Beatles Anthology [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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Primary Contributor : John Lennon
Primary Contributor : Paul McCartney

Product Details

Director : Kevin Godley, Geoff Wonfor, Bob Smeaton
Actor : John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Neil Aspinall
Format : Box set, Black & White, Colour, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC
Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0724349297593
Product Group : DVD
Region Code : 1
Release Date : 2003-04-01
Running Time : 674minutes
Studio : Capitol
UPC : 724349297593

ASIN : B00008GKEG

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review

The Beatles Anthology was initially broadcast as a TV miniseries to run alongside the series of three Anthology double-CD albums. This set of eight documentaries has the heft and scope of one of Ken Burns' expansive projects. Still, you may find yourself with more material--particularly about the Beatles' early lives as lads in Liverpool--than you'll want to watch. The documentary material is copious, including early performance films and tapes, at the point before they found their true voices. The actual Beatlemania years--beginning in 1963 and concluding in 1970--feature extensive performance films, as well as home movies and archival material. The best parts, of course, are the interviews with the Beatles themselves, who produced the entire thing. Along with reworking two previously unreleased John Lennon tracks as "new Beatles songs", the Anthology includes some unseen Lennon interview tapes so that his acerbic voice can be heard as well. This stands as a comprehensive document of that heady period, the second coming of rock & roll, as the Beatles took what Elvis had started and expanded upon it exponentially. This box set gives a solid sense of the historical context and the way these four musicians changed the world around them in the 1960s. --Marshall Fine

Customer Reviews

A story so brilliant it is FAB (2008-07-18)

I am not realy a Beatles fan I was born after the band split but this set tells the story of a band that still dominates the music scene. I liked the anthology on TV I like the music and the story behind the music. Brilliant.

Another great docummentary of "THE BEATLES" (2008-06-29)

Every episode is so addictive and you will want to watch the whole series all over again.

Good value for money (2007-10-20)

This has loads of info that you would find interesting,and running at over 10 hours long,is good value for money..

Emotional, moving, definitive! (2007-10-10)

Probably the best piece of Beatles memorabilia you could ever buy. I had originally taped the series of TV way back in the mid 90's, but the DVD is now a permanent storage that won't have Gardner's World taped on it! With all the members of the band present (except of course for the late John) their is a real authenticity about the footage - not just what a narrator thinks. They all give great in-depth in-sights, from how they all met, to the final and emotional days of Abbey Road. Perhaps one unique thing about the band members are their personalities - rarely would a band member these days take the time to produce such a long, in depth story of one of the greatest bands we've known.The editing is super, and sets it aside from other documentaries. No split second footage of songs, so tiny cuts people talking - its just transcends so nicely. Many songs are actually footaged in their entirety, and the moving between stories/years is so smooth. Perhaps the most emotional part of this collection is the end. The interviews end quite bluntly, but its rather fitting, as Ringo explains, because the band never talked about 'it being the end'. They just enjoyed making Abbey Road, and went their separate ways. The editing at thr very end which plays clips of songs mixed together, with the sad but happy photo of them in the field really touches your heart, after everything they had been through for almost a decade.It's not surprising however that, in typical Paul McCartney fashion (ie. he wants to be 'different'), we see him not just talking and giving stories in one chair. He is constantly in several places, from piloting a boat, to rather oddly having a camp-fire in a field. Hmm...What makes this more special now is that, with poor George passing (my fave Beatle for his simple down to earthness) we still have a lovely record of him here and looking very healthy. It was a real shock when he died, as he seemed such a lovely guy.I can't recommend this highly enough. It's quite pricey, but what you may not realise is the sheer length of time it actually scales, and for that, its definitely worth considering.

Probably worth fifty stars if you're a real fan (2007-08-31)

This gives you pretty much everything you could possibly want about the Beatles. most of the music is in there somewhere or other, the footage is classic (of course) and the editing rather good. You could almost just buy this and forget everything else if you were a real blue meanie....

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