The Beatles: Get Back

television documentary series by Jackson [2021]

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The Beatles: Get Back is a 2021 television documentary series directed by Peter Jackson. The series was compiled from over 60 hours of unseen footage and 150 hours of unheard audio, documenting the recording sessions for The Beatles' album Let It Be. The project, originally conceived by Paul McCartney, aimed to reunite the band as a songwriting unit. The working title for the album and documentary was Get Back. The filming captured rehearsals and culminated in the band's final public performance, an impromptu rooftop concert at their Apple Corps studio on January 30, 1969. The documentary series won five Emmy Awards.1

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His next project was The Beatles: Get Back (2021), a universally praised docuseries about the legendary British band. It focused on the period surrounding the group’s last public performance, an unannounced rooftop concert in 1969.
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His next project was The Beatles: Get Back (2021), a universally praised docuseries about the legendary British band. It focused on the period surrounding the group’s last public performance, an unannounced rooftop concert in 1969.
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…director Peter Jackson’s 2021 docuseries The Beatles: Get Back, which focuses on the period surrounding the group’s final rooftop concert, was universally praised. A series of four biopics—one for each Beatle—directed by Sam Mendes will be released in 2028.
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The documentary, titled The Beatles: Get Back, was compiled from more than 60 hours of unseen footage and more than 150 hours of unheard audio. The film won five Emmy Awards.
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The documentary, titled The Beatles: Get Back, was compiled from more than 60 hours of unseen footage and more than 150 hours of unheard audio. The film won five Emmy Awards.
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