Combining Beatles covers with World War II stock footage has to be one of the oddest ideas for a movie ever conceived. I should preface this by saying, this is not a good movie. The covers run the gamut from mediocre to pretty good, and the footage is awkwardly meshed together with it. Maybe it would have worked better as a 20-minute short, but not as a full 83-minute movie. It's a curiosity for Beatles fans and film buffs, and has never been made officially available on VHS, LaserDisc, DVD, or Blu-Ray (probably due to the legal headaches of getting the rights to all of the songs and permission from the artists to use them all). In fact, outside of a theatrical engagement that lasted two weeks, the film has only been seen a handful of times on premium cable, and in super-rare midnight screenings. All of the songs are written by John Lennon-Paul McCartney. "Magical Mystery Tour" -- Ambrosia "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" -- Elton John (includes an uncredited John Lennon on l! ead guitar and backing vocals) "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight" -- The Bee Gees "I Am The Walrus" -- Leo Sayer "She's Leaving Home" -- Bryan Ferry "Lovely Rita" -- Roy Wood "When I'm Sixty-Four" -- Keith Moon "Get Back" -- Rod Stewart "Let It Be" -- Leo Sayer "Yesterday" -- David Essex "With a Little Help from My Friends/Nowhere Man" -- Jeff Lynne "Because" -- Lynsey De Paul "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" -- The Bee Gees "Michelle" -- Richard Cocciante "We Can Work It Out" -- The Four ...
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