Restoring History | The Beatles: Get Back | Disney+

“It looks like it was just shot yesterday.” Peek inside Peter Jackson’s restoration process of The Beatles never-before-seen footage to create #TheBeatlesGetBack. The Original Docuseries is now streaming on Disney+.

[@joe6096]

I wish there was a way to personally contact Peter Jackson just to personally thank him for all his and his team’s hard work on this project. It’s such a gem and a piece of history and he’s done a marvelous job at presenting to all us Beatles fans.

[@kylofoster5560]

He's the Brian Epstein for The Beatles new era media.

[@annaewilliams1523]

Oh my goddess yes! I'd love to give Peter Jackson a big hug for putting this together and cleaning it up and simply doing something amazingly wonderful from a girl whom wore out her mothers records with love.

[@howtofinishasong9949]

You can tell how great his work ethic is. He looks constantly exhausted but never gives anything but his positivity.

[@joe6096]

@@howtofinishasong9949 Well I think that's just how Jackson looks..... kind of eccentric mad scientist meets regular guy who is comfortable with himself lol

[@m.j.c.6969]

@@freddiebarry93 "extended cut"?? It was long enough!

[@LunaFunk70]

The closest thing to a reunion we'll ever gonna get. Fabulous job 👍

[@TroyUlysses]

Considering 2 are dead. Yeah probably. A real reunion was the Anthology tracks they did.

[@lionheartroar3104]

It is awesome. It better win an Oscar for best documentary.

[@lost8886]

You spoke my mind mate.

[@masterofallgoons]

It won't be eligible

[@vindication84]

@@masterofallgoons why not?

[@masterofallgoons]

@@vindication84 - It's a 3 part streaming series, not a theatrical release. Oscar eligibility required a theatrical run, and for it to be a feature. If anything it would be more likely for the emmys.

[@vindication84]

@@masterofallgoons oh duh, right. Well, they should do a full 7 hour theatrical release. Nobody will watch it, but at least it’ll get what it deserves haha

[@eduardoaguileraneicun5876]

When you think that nothing new can be taken from the beatles, peter jackson appears with this treasure

[@PreacherAtArrakeen]

This is one of the best Christmas presents ever in my adult life. I still haven''t watched part 3 yet, because I know I will weep. Tears of joy, grief, the whole ball of emotional wax I've accumulated as a fan of theirs since the Ed Sullivan show, when I was not yet 4 years old. PJ, et al, your restoration is a masterpiece. You were the right man, with the right vision, and the right technology, to do this right, and you did. Merry Christmas!

[@elfrank643]

Best documentary of all time

[@skyward360]

It actually looked amazing and was so entertaining to watch, would love MORE

[@JasonSmith-jr7jh]

Right. This was whittled down from an 18 Hour version!

[@DougUnfunny]

also "8 days a week" Documentary is on Hulu if anybody wants more Beatles. that doc is directed by Ron Howard. Makes for a great inro to this Doc.

[@farrellmcnulty909]

Ae there any extras on Hulu for 8 Days a Week, more specifically Shea Stadium?

[@Disneyfan1955]

Hello David here from Sebring Florida USA 🇺🇸 I think Mr. Howard fantastic job on his film eight days a week I hope everyone can see it

[@tuveuxlademocratieoutuveux4692]

*Please, give us a long docu about this restoration !!*

[@cbus]

One of my many favorite things that I took away from watching this is that it humanized The Beatles. I was born 6 years after they broke up and they have always been this band on a pedestal. But this just made them seem like regular people. Extremely talented regular people. And Ringo farts, too.

[@ChucksAstrophotography]

Great job, this was fascinating to watch. And I was surprised how many Abbey Road songs I heard in these sessions.

[@rodolfofederighi3793]

Maxwell's silver Hammer Oh darling You never give me your money Something Carry that weight Bathroom Window Ocotpus garden

[@hblanco530]

@@rodolfofederighi3793 Her Majesty and Mean Mr Mustard IIRC.

[@magneto7930]

Well they were trying to come up with 14 songs for the album, which was the typical amount on the British releases. The Let It Be album technically only had about 10 real songs, even though Across the Universe and I Me Mine were not performed accurately in the film. That's why those Abbey Road tracks were being worked out as possibilities for the album.

[@hjermsted22]

I wish the cameras had kept rolling when the Abbey Road sessions started about three weeks after the Let It Be/Get Back project ended.

[@hoshhobbatymoshlobbaty2637]

don't forget polytheme pam

[@gwaunch1967]

The potential of that audio separation technology is astounding. I really hope that Giles Martin uses it to remix their earlier albums. Imagine being able to hear all their classics in proper stereo!

[@Vel_0000]

This has aged well

[@MateusGustavo]

@@Vel_0000 Very well...

