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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2-Disc Special Edition)

The Beatles (Actor), Ron Howard (Director) Format: Blu-ray
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Genre Rock, Music Video & Concerts, rock-music
Format Dolby
Contributor Ron Howard, The Beatles
Language English
Runtime 3 hours and 26 minutes

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In The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years

Oscar-winning director Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13) explores the history of The Beatles through the lens of the group’s concert performances, from their early days playing small clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg to their unprecedented world tours in packed stadiums around the globe, from New York to Melbourne to Tokyo. Available now, the acclaimed film is out now on Digital Download, Blu-Ray and DVD, plus 2 Disc Special Edition on both formats.

With Complete Cooperation From The Band

The film is produced with the full cooperation of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison. White Horse Pictures’ Grammy Award-winning Nigel Sinclair, Scott Pascucci and Academy Award-winner and Emmy Award-winner Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment are producing with Howard. Apple Corps Ltd.’s Jeff Jones and Jonathan Clyde are serving as executive producers, along with Imagine’s Michael Rosenberg and White Horse’s Guy East and Nicholas Ferrall.

The Beatles’ Extraordinary Musicianship And Charisma

After their legendary North American television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, The Beatles transfixed the U.S. and the tremors were felt worldwide, transforming music and pop culture forever with their records and television appearances. The Beatles’ extraordinary musicianship and charisma also made them one of the greatest live bands of all time.

The first feature-length documentary authorized by The Beatles since the band’s breakup in 1970, Eight Days A Week features rare and never-before-seen archival footage of shows and interviews, plus new interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and numerous prominent observers.

The film captures the exhilaration of The Beatles’ phenomenal rise to fame as well as the toll it eventually took on the band members, prompting them to stop touring altogether in August 1966 and devote their prodigious musical energy to the series of ground-breaking studio recordings for which they are best known today.

Featuring A Wealth Of Specially Created Supplementary Material

Totalling 100 minutes of extras, the deluxe home entertainment editions contain exclusively created featurettes for fans to delve even deeper into the band’s world. Accompanying these are stunning, fully restored full length performances of some of the band’s most iconic tracks including 'Twist and Shout' and 'She Loves You' recorded at the ABC Theatre, Manchester in 1963 and 'Can’t Buy Me Love' at the NME Awards, 1964, in London, bringing the experience of seeing The Beatles in concert fully to life for all fans.

Product Description

Academy Award-winner Ron Howard’s authorized and highly anticipated documentary feature film about The Beatles’ phenomenal early career The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years is based on the first part of The Beatles’ career (1962-1966) – the period in which they toured and captured the world’s acclaim. Ron Howard’s film explores how John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr came together to become this extraordinary phenomenon, “The Beatles.” It explores their inner workings – how they made decisions, created their music and built their collective career together – all the while, exploring The Beatles’ extraordinary and unique musical gifts and their remarkable, complementary personalities. The film focus’s on the time period from the early Beatles’ journey in the days of The Cavern Club in Liverpool to their last concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco in 1966.
Featuring rare and exclusive footage, the film is produced with the full cooperation of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison.
Produced by White Horse Pictures & Imagine Entertainment.
Executive produced by Apple Corps Ltd., Whitehorse Pictures and Imagine Entertainment.

THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK - THE TOURING YEARS
Disc One Running Time: Approx. 106 mins
Disc Two running time: Approx. 100 mins

DISC TWO – Special Features
Over 100 minutes of special features covering all aspects of The Beatles early career right up to 1966.
Includes five rarely seen full length performances.

Two disc set packaged in digipak in a slipcase plus 64 page booklet with an introduction from director Ron Howard, essay by music journalist and author Jon Savage and rare photos from The Beatles’ private archive.

