The Beatles’ trip to America in 1964, which will be chronicled in a new documentary from producer Martin Scorsese and director David Tedeschi titled Beatles ‘64, will be released on Disney+ on Friday, November 29.
Featuring new interviews with the two surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the documentary follows McCartney, Starr, John Lennon, and George Harrison as they land in New York City in February 1964 and solidify their status as the biggest band in the world.
Beatles ’64 promises to tell “a more intimate behind the scenes story” of the Fab Four as they debut on The Ed Sullivan Show to more than a then record 73 million viewers.
The logline: “On 7 February 1964, The Beatles arrived in New York City to unprecedented excitement and hysteria. From the instant they landed at Kennedy Airport, met by thousands of fans, Beatlemania swept New York and the entire country.
Interesting footnote: While The Ed Sullivan Show marked the first time The Beatles had performed live on American television, it wasn’t the first time they had appeared on American television. On November 18, 1963, NBC News’ The Huntley Brinkley Report aired a four-minute-long segment on the growing Beatlemania craze that was sweeping England.
Beatles ’64 is also produced by Margaret Bodde, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison’s widow Olivia Harrison, John Lennon’s son Sean Ono Lennon, Jonathan Ckyde, and Mikaela Beardsley. Jeff Jones and Rick Yorn serve as executive producers.
