PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA, THE: PREMIERE SCREENING OF REMASTERED: THE BEATLES RESTORED MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR {LONG VERSION ANAMORPHIC}
Summary
One in a series of evenings and special screenings presented by The Paley Center for Media in New York. This evening hosts a screening of a restoration of the film "Magical Mystery Tour," an experimental musical film starring and directed by The Beatles. Pat Mitchell (president and CEO, The Paley Center for Media) offers opening remarks before introducing the evening's moderator, executive vice-president and editorial director of MTV Networks Bill Flanagan. Flanagan offers his own remarks before introducing the film, screened in its entirety. (For synopsis and credits, see ACCNUM 108687). Flanagan moderates the following panelists: Jonathan Clyde, producer of the "Magical Mystery Tour" restoration project; singer and songwriter Elvis Costello; Tony Gilroy (director and writer, "The Bourne Ultimatum," "Michael Clayton"); and musician Steven Van Zandt. Topics of discussion include: the Beatles's approach to filmmaking; the techniques used to digitally restore the film, particularly the color and sound; how English viewing audiences reacted to the original premiere of "Magical Mystery Tour" in 1967; the Beatles' "psychedelic" phase and how their fans responded to it; how "Magical Mystery Tour" fits into the stylistic "evolution" of the Beatles; Ringo Starr's musical proficiencies and how they are on display in "Magical Mystery Tour"; the contributions of sound engineer Geoff Emerick to the Beatles' albums; the Beatles' film acting and what it reflected about each member's personalities; some of the copyright issues inherent with the restoration of the film; the significance of some of the performers appearing in the film, such as musician Ivor Cutler and The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band; the challenge of unearthing footage that was cut from the original film; how the Beatles originally conceived of the idea of "Magical Mystery Tour"; the emotional resonance of Beatles songs from the psychedelic era; and the panelists' personal reactions to seeing the film.
Details
- NETWORK: N/A
- DATE: October 24, 2012 6:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:50:23
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 108702
- GENRE: Seminars
- SUBJECT HEADING: N/A
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Pat Mitchell … Host
- Bill Flanagan … Moderator
- Jonathan Clyde … Panelist
- Elvis Costello … Panelist
- Tony Gilroy … Panelist
- Steven Van Zandt … Panelist
- Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The
- Ivor Cutler
- Geoff Emerick
- George Harrison
- John Lennon
- Paul McCartney
- Ringo Starr