  • HD Standard 1080p
  • Feature Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • BD Region All
  • Dolby Stereo
  • DTS-HD
  • Master Audio 5.1
  • Dolby 5.1

Subtitles: English HOH, French, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Romanian and Russian

NR – Not Rated

Product details

  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.78:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 12 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 5716976
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Ron Howard
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Dolby
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 3 hours and 26 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ November 18, 2016
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ The Beatles
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Russian (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Polish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Capitol
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01M13O81J
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 out of 5 stars 3,113

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4.8 out of 5 stars
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3,113 global ratings
The footage groovy the narration wide ranging from a nice little variety of expert witnesses
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The footage groovy the narration wide ranging from a nice little variety of expert witnesses
Yes I think it was "smashing", "fab gear" and all the rest! The footage groovy the narration wide ranging from a nice little variety of expert witnesses. Save of course me, and my soon to be written epic saga about what it was like to be 3 in 1964 post Beatle America! Still it told the tale and I applaud it for sure. The only lacking quality for my dime was a closer adherence to dates and times. Like for instance Ron tells us the order of the releases and that they were #1 for x number of weeks but what were those weeks, occasionally a date is mention like Feb. 1965 but the next time a date is mention is I think Sept. 1965 and a series of events occurs, you know between those dates but when? Ok, It's a small detail and maybe I* am the only one to care but I found that lacking. I would have love to have met more of the Beatle fans of Liverpool, however the (dated) "She Loves You" at the soccer field scene with all the men of Liverpool belting it out for all they're worth was really nice. So yes the Beatles mean a lot to me and I know a lot about them from a life long exposure and I thought this was about 30% fresh for me and that ladies and gentlemen is a good show. I recommend this if you like documentaries about Rock, the Beatles, or history. Very Good indeed!
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Rmcguirephoto
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent film and bonus material for anyone interested in the early Beatles
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2024
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I bought the two-disc special edition and I highly recommend this Blu-ray product. Be careful buying this, as some of the ones I've seen for sale on Amazon are not playable in Region A, which includes North America.

The two-disc special edition includes the excellent documentary "The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years" on Disc 1. Disc 2 contains a bonanza of shorter features and live performances. The bonus material is well worth it too.

Although there's a bit of material showing the Beatles' beginning as the Quarrymen and their experience in Hamburg, the film concentrates on the brief period between 1962-66 when they toured widely in the midst of "Beatlemania." They are shuffled from arena to arena amidst swarms of screaming girls.

In 1966, the stress of touring, and even controversy and threats, turned them sour, so they stopped touring and devoted their energy to studio recordings. The film does not cover the studio years, although there is some footage of their very last live concert recorded on the roof of the Apple Corps studio on London's Savile Row.

It's amazing now to reflect on how short the touring years were and how much the Beatles changed popular music. An excellent Ron Howard documentary with lots of enjoyable bonus material.
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Tom Clark
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Beatles Documentary
Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2024
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Ron Howard did a great job with plenty of live footage and some good commentary throughout. . The “10,000 hours” quote really stood out for me. A must for any Beatles fan.
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Rose DelParto
5.0 out of 5 stars A band that never grows old
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2016
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Eight Days a Week The Touring Years 2-DVD set is an exceptionally produced documentary by Ron Howard of the most legendary bands in musical history The Beatles. The documentary captures the initial years in which the band performed live with members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr from 1963-1966 and in consort with their first seven albums. Amongst the hundreds of live film footage are full performances and a few abbreviated of their hit songs that started it all in the United States “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and “She Loves You.” But what diehard and new fans will definitely see throughout the film what Beatlemania was all about and countering events that occurred during the 1960s that paralleled with when the band performed, which summed to a tumultuous time.

The discs include the 100 minutes of documentary material with interviews and performances interspersed within the film. Fans that may already familiar with previous documentaries The Compleat Beatles or Beatles Anthology series, several photos and film and sound bites from the Anthology audio re-mastered recordings are also infused in this documentary; but there is also new material as well, interviews by Paul and Ringo and older ones from John and George and other members of Beatle assistant Neil Aspinall and Promoter Derek Taylor and Producer George Martin. But for the fans that are accustomed to the authenticity and preservation of material, especially with the live filmed performances watching a snippet from band play at their historic first live concert in Washington, D.C. there will be the missing of the original black and white frames replaced by very noticeable colorized tints, this may also be found on other segments from shows in England and the Ed Sullivan show – artistic expression or a blend of home movie segments that were also in the mix? Nevertheless, the live shows were the highlight within the entire documentary and to conclude the band’s concert journey there is a short loop of the rooftop performance in 1969 from the “Let it Be” film where the band plays “I Got a Feeling” and “Don’t Let Me Down”. And as added treats the second disc is a mini-documentary of the band’s musical transitions from their earliest days in Liverpool to there most experimental periods during Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, commentary by close colleagues that they band help to pen songs. And additional live performances “She Loves You,” “Twist and Shout,” “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “You Can’t Do That,” and “Help!” If that is not enough, there is a beautifully written booklet of over 40 pages of photos and commentary, imagine being 10 years old and to see all of this happen before your eyes – it was an amazing time.

