Beatles '64
2024 · Movie · R · 108 min · ★ 6.5 · 87% critics
This documentary follows a world-famous band’s first arrival in New York in early 1964, using archival footage and fan reactions to capture the frenzy around them. It looks at how a grieving America embraced their upbeat music and how that trip helped turn a huge act into a cultural phenomenon.
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Streaming on Disney+.
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Details
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2024-11-24
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (49 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like music history, nostalgia, and fan-focused documentaries such as How the Beatles Changed the World; Not for you if you want major new revelations or a deeper, more comprehensive chronicle.
Pros: lively archival footage; strong nostalgic appeal; fun music moments | Cons: limited new insight; narrow focus on America; uneven interview choices
Themes
- interview
- behind the scenes
- archive footage
- rise to fame
- old footage
- celebrity interview
- beatlemania
- music documentary
Cast & crew
Paul McCartney
as Self
Ringo Starr
as Self
John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
George Harrison
as Self (archive footage)
Martin Scorsese
as Self
Ronnie Spector
as Self (archive footage)
David Lynch
as Self
Brian Epstein
as Self (archive footage)
Yoko Ono
as Self (archive footage)
Smokey Robinson
as Self
Directed by David Tedeschi