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 enlarge | Director: Patrick Montgomery
Actors: John Lennon, Paul Mccartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Malcolm Mcdowell
Studio: MGM/UA
Category: Video
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 1040
Format: Black & White, Color, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 119
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6301966376
UPC: 027616016638
EAN: 9780792825319
ASIN: 6301966376
Theatrical Release Date: February 1, 1984
Release Date: July 1, 1991
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 I Can't Believe This Isn't on DVD October 3, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Back in the middle 1980s, if you were a Beatles fan this was one of your few choices in full-length home video. The misleadingly titled 'Compleat Beatles' was one of the first direct-to-video rockumentaries to later be broadcast on PBS and cable TV, and it was accompanied by a two-volume set of books containing sheet music. (The books were available separately.)
Nostalgia aside, there isn't much here that isn't covered in more depth in 'The Beatles Anthology.' Evidentally, the film makers couldn't acquire the rights to use actual film footage from either 'Magical Mystery Tour' or 'Help!' and so these films are represented by movie stills. Very little concert footage remains, and most of that consists of audience reaction shots. It's maddening how, after Ed Sullivan introduces the Beatles we are shown only reaction shots and hear a remixed studio recording of 'All My Loving' instead of the live version. There are no interviews with the Beatles themselves, save for old footage taped during the group's heyday. And few, if any songs appear without narration or some other intrusion.
On the positive side (and perhaps I am being generous here) are some first-rate interviews with the Beatles' original manager, George Martin, Gerry from Gerry and the Pacemakers, Marianne Faithful, and Billy Preston (among others). To my knowledge, these interviews were originally intended for 'The Long And Winding Road,' which would have been a rockumentary similar to 'Anthology' except completed in the late 1970s. Indeed, it seems that 'The Compleat Beatles' was made solely to salvage the hard work already done on 'The Long and Winding Road.'
I would like to see this film issued on DVD anyway, because there's a chance that more of these exclusive interviews might make their way onto the disc as extras. 'The Compleat Beatles' may not be as memorable a rockumentary as 'Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll!' but it doesn't deserve its out-of-print status either.
 Great But Incomplete October 20, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Though a good documentary on the Beatles, "The Complete Beatles" is not all that it could've been. In two hours, viewers will be treated to a complete history of the Beatles' career. Concert and interview footage is presented in chronological format, plus stills and present-day interviews with George Martin among others. So what's the problem with that? Well, many of the Beatles' greatest moments that were captured on film are not shown here. No footage of Candlestick Park is shown, no Shea Stadium and no Hollywood Bowl. The Ed Sullivan Show is presented but only partially, and with a studio recording dubbed in. This is a great overview of the Beatles, but for a more in-depth look, check out the Beatles Anthology.
DVD PLEASE!!!!!!!!! September 26, 2004
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I don't think I really need to add any more than others did on this video. It is a fantastic documentary, and the best feature on the story of the Beatles outside of the full Anthology. It is incredible how well this 2-hour film is made, and how much the makers have managed to fit into this feature.
I have had my bad-taped-off-the-T.V copy of this docu for years, and I so would like to get this on DVD. I don't want to buy the VHS, nor do I want to buy a bootleg off Ebay. PLEASE, powers that be, release this on DVD. It is long overdue.
 NOW ON DVD!!!!!!!!!!!! May 4, 2004
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
THIS FILM IS NOW ON DVD FOR ALL OF YOU WHO WERE WANTING IT TO BE. THE PICTURE QUALITY HAS NOT IMPROVED TOOO MUCH.
THANKS.
DVD PLEASE!!!!!! February 16, 2004
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I just blew the dust off this VHS, havent watched it in years....
Now that the 40th anniversary has passed I thought I would watch it, glad I did, forgot how good this film is.... great insight to how all there songs were created, George Martin explains in detail how the songs came about, who wrote what, who sang on which song.... very good. Too bad the Beatles didnt participate in this film for interviews sake that is....would have been a nice touch to have them there telling there stories of how things really went. Guess the anthology series does that.... cant wait for the DVD of this .... will buy in a heartbeat...maybe they will add more material on the DVD...
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