Scorsese Harrison Documentary

[Badgirl66]

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Picture is the Blue Ray*/DVD Deluxe Edition

Here's the bonus material on this film:
George plays the Uke*
Here Comes The Sun
Dispute and Violence
Deep Blue*
Paul McCartney interview
Jeff Lynne interview
Damon Hill interview
Growing Up in Liverpool interview*
Neil Aspinall interview*
The Inner Light interview*
Gordon Murray interview*

* Exclusive to the Deluxe Edition.

Directed by Martin Scorsese, George Harrison – Living in the Material World is a stunning double-feature-length film tribute to one of music's greatest icons. Containing a wealth of previously unreleased material, this Deluxe Edition contains 2 DVDs, a Blu-ray, a CD of never-before-heard tracks (available exclusively in this edition) and a 96-page book to accompany the film--all beautifully packaged within a collectable picture-frame box.

In Living in the Material World, Scorsese uses never-before-seen footage from George Harrison's childhood, throughout his years with The Beatles, through the ups and downs of his solo career, and through the joys and pain of his private life, to trace the arc of George's journey from his birth in 1943 to his passing in 2001. Living in the Material World features private home videos, photos and never before heard tracks to chronicle the incredible story of the extraordinary man.

Despite its epic reach, the film is deeply personal. Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, Olivia and Dhani Harrison, among many others, talk openly about George's many gifts and contradictions and reveal the lives they shared together. In every aspect of his professional, personal and spiritual life, until his final hours, George blazed his own path.

As his friend John Lennon once said: "George himself is no mystery. But the mystery inside George is immense. It's watching him uncover it all little by little that's so damn interesting."

The BBC will show the documentary on TV in the UK in November.
In the USA, HBO has acquired the North American broadcast rights to the documentary, which will debut in two parts — on October 5 and October 6, 2011 — exclusively on HBO.

[KeepUnderCover]

I definitely need to pick this up!

[Badgirl66]

New York Film Festival, taking place September 30 - October 16, the Film Society of Lincoln Center

George Harrison: Living in the Material World, Martin Scorsese, 2011, USA, 208min
Rich in mesmerizing archival footage, Martin Scorsese's expansive documentary on the Beatles' lead guitarist—and of one of the greatest musicians of the 1960s and '70s—traces in detail all aspects of Harrison's professional and personal life. Friends (Eric Clapton, Eric Idle), family (wives Patti Boyd and Olivia Harrison), and band mates (Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr) reflect on Harrison's mid-'60s embrace of Indian mysticism and music, which forever changed the sound of the Fab Four. Harrison's spirituality also defines his masterful solo work, especially the 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass, produced by Phil Spector, another subject interviewed in depth. Until his untimely death in 2001, Harrison remained fiercely committed to his music and other passions (including film producing), earning the admiration of all who were lucky enough to work with him.

[I am the Paulrus]

Martin Scorsese's "George Harrison: Living in the Material World" - exclusive trailer
http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/blog/article/241218/martin-scorseses-george-harrison-living-in-the-material-worldexclusive-trailer.html

[I am the Paulrus]

Martin Scorsese's "George Harrison: Living in the Material World" - exclusive trailer
http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/blog/article/241218/martin-scorseses-george-harrison-living-in-the-material-worldexclusive-trailer.html

[stevie]

wacthed this trailer twice - tearing up!

[KelMar]

Martin Scorsese's "George Harrison: Living in the Material World" - exclusive trailer
http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/blog/article/241218/martin-scorseses-george-harrison-living-in-the-material-worldexclusive-trailer.html

I'm looking forward to seeing this.

[Badgirl66]

[Badgirl66]

Trailer for Martin Scorsese's GEORGE HARRISON: Living In The Material World

[PoshBird]

I really really hope they decide to release it on DVD in the States because I don't have HBO and if I won't be able to see this I don't know what I'll do!

[Haris Chick]

Wow, what a great trailer!!  Aww, and so much new footage... this is gonna be fantastic!

[Xose]

The documentary will be premiered in the forthcoming International Film Festival, in San Sebastián, 16-24 September. See here...

Xosé

[KelMar]

I don't have HBO either but my son does. I just informed him tonight that I am coming to stay for two nights in October. ha2ha It meshes with my work schedule and everything...a mini-vacation.

[Badgirl66]

in germany cost the deluxe 131 Euro

[peregrine9]

USA Today
September 2, 2011
George Harrison's life unfolds in exhibit, film, book

Beginning Oct. 11, the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles will display George Harrison: Living in the Material World, the first major museum retrospective of the late musician's life and career. The exhibit corresponds with two other projects of the same name: a Martin Scorsese-directed documentary, which HBO will run in two parts Oct. 5-6, and a book from Harrison's widow, Olivia, out Sept. 27. Harrison also is the subject of a new Rolling Stone cover story.Scorsese and Olivia Harrison uncovered so much during the five-year process of making the documentary that "it seemed a shame not to share that," she says. "There was just too much material that Marty didn't use — ephemera, letters. It lent itself to a pictorial arc of George's life."

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/story/2011-09-02/George-Harrisons-life-unfolds-in-exhibit-film-book/50231886/1