Special screening of ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ held in London

On Wednesday, Paul McCartney and friends walked the red carpet outside the Cineworld Leicester Square prior to the UK’s exclusive 100-minute preview of the upcoming Disney+ Hotstar three-part docuseries The Beatles: Get Back.

Other VIP guests in attendance at the UK preview were Noel Gallagher, Elvis Costello, James Bay, Gary Kemp, Neil Tennant, Jamie Cook and many more. A Disney+ Hotstar original, The Beatles: Get Back will debut on OTT on November 25, 26, and 27. Directed by three-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson, the docuseries takes audiences back in time to the band’s January 1969 recording sessions. It showcases Beatles’ creative process as they attempt to write 14 new songs in preparation for their first live concert in over two years. Faced with a nearly impossible deadline, the strong bonds of friendship shared by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr are put to the test. The docuseries is compiled from nearly 60 hours of unseen footage shot over 21 days, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg in 1969, and from more than 150 hours of unheard audio, most of which has been locked in a vault for over half-a-century.

Jackson is the only person in 50 years to have been given access to this Beatles treasure trove, all of which has now been brilliantly restored. What emerges is an unbelievably portrait of The Beatles, showing how, with their backs against the wall, they could still rely on their friendship.