The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016 · Movie · NR · 106 min · ★ 7.5 · 84% critics
This documentary follows a world-famous band’s whirlwind touring years as they break through in Europe, explode in America, and circle the globe amid nonstop crowds and cultural change. Through restored concert footage and interviews, it captures the thrill of the music, the intensity of mass fame, and the growing strain that eventually pushes them to step away from live shows.
Also known as The Beatles Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years (2016)
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Details
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-09-15
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (382 votes)
- Box office
- $12,300,000
- Budget
- $5,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a fast-moving, music-filled look at how touring and sudden fame reshaped pop culture, similar to Pavarotti or The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart; Not for you if you want deep personal backstories or lots of new revelations.
Pros: thrilling concert footage; vivid 60s atmosphere; strong cultural context | Cons: little new for fans; uneven pacing early; limited beyond touring
Cast & crew
Paul McCartney
as Self
Ringo Starr
as Self
John Lennon
as Self (Archive Footage)
George Harrison
as Self (Archive Footage)
Larry Kane
as Self
Whoopi Goldberg
as Self
Elvis Costello
as Self
Eddie Izzard
as Herself
Sigourney Weaver
as Self
Richard Lester
as Self
Directed by Ron Howard