Maysles brothers documentary covering the first arrival of "Beatlemania" in the U.S., as well at the band's historical appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show."Maysles brothers documentary covering the first arrival of "Beatlemania" in the U.S., as well at the band's historical appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show."Maysles brothers documentary covering the first arrival of "Beatlemania" in the U.S., as well at the band's historical appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Photos
John Lennon
- Self
- (archive footage)
Paul McCartney
- Self
- (archive footage)
George Harrison
- Self
- (archive footage)
Ringo Starr
- Self
- (archive footage)
Cynthia Lennon
- Self
- (archive footage)
Brian Epstein
- Self
- (archive footage)
Ed Sullivan
- Self
- (archive footage)
Murray the 'K'
- Self - DJ, New York
- (archive footage)
The Beatles
- Themselves
- (archive footage)
Geri Miller
- Self
- (archive footage)
Brian Sommerville
- Self - Beatles Press Officer
- (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
- Self - CBS News
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Chet Huntley
- Self - The Huntley-Brinkley Report
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Beatles fans gathered together at the airport are singing the song "We Love You Beatles" by The Carefrees which was a single released in 1964.
- GoofsThe end credits on the original video release of THE BEATLES: THE FIRST U.S. VISIT erroneously gave the composer credit for "Till There Was You" to Richard Rodgers. Subsequent releases corrected this credit and accurately gave Meredith Willson credit for composing the song.
- Quotes
[At a press conference at Kennedy Airport.]
Girl: Can you please sing something for us?
The Beatles: No!
Reporter: Is it because you can't sing?
John Lennon: No, we need money first.
- ConnectionsEdited from What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A. (1964)
- SoundtracksAll My Lovin
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Courtesy of EMI Blackwood Music, Inc.
ATV Music (Maclen)
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Beatles: First U.S. Visit (1994)
*** (out of 4)
Very entertaining documentary taking a look at The Beatles as they head to the U.S. for the first time to do three Ed Sullivan shows as well as a concert in Washington, D.C.. I had seen all of the concert/Sullivan stuff in other forms but the documentary still kept me entertained with everything that was happening behind the scenes. It was fun seeing the four men off the stage, although I'm not quite sure what they were going for with all their cigarette humor. It seemed like the boys liked playing with their cigarettes with the scene where Ringo is blowing the smoke into Paul's face. The Washington, D.C. show is one I've seen and listened to before via a bootleg tape i had back in the day. I never really liked this show because it was hard understanding the band due to all the screaming girls but the audio here was a lot better. Even with that said, I can't blame the band for quitting the tours due to this type of stuff. Of the four Sullivan shows I'd say I enjoyed the last one the best as I think their version of Twist and Shout was the best performance from anything here. This documentary certainly can't be compared to The Beatles Anthology but it's still fun.
*** (out of 4)
Very entertaining documentary taking a look at The Beatles as they head to the U.S. for the first time to do three Ed Sullivan shows as well as a concert in Washington, D.C.. I had seen all of the concert/Sullivan stuff in other forms but the documentary still kept me entertained with everything that was happening behind the scenes. It was fun seeing the four men off the stage, although I'm not quite sure what they were going for with all their cigarette humor. It seemed like the boys liked playing with their cigarettes with the scene where Ringo is blowing the smoke into Paul's face. The Washington, D.C. show is one I've seen and listened to before via a bootleg tape i had back in the day. I never really liked this show because it was hard understanding the band due to all the screaming girls but the audio here was a lot better. Even with that said, I can't blame the band for quitting the tours due to this type of stuff. Of the four Sullivan shows I'd say I enjoyed the last one the best as I think their version of Twist and Shout was the best performance from anything here. This documentary certainly can't be compared to The Beatles Anthology but it's still fun.
- Michael_Elliott
- Mar 5, 2008
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- 'Битлз': Первый визит в США
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- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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