comes to Disney+ on 29 November. Plus, there’s Brian Epstein biopic Midas Man coming to Prime Video on 30 October, and the prospect of four intersecting Beatles biopics coming up from Sam Mendes. In short, enough to keep you going until when you’re 64.