Words can say so much about the documentary and by far the music that is still memorable. The entire DVD set is a step back in time but also shows the timeless quality that the band produced that would be emulated but never repeated. The Beatles were one of a kind.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for ANY Beatle fan!!
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2016
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WOW! Totally fab!! My face hurts from grinning so much. Ron Howard has done it again. In my opinion, he has produced and directed THE definitive documentary of the Beatles days' on the road - from 1962-1966. In those 3 1/2 short years, the Beatles played almost 800 performances! For some perspective, in one month, they did 25 separate concerts in 25 different cities! In the middle of all this touring and interviewing (between Jan. '63 to the middle of '66), they also went into the studio and produced 7 albums and 14 singles plus B-sides (approx. 120 songs in 42 months). This turns out to be a little over one song every 10 days. And remember, all went on to become hits! This volume of production has been unparalleled by any one at any time.

Mr. Howard not only tells the story of the concert years from THEIR perspective, but like he did in "Apollo 13", he actually is able to transport us back to those times, so that we're able to almost FEEL the oppression that their fame put on them. We feel as though we are going through it with them. There is not one second of anonymous voice-over in the film. It is voiced by the members themselves and the people closely involved with them during this time. There is also great deal of footage that I and others have NEVER seen (and those that know me, you know how voracious a fan I am). And the clips and concert footage that HAVE been seen, have been beautifully cleaned up.

About that. A BIG tip-of-the-hat to Music Supervisor Giles Martin (George Martin's son) and Sound Re-recording Mixer Chris Jenkins for their audio work [...] You and I have seen SOME of these clips before, but you've NEVER heard or seen them like this! The concert clips were "re-mixed" (using technology learned from making the "Rock Band" video game) to sound fuller and clearer that we have EVER heard them. And getting all the various interview sound bites and film clips that were recorded over the yeas to sound like they all belong in the same film must have taken a shed-load of work (believe me, I know how hard this task can be).

The two-disc blu-ray disc has one whole disc devoted to the documentary itself and the other disc dedicated entirely to special features (expanded concert footage, the making of A Hard Days Night and MUCH more). Also included, is a thick booklet with extra pictures and an introduction by Ron Howard and an essay by Jon Savage. All worth the price of admission.

This is a must-have for even the casual Beatle fan. It provides a new perspective for those who were either not yet born, to young to have actually experienced the "mania", or for those who's memories of almost 60 years ago have started to fade.

Buy it, rent it, watch it. You WON'T be sorry!!
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Superhawk
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2024
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Ron Howard did an amazing job. Great footage that I have never seen before.
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Sergio Vasconcellos
5.0 out of 5 stars 100% OK!
Reviewed in Brazil on November 28, 2023
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Tanto a qualidade do vídeo quanto a do áudio são espetaculares.
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Mezhrahid
5.0 out of 5 stars Tres bien…
Reviewed in France on June 30, 2023
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Tres bien…
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Cliente de Amazon
5.0 out of 5 stars Eight Days a Week -
Reviewed in Mexico on May 6, 2019
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Excelente documental recopilación de las giras de los Beatles en vivo, entiende como se cansaron de que no se escuchara su música y actuaciones por eso dejaron las giras y se volvieron un grupo de estudio de grabaciones, buenos comentarios de los entrevistas muy recomendable para coleccionistas o interesados en los Beatles.
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J.P.
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential viewing.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 18, 2022
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Fantastic documentary on the most fantastic band.
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Juan Francisco Escudero Cobo
5.0 out of 5 stars Leyenda
Reviewed in Spain on March 14, 2020
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