The documentary film that inspired Peter Jackson's 'Get Back' is going to be available for the first time in over 40 years.
Following on the heels of a social media tease yesterday, Disney+ announced today that they will be streaming Let It Be , filmmaker Michael Lindsay-Hogg 's 1970 film about The Beatles , beginning on May 8.
While Let It Be has been a relative rarity over the years -- the 1981 VHS release can go for as much as $100 on eBay -- it isn't lost media. In addition to the VHS release, Let It Be was released to RCA's CED video disc format in 1981. With tapes and CEDs on the market, and a rabid worldwide base of Beatles fans, bootlegs of the movie have never been too hard to come by .
While Get Back features hours of Lindsay-Hogg's footage not used in Let It Be, the original movie also contains footage not featured in the Jackson docuseries, bringing viewers into the studio and onto Apple Corps' London rooftop in January 1969 as The Beatles, joined by Billy Preston, write and record Let It Be, and perform live for the final time as a group.
"I'm absolutely thrilled that Michael's movie, Let It Be, has been restored and is finally being re-released after being unavailable for decades," said Peter Jackson."I was so lucky to have access to Michael's outtakes for Get Back, and I've always thought that Let It Be is needed to complete the Get Back story.
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