‘The Beatles: Get Back’: Peter Jackson’s Disney+ Film By the Numbers
What will we see in this long-anticipated treat for Fab Four fans? “A lot of joy,” Beatles drummer Ringo Starr promises of Peter Jackson’s re-edit of the notoriously dour 1970 film Let It Be.
But how much joy? Here’s a tally for The Beatles: Get Back.
6
Hours of footage in the documentary series
14
Number of songs the band wrote and rehearsed during the making of the project
42
Length, in minutes, of the Beatles’ final live concert—on the roof of Apple Records in London. It’s shown in its entirety during the last of Get Back’s episodes, which debut over three straight nights
60
Hours of never-before-seen footage the series is culled from
150
Hours of unheard audio that, like the video, has been painstakingly restored
The Beatles: Get Back, Premiere, Thursday, November 25, Disney+
This is an excerpt from TV Guide Magazine’s 2021 Fall Preview issue. For more inside scoop on the new fall TV season, pick up the issue, on newsstands now.