Words by Riley Fitzgerald
Graphic by Everett Collection

The Beatles: Get Back will arrive in American theatres September 4th, 2020.

Recutting 55 hours form the “Get back” film project, the new documentary will challenge the original narrative director Michael Lindsay-Hogg presented in 1970’s Let It Be.

Lindsay-Hogg’s film famously depicts a fractious Beatles, led by Paul McCartney, attempting to return to their roots and quell internal tensions.

(Notable scenes from the original included George Harrison quitting the band and John Lennon taking verbal swipes at Paul McCartney who initially conceived of the project as a way to prevent the band from falling apart. John is in turn on the receiving end of much criticism for bringing new partner Yoko Ono to the sessions.)

Directed by Peter Jackson The Beatles: Get Back remake instead focuses on the project’s lighter moments.

“I’m really looking forward to this film,” Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has said of the project. “Peter is great and it was so cool looking at all this footage. There was hours and hours of us just laughing and playing music, not at all like the version that came out. There was a lot of joy and I think Peter will show that. I think this version will be a lot more peace and loving, like we really were.”

“Working on this project has been a joyous discovery,” Jackson has shared of his film. “I’ve been privileged to be a fly on the wall while the greatest band of all time works, plays and creates masterpieces. I’m thrilled that Disney have stepped up as our distributor. There’s no one better to have our movie seen by the greatest number of people.”

“We have created a brand new film that will attempt to bust the myth that the Let It Be sessions were the final nail in the Beatles’ coffin,” Apple Records representative Jeff Jones shared of the project earlier this year.

The Beatles: Get Back will also showcase their final public performance on the rooftop of Apple Headquarters on January 30, 1969.

It will also incorporate footage captured the following summer when the Fab Four began recording Abbey Road, a project all four were much more enthusiastic about.

A remastered version of the 1970 film Let It Be will also be available following The Beatles: Get Back’s release.

International release dates have yet to be confirmed.