from "Breakfast with the Beatles":

June 29, 2005

The restored version of the Beatles' "Let It Be" film will be released on DVD in September 2005.

Director Bob Smeaton told Archer of 99.5 The Mountain's "Breakfast With The Beatles" that the delay in restoring the movie was related to the sheer volume of film that had been shot.

Before he could tackle the project, which began last year, Smeaton was involved with painstakingly restoring footage of the film documenting the famous "Festival Express," which featured Janis Joplin, the Band and the Grateful Dead on a bus tour of Canada.

The DVD version of "Let It Be" has required an immense amount of film cleaning and color restoration, and Smeaton says viewers will be amazed with the results.

"It will also feature some remarkable bonus material," Smeaton added.

Can't wait!

That's great news, but I guess I'll believe it when I see it.

yeah how long has it been promised already???i love the outakes....peter sellers stopping by,yoko singing and paul and john playiong feedback on their amps.....

Quoted from juniorsfarm

That's great news, but I guess I'll believe it when I see it.

True. I  read EMI said they haven't set a date for the release yet, as the project is not finished yet...

OMG! thats great news, thanks for the info yay! can't wait either

It's about f*cking time!!!

I would guess that since it's universally everyone's favorite part of the movie, the bonus material will HAVE to include the complete rooftop performance. Apple would surely take a critical bashing if that didn't happen. I'm sure it will. It would be huge, too, if they have film of the moment George walked out on the band. The nagras were running at the time, there are bits and pieces, brief snatches of audio, but precious little of that drama has leaked out.

Quoted from MagicAlex

It's about f*cking time!!!

It would be huge, too, if they have film of the moment George walked out on the band. The nagras were running at the time, there are bits and pieces, brief snatches of audio, but precious little of that drama has leaked out.

It would be nice, but I have a suspicion they will do what they did with anthology and show themselves in the best possible light. I don't know if Paul would be too keen to show that little bit of history to the world

omg wow! i cant belive that the let it be film is going to be out in september! i cant wait to get it, and to also see the bonus material"!

lennring

I can do without the bickering scenes. Just leave them as outakes in the special features.

Quoted from mclen57

I can do without the bickering scenes. Just leave them as outakes in the special features.

Then its not "Let It Be" is it?

Quoted from juniorsfarm

That's great news, but I guess I'll believe it when I see it.

I'm with you JR! Seems these rumors pop up every so often to get all Beatle fans stirred up and then it never comes about.

Quoted from RICKENBACKER325

I'm with you JR! Seems these rumors pop up every so often to get all Beatle fans stirred up and then it never comes about.

That's the thing. Almost every year at the Beatlefest I will overhear some vendors saying that Apple will be releasing 'Let It Be' on such and such a date, and it never materializes, so I will remain hopeful but skeptical until its official.

Quoted from juniorsfarm

Then its not "Let It Be" is it?

haha, thats true i suppose

Quoted from lennring

haha, thats true i suppose

The bickering and all that was part of the movie, if you take out parts that aren't so pleasant or whatever, you've tampered with the original, and its no longer the same thing.

Quoted from mclen57

I can do without the bickering scenes. Just leave them as outakes in the special features.

I love the bickering. The bickering is funny. I could watch a whole movie of them bickering.

i dont think its that funny, but its interesting to see the way they worked  in the studio in those later days.

Im definatly buying it when it comes out

Let's just hope this isn't another false alarm. I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but again, this promise of a release has happened so many times, I'll believe it when I see it.

On a dutch site i read that the dvd will be in 5.1 surround sound en will contain the complete rooftop concert. The original film will also contain parts of the Nagra tapes that the police found in january 2003 at bootlegmakers in Holland. These tapes make it possible to use scenes that had no original sound, with a lot of recordings from jamsessions.

Any more news on this?

Quoted from ma_tt2

Any more news on this?

If there were any more news, don't you think it would be posted?

How come there's no mention of the LIB DVD on Abbeyrd's site? I'm getting worried.

Quoted from MagicAlex

How come there's no mention of the LIB DVD on Abbeyrd's site? I'm getting worried.

How about this?
http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/news/403letitbeagain.html

I'm looking forward to buying it when it's released on DVD in Sept. because it's a GREAT rock documentary showing the Beatles as the great rock & roll band that they are & will always be despite the internal friction at the time which I saw for the first time about 15 years ago on bootleg video.