[@coolbeans1998]

Exceptionally well. Now and Then ❤

[@boatfloat123]

This was incredible.

[@josefjimenez7882]

One of the best Beatles documentary that i've watched. Specially when the songs are beginning to form. Best band ever

[@hepphepps8356]

Surely nothing else comes remotely close?

[@howtofinishasong9949]

I was getting to a point in my Beatles fandom that I’d heard every story, seen every clip, every picture a thousand times. This was a surreal experience. Like finding old pictures of friends... weirdly.

[@waltzguy14151]

The sound of this series is out of this world!

[@ericp4169]

This little behind the scenes was fantastic. I would love to watch a few hour documentary just about all the behind-the-scenes technology and restoration techniques, etc.

[@CathalBui]

Nice before-and-after-restoration trailer.

[@howtofinishasong9949]

I hope there’s a 9 hour documentary on how they did this!

[@donir827]

Peter Jackson have done Great Job for all Beatles fan. It is Restoring in visual and sound. Recapturing the moment what is the true of the Beatles inside. Salute for Peter Jackson and team.

[@marylee-anderson8793]

What an amazing time ❤️

[@SharpDesign]

Thank you to the people involved in restoring this footage, editing, and everything else involved.

More on the restoration process, please

[@tyronewhitehead3123]

It’s rich and fabulous it looks like there here now well done to all 🙏👏 time machine as bought them back ♥️👏

[@kathyevans3251]

It is fantastic .I look forward to watching it

[@spinztarella]

I watched it as it streamed last week and have been listening to nothing but the Beatles since then.

[@thelionheart7178]

THE BEATLES FOREVER!

[@msspi764]

They Shall Not Grow Old was a great foundation to accomplishing this. There was a lot more that had to be done there. Here changing 50 year old degraded 16mm film to something useable as HD digital had to be tough but to me the real achievement is in the audio. And the interpretation. Very well done.

[@lucybraun8969]

Dear Paul & R.S., George and John would be so over the moon with what you've done! Just like in the old days. You definitely Got Back! ☁️💎☁️

[@mibeatleman6767]

I wonder if the "Let It Be" movie got the same remastering? It's supposed to be released at about the same time as "Get Back" on Blu-ray.

[@DanielleA2023]

Peter Jackson is a genius

[@bobburroughs6241]

You can get the complete rooftop concert on youtube now. Strange the talk about drowning out conversations - then we get subtitles!

[@barrygaynor1025]

Fantastic.

[@phillipversten5150]

After viewing this I felt the exact same thing Peter says, about how I’ve either gone back in time or they’ve come forward, to the point where seeing photos of Paul and Ringo as they are today almost seems to be the magic progression.

[@howtofinishasong9949]

I feel the same. The pull from the 16mm to the restored gave me tingles. Just like it did in TWNGO.

[@sparty115]

this was so good to watch, it felt like it was shot last year and i feel like another series is coming out next year but, no...

[@justingreen2432]

When you go and make the greatest movies of all time, you gotta go make the best documentary of all time to. It's just what you do.

[@JanPBtest]

There are many moments in the film where the songs are cut off, simply to move on with the action. It would be great to have a version of this without those songs being broken off. It would add an extra hour or so but it's worth it, I think. Perhaps an extended Blu-ray version or something.

[@janchmelik8507]

Yes, that would be great

[@danielfisch389]

Yes, but fortunately the audio bootlegs (like „16 Days“ etc) are easy to find in the web…

[@JanPBtest]

@@freddiebarry93 They want to milk the current release as much as possible first. Once this is done, they'll feel the market pressure for an extended version. The annoying part of it is that we now have to set our alarm clocks to 2023 or so.

[@Naltrex]

@@JanPBtest hello

[@ok-tchau]

The video and audio quality is uncanny. I can only imagine the insane amount of work to make this happen.

[@FritsJanSmit]

WOW.

[@DiegoSandovalLopez4579]

Peter Jackson did a Great job and Disney did good job

[@Togwlm]

Gimme Shelter and Get Back. Masterpiece documentaries of two legendary bands.

[@JonasTisell]

0:33 Very surprising how they can turn it from 4:3 to 16:9! Almost like they cropped the video? lol

[@bryandaniels]

I'd like to see an hour long documentary on the documentary...

[@Asset1968]

I am gobsmacked at how good this 16mm footage looks. How did they take the grain out? How did they get it to look so clear? 16mm especially in those days was kind of rough esp the high speed film.

[@AardvarkDK]

This looks nothing like film. If you want to see how good 16mm can look, you should check out Texas Chain Saw.

