Product Description

Studio: Music Video Dist Release Date: 08/11/2009 Run time: 90 minutes

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31610 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-08-11
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 90 minutes

Customer Reviews

Not Worth It
I almost think the other reviewers must have some sort of interest in selling this DVD. It's almost completely worthless. The "approximate" running time is 90 minutes but when you play it you'll see that it's just five separate 9-minute segments and some additional interview material from some of the people involved in making the DVD. There's not a lot of "new" footage; maybe a very short video clip here and there and a few rare photographs. And of course each of the 9-minute segments repeats a significant amount of material used to introduce the segment, which is obviously just a cheap way to add running time to the DVD. The only good thing to be said about it is that many of the people interviewed did have some association with the Beatles at some point in their history, but unfortunately they don't really have anything insightful to say. Just stuff like, "Yeah, John was a bad kid in school," or "When George joined the band he was much younger than the others."

The 1960's Live Again
"The Beatles: Rare and Unseen" is a collection of home movies, personal photographs, recently rediscovered film, and true stories told by the people who were actually involved in the events. Content includes the earliest known footage of the Beatles on stage in Liverpool in 1962; film of the band at Caird Hall, Dundee, in October, 1964, during their tour of Scotland; behind-the-scenes footage of the filming of "Help" (February, 1965); the making of "Magical Mystery Tour" (September, 1967); and highlights of an interview conducted in New York City for French television. The DVD contains interviews with Phil Collins, musicians, and tour personnel, who provide anecdotes on traveling and working with the Fab Four during their heyday.

In it for the money
Now and again, almost-famous people will think up brilliant ideas to get rich very fast by connecting themselves to succesful celebrities.
The most unashamed example for me is clearly 'The Beatles: Rare and Unseen'. Alarm bells should start ringing the minute you hear almost-but-not-quite Beatles songs. Furthermore, the not-so-famous celebs being interviewed use hollow superlatives about the Beatles having 'shook up the world' or having created a 'brilliant sound'. Mm, not really mindblowing, now is it? Phil Collins (who'd been interviewed for this so-called 'production') is probably closely related to the producer, because as a professional he surely would never have had anything to with this rubbish. I got my copy as a gift, which is the only reason I cannot return it. Unfortunately.
The five-star reviews for this product must have been created by the producer himself. If you read it, you see it isn't a review at all. It's just a bit of commercial copy, being re-used.