I can't wait for this. Here's something cool I just read that might be on it:

Get Back - Geh raus
In 1969, while working on the music for the Beatles "Let It Be" movie, the group recorded an improvised, rather odd version of "Get Back" in German. (Watch for the Let It Be DVD release soon.) In early 1969 the Beatles were on the rocks; the official announcement of the split-up came only a few months later. But the recording sessions show at least some fun amidst the strife and tension. The Beatles must have picked up a little German during all that time in Hamburg, and the German heard in "Geh raus" is a sort of pidgin German that doesn't really follow the rules of standard German or even colloquial German. But Paul McCartney's German pronunciation isn't that bad. Paul seems to have been the linguist in the group, and there's even a smattering of French at the end of "Geh raus." It's an amusing take-off on "Get Back" (itself a satire of British immigration laws) that evokes the Beatles' early Hamburg days. McCartney even throws in a spoken German phrase: "Danke für die Blumen." (Thanks for the flowers.)

i so cant wait until it comes out

omg i can't wait. and then my collection will be complete.... but haven't they been saying that they are going to release it for a long time? I don't know, i'm not going to get my hopes up for fear of disappointment...

I'm getting my hopes up & can't wait to get Let It Be in Sept. sugarcrazee04 because it's really going to happen this time I believe & there is no conspiracy.

Quoted from Wayne_L.

I'm getting my hopes up & can't wait to get Let It Be in Sept. sugarcrazee04 because it's really going to happen this time I believe & there is no conspiracy.

I hope you're right. I'm keeping my fingers crossed too.

I just read this on abbeyrd news (http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/news/403letitbeagain.html):

Update (7/26/05)
Not the news you want to hear: A reliable source has told us the "Let It Be" DVD won't be out until next year.

Update (8/17/05)
A reliable source has informed us that both the dates mentioned in Mojo and Record Collector are rumors.

It ain't gonna happen. I'll bet anything.

Awwww, then I guess I won't be getting it for my birthday.

Quoted from Mairi

Awwww, then I guess I won't be getting it for my birthday.

Well you might--if you live to be about 90 or so.

Well that figures. How cruel they are to make us wait this long!

damnit !!!! next year @@@@ *&*&&^* $£$£$£!

Its going to take Paul, Ringo, and Yucko's death before its released. Unfortunate, but i'm betting its true.

Quoted from tkitna

Its going to take Paul, Ringo, and Yucko's death before its released. Unfortunate, but i'm betting its true.

Great (and you may very well be right). I'm trying to picture Sean, Barbara Bach, Heather, and Olivia sitting around a boardroom deciding the 'future' of the Beatles. It will probably end up like the 1970 lawsuit. Let's hope that Neil Aspinall is the Receiver.

Tis a shame -- I've been wanting to see the LIB DVD for a long, long time

Quoted from Soft_Guitar60

I just read this on abbeyrd news (http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/news/403letitbeagain.html):

Update (7/26/05)
Not the news you want to hear: A reliable source has told us the "Let It Be" DVD won't be out until next year.

Update (8/17/05)
A reliable source has informed us that both the dates mentioned in Mojo and Record Collector are rumors.

SoftGuitar is correct. It has been confirmed that these were rumours, nothing more, nothing less, and that possibly next year, it will be released, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Good news for the Pirates/bootleggers though.

Quoted from Maccalvr

Well that figures. How cruel they are to make us wait this long!

Well, it sure is too bad that the musical world doesn't revolve around us fine people.

If it had been our way we could've had Chaos as soon as we called Paul up on the phone.

My guess is that there have been people beavering away at Apple Corps and at Abbey Road, working on making it as good as it could be, visually and aurally, with a 5.1 mix and bonus extras et cetera  to keep the fans happy.

*crossing my fingers for a delicious 2-disc box*

Quoted from MagicAlex

My guess is that there have been people beavering away at Apple Corps and at Abbey Road, working on making it as good as it could be, visually and aurally, with a 5.1 mix and bonus extras et cetera  to keep the fans happy.

*crossing my fingers for a delicious 2-disc box*

maybe

Again, 'Let It Be' DVD and the Capitol Vol.2 CDs aren't even on Apple's docket for 2006. There has been talk each year forever that Let It Be was going to be released in one format or another, and still, nada.

Quoted from Frightwolf

Tis a shame -- I've been wanting to see the LIB DVD for a long, long time

havent we all

Let it Be DVD News is a Fake not more, in this Year for awhile must waiting.

You´re right. We´ve got to wait at least`till next year `cos Yoko doesn´t want Let It Be DVD to be out. Hope SHE change her mind.  

Just read that Let It Be is postponed till 2007 because Apple seems to be too busy with the music score for Cirque du Soleil at the moment.