Liverpool to host World Premiere of Hollywood Beatles Documentary
Liverpool is to host the World Premiere of a Hollywood film about the Beatles.
Liverpool is to host the World Premiere of a Hollywood film about the Beatles.
Academy Award winning Director Ron Howard’s The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years is going to be shown to a specially invited audience at city centre venue FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) at 6.30pm on Thursday 15 September – 30 minutes before it is screened at London’s Leicester Square.
The film charts the phenomenal early years of The Beatles (1962 - 1966) using rarely seen footage to explore how John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr came to be a phenomenal, world-renowned band.
Joe Anderson said: “This is a huge coup for the city – but where else could the world premiere of a film dedicated to The Beatles take place?
“The Beatles are our most famous sons and their legacy lives on with hundreds of thousands of visitors heading here every year to feel that connection with the Fab Four and spend some time in their hometown where four young lads honed their music skills and went on to become the most famous band in the world.
“Earlier this year a report showed that the heritage of The Beatles brings in £81.9 million to the local economy and supports more than 2,000 jobs, so without a doubt, the impact of this band is still felt in the city today.
“I’m delighted to be hosting the screening of this film. There will be something truly special about the premiere taking place in the city where it all began and I’m sure we’re going to see a huge number of applications from music fans who want to be part of this momentous event.”
Bill Heckle, Director of Cavern City Tours, said: “It is appropriate that the first screening of Ron Howard's hugely anticipated Beatles film should take place in Liverpool, where it all began!
“The amazing story of the Beatles is a part of Liverpool’s history and heritage which can still be very much seen and heard on the streets of the City today. It’s very fitting that the first sights and sounds of this film will start here before it reverberates once again around the world.”