Scorsese Harrison Documentary

[BeatlesForever]

I saw Part 1 tonight and I LOVED IT! For all of you that haven't seen it yet, you are in for a treat. Seeing Part 1 is like watching a sequel to THE BEATLES Anthology. Just when you thought that you've seen just about every picture and film footage there is on THE BEATLES, Martin Scorsese surprises us with something new. The interviews with everyone involved are incredible! A splendid time is guaranteed for all! Take care. 

[peregrine9]

The Early Show
October 5, 2011
Spotlight on George Harrison in new documentary

Beatle-mania hit the U.S. in the '60s and introduced us to the "Fab Four." George Harrison, the youngest - and often overlooked Beatle - was not only one of the best songwriters of his time, but also influenced a generation with his spirituality.Thanks to the HBO documentary, "George Harrison: Living in the Material World," directed by Martin Scorsese, and a book by the same name - with never-before seen pictures and letters released by his wife Olivia Harrison almost a decade after his death - the quiet Beatle is now making a lot of noise. Looking back at Harrison and his life, Ken Dashow, of Q104.3 "Breakfast With the Beatles," tells CBS News, "If you think of the Beatles as a person, you think of Paul as the face and the personality, John is the intellect. George was the soul of the Beatles."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/05/earlyshow/main20115962.shtml

[peregrine9]

The Washington Post - Lifestyle
October 4, 2011
In Scorsese's TV ode, Harrison remains an elusive Beatle

"George Harrison: Living in the Material World" is Martin Scorsese's tender examination of the life of the quiet Beatle. It is exhaustive and loopy and it takes two nights to watch — Wednesday and Thursday on HBO.Early on, Scorsese almost does something that would have been heretically bold but also smooth. There is a photograph of the Beatles together in their earliest days, before the Cavern or Hamburg, when it was just a bunch of adolescents in a skiffle band playing at church picnics. A baby-faced Harrison is among them, barely a teenager. That shot is then quickly followed by a scene where, surrounded by lawyers, Harrison and Paul McCartney jovially sign the paperwork that begins the litigiously endless dissolution of the Beatles.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/in-scorseses-tv-ode-harrison-remains-an-elusive-beatle/2011/09/27/gIQA8sogLL_story.html

[Badgirl66]

Part 1 of the Martin Scorsese documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World was broadcast on HBO last night. Overall, I thought the film was excellent and well worth watching. Here are some of the aspects to the film I enjoyed:

- the new interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Martin, Eric Clapton, Pattie Boyd, Astrid Kirchherr, Klaus Voormann and George's family
- the archival footage: lots of unseen and upgraded clips, including the George Harrison/John Lennon interview on David Frost from 1967, the It's the Beatles special from 1963 (in better quality than I've ever seen), home movies and there's even footage of George Harrison watching the Beatles' promo clip of "This Boy" from the mid-1970s.
- many rare and unseen photos, narrated on occasion by Dhani Harrison using George's letters to his parents

Definitely recommended for fans as there is plenty new here to enjoy.

[BeatlesForever]

Part 1 of the Martin Scorsese documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World was broadcast on HBO last night. Overall, I thought the film was excellent and well worth watching. Here are some of the aspects to the film I enjoyed:

- the new interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Martin, Eric Clapton, Pattie Boyd, Astrid Kirchherr, Klaus Voormann and George's family
- the archival footage: lots of unseen and upgraded clips, including the George Harrison/John Lennon interview on David Frost from 1967, the It's the Beatles special from 1963 (in better quality than I've ever seen), home movies and there's even footage of George Harrison watching the Beatles' promo clip of "This Boy" from the mid-1970s.
- many rare and unseen photos, narrated on occasion by Dhani Harrison using George's letters to his parents

Definitely recommended for fans as there is plenty new here to enjoy.

Hi Badgirl66! How are you? Using Dhani Harrison to read George's letters that were written to his parents was very special. What did you think of the RARE photograph that Astrid Kirchherr took of John and George inside of the very room where Stuart Sutcliffe died? That is the most emotional photograph of John and George that I have ever seen. There are so many great moments that are shown in the documentary that I do not want to spoil it for everybody. Take care.     

[KelMar]

I am going to watch this the old-fashioned way...on VHS! My son has HBO and recorded it for me. I am really looking forward to it this weekend.
It will be my reward for having to work Saturday. 

[KelMar]

- the archival footage: lots of unseen and upgraded clips, including the George Harrison/John Lennon interview on David Frost from 1967,

Hey Cor...I found that clip we were looking for! 

[BeatlesForever]

How's it going Beatles fanatics? I hope all is well with all of you. I have today and tomorrow off giving me a four day weekend. I am a happy man! I saw Part 2 of the GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD documentary tonight and I LOVED IT as well. Part 2 talks more indepth about GEORGE HARRISON, THE MAN! Seeing Part 2, I really have a whole different opinion as well as more respect for the late GEORGE HARRISON than I ever did. Part 2 really goes indepth into George's inner Spirituality as well as his association with the Hare Krishna. I feel confident that all of you will see and enjoy it. Take care.     

[nimrod]

why havent they shown this in Oz the bloody mongrels   

[Bobber]

Hey Cor...I found that clip we were looking for! 

You, as an American citizen, have found it. Me, on the other side of the big sea....

[BeatlesForever]

why havent they shown this in Oz the bloody mongrels   

How's it going mate? In my opinion, Lionsgate (The film company) is showing the documentary in the US on HBO while in Europe (Excluding the US), Lionsgate is releasing the documentary in a 2-DVD set on 10 October 2011. You can only buy the 2-DVD set in a Region 2 code. What are these bloody mongrels trying to do? Take care mate.

[stevie]

why havent they shown this in Oz the bloody mongrels   

Its gonna be on at Hoyts cinemas around the country on October 20!

[BeatlesForever]

Its gonna be on at Hoyts cinemas around the country on October 20!

Hi Stevie! How are you? That's great news! I'm really surprised that the documentary isn't shown all over the world at the same time. Take care.

[nimrod]

Its gonna be on at Hoyts cinemas around the country on October 20!

they almost force people to illegally download it 

[KelMar]

they almost force people to illegally download it 

Like "Let It Be". I was thinking today that it's just plain mean to make it so not everyone can see this. I wouldn't get to see it if my son wasn't so nice to his mom.