What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
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81’ / 1964
Director: Albert and David Maysles
A Film by: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Susan Fromke, Kathy Dougherty
Filming team: Albert and David Maysles
Producer: Susan Fromke and Neil Aspinall
Editor: Kathy Dougherty
A humorous, freewheeling and candid account of The Beatles arrival in America in February 1964. The Maysles follow the Fab Four for five days, from the crazed JFK airport reception to unguarded moments inside the Plaza Hotel in preparation for their landmark Ed Sullivan Show appearance to their equally frenzied homecoming. Inspiring Richard Lester’s A Hard Day’s Night (1964),What’s Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A. was subsequently rereleased by Apple Corps. in an edited version as The Beatles: The First US Visit (1999).
A Film by: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Susan Fromke, Kathy Dougherty
Filming team: Albert and David Maysles
Producer: Susan Fromke and Neil Aspinall
Editor: Kathy Dougherty