Magical Mystery Tour (TV Movie 1967)

Magical Mystery Tour: Directed by George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Bernard Knowles. With The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Jan Carson, George Claydon, Ivor Cutler. The Beatles charter a special bus for a surreal mystery tour.

“Such sourpusses out there! Anyone telling you that Beatles fans should pass this movie up is, well…NOT A BEATLES FAN. They are what John Lennon would refer to as a u0026quot;day tripperu0026quot;. A part-timer. Not in it for the long-haul. Anyone truly fascinated with the Beatlesu0026#39; music and legacy, especially after thirty years hindsight, ought to be downright thrilled that these four amateur filmmakers could pull off such an original, amusing and tuneful homemovie (not to mention long-form video WAY before itu0026#39;s time) on their spare time between recording Sgt. Pepper and the White Album, no less. They got drunk, got on a bus and filmed away. They were free spirits with tons of love, and it shows. They obviously knew exactly what they were doing, and rough edges and all, itu0026#39;s quite charming after all these years. My father took me to see a double feature of Yellow Submarine and Magical Mystery Tour when I was eight, and I just canu0026#39;t believe how it holds up. Love them warts and all. Just as they made u0026quot;Hey Judeu0026quot; and u0026quot;She Loves Youu0026quot;, so did they make u0026quot;Revoluton #9u0026quot; and u0026quot;Within You, Without Youu0026quot;. Just as they made tight, economical movies, so did they make experimental ones like this. Four Stars(****), if not just because thereu0026#39;s nothing like it, and never will be again.”