[@daughteroftime5491]

A masterpiece, Jackson. When music was about; “I love you, I love you, I love you…”, rather than today’s “I love me, I love, I love me…”

[@crosstownchord]

So if the computer now knows what Paul and John each sound like, could we ask it who's singing the "she loves you yeah yeah yeah" at the end of 'All You Need Is Love'? And maybe the "aaahh's" in the middle of A Day In The Life? Or for that matter who's playing the solo in 'Hey Bulldog', or whether it's Paul or Ringo on drums in 'Old Brown Shoe', or...

[@JonasTisell]

They just did normal AI seperation of vocals and instruments, what they are saying in the video is not true. They can split different harmonies, but not individual voices themselves.

[@trevorkeyser9746]

A step back in time! Genius for all of us old timers! Turns us into teenagers again 😂😂🤔🤷🤷

[@peterintoronto6472]

Interesting that the film underplays Ringo's role in Get Back, which Paul later praised.

[@Arcadehollywood]

I just love this!! Great job Mr. Jackson!!

[@JJJandak]

I wish they preserve original film grain. This is so smooth out that it looks lik e cartoon. 🥲

[@Picskull]

Exactly, people are accused of being trolls when they point this out, how this documentary could be approved with these glaring defects I have no idea

[@TheSimMan]

Peter Jackson, please write and direct a two-part Beatles Bio-film.

[@danielfisch389]

Excellent work. Now release a Super Ultimate Total Maniac Edition of all the filmed stuff. Lol

[@holland8322]

The roof top concert

[@Rarewolfzentertainment]

🐺 Imagine a mixtape of the beetles private conversations

[@w1lf1ewoo]

As great as it is and as long as it is - why is there not one single full track apart from the rooftop and why such huge marathon episodes that fatigue even die hard fans?

[@jacklawer6389]

Wooden chairs? I think more comfortable chairs were in order?

[@samreid9106]

This is a huge accomplishment but honestly they should've eased back the noise reduction! It looks so fake and air brushed.

[@ropewalkingelephant]

Yeah the skin looks wax like

[@Picskull]

Oh come on! You can literally see all the fine detail just scrubbed away! Who in their right mind sat down and thought "we'll take grainy 16mm negatives and take out all the detail and bring out the colour palette". You need to go to specsavers because you've ruined this and in one shot in the documentary the strings are missing from John Lennon's Guitar, you took so much detail out it's not even funny.

[@AardvarkDK]

Totally agree. This is a travesty.

[@svetlanaloginova2769]

Шикарно, как будто это происходит сейчас в наши дни!!!!!!!!!!

[@TroyUlysses]

"Restoring" ha, yeah ok, stick it through the DNR machine, boost the contrast and put the kettle on, job done.

[@paulhibbert]

Obvious troll is obvious.

[@Picskull]

You're spot on, and not a troll, you see the before and afterwards and the faces look like waxworks, the detail is just gone!

[@TroyUlysses]

@@Picskull Thank you!

[@AardvarkDK]

@@paulhibbert No, he's right. This looks nothing like film.

[@nicholasnolan2086]

Okay but the dnr is way too high, at times Paul’s face looks like it’s made of plastic

[@AnandTheGamer]

Ok

[@zabdybarragan346]

It would be better if they brought them the movie that they never gave them about the beatles, which is from the yellow submarine album

[@duff0120]

please remaster the original 1970 film too

[@joe6096]

Get Back is the 1970 Let It Be film. Only much, much more of it. And Jackson and his team remastered all 56 hours so yes in a way you can say it was all remastered.

[@CathalBui]

@@joe6096 and I hear that Jackson has made an 18 hour "director's cut".

[@71mach15]

Uh..it does not look like it was shot yesterday

[@angelomelville9084]

NOW PLEASE DO THE SAME WITH BRUCE LEEs ENTER THE DRAGON , folks.

[@joeybonin7691]

Too bad it's on Disney+. I won't see it.

[@reggieongoogle3583]

Yoko Ono chose to be a blip in the spotlight, than a blip in the shadows. She's a pilot fish. But she's pilot fish swimming with whales.

[@mircomalar5429]

👍😀👍🇵🇪

[@adriangarcia543]

December 3 birthday Bruno Campos from Disney movie princess and the frog as the voice prince Naveen

[@takayamafujiyama]

❝ビートルズは宗教になる❞って、 誰だったか書いていたが・・、 仏陀やキリストには映像や音という情報が残っていないのに対して、 本尊ビートルズはそういった物があるわけで。 ・・いや待てよ・・、 映像や音も、 後世の人間は作り変えるのは容易いわけだから・・、 仏陀やキリストの今日と同様な有り様になってしまうか。 歴史は繰り返されるわけだ・・。

[@lupusdei0819]

Disney set out to destroy

[@Aglnys]

いち

[@Trolasso_Gazpachero]

Now Beatles are disney princess