And what if you used this knowledge to recreate these songs for a world that had never heard of this uniquely famous and ubiquitous rock group, propelling yourself to superstardom in the process? But it would take a lengthy and careful courtship — and yes, a little hand-holding — for them to obtain these crucial permissions and complete their cinematic tribute to a cherished band. There was no plan B without the Beatles, either; though there were other pop and rock acts with catalogs full of hits — the Rolling Stones, Prince, Elton John — none had made music that felt as all-encompassing and none were contemplated as alternatives. Oakes said that when the company is deciding whether to license a song for use in a movie, a video game or an advertising campaign, several criteria are considered: Who is behind the project? How prestigious is it? How big is it and how widely will it be seen? Though these factors can seem subjective, Oakes said that each project must ultimately feel respectful of the Beatles.


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This movie is about a group of college coeds who pine for The Beatles to perform at a sorority fundraiser. The movie bombed when it came out. However, the writer and director would go on to do greater things. This was the feature film debut of Robert Zemeckis, who with his partner, Bob Gale, would go on to make Back to the Future. The Criterion Collection just put out a special edition of the movie.
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See the full list. And yes, a classic Beatles movie is on the list. Watch now. A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John 's breakthrough years. The story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury , leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid
It told the tale of Billy Shears and the titular band, using Beatles songs to tell the story. According to both Lennon and McCartney , the two were actually together when the episode aired and did briefly albeit jokingly talk about taking Michaels up on the offer. The film is mostly a fictionalized recollection of their glory days and aims to look inside the minds of the two most famous Beatles. One notable aspect of the film is its director, Mark Stanfield, who also directed the documentary Let It Be, a film which infamously chronicles the beginning of the end for the band. The hardest film to find on this list, All This and World War II is actually a documentary that aims to juxtapose the horrors of the catastrophic war to the peaceful tunes of The Beatles. It was a controversial subject for a country that was still reeling from the aftermath of The Vietnam War. Although the film has never been released officially since its fateful run in theaters, bootleg copies have been readily available since then, and they show a bizarre mashup of the '60s culture with the atrocities of war in an attempt at cinematic irony.