The plan was to give a live performance featuring new songs, broadcast as a television special and recorded for release as an album. The concert ends with applause from the people on the rooftop and Lennon quipping, "I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves, and I hope we passed the audition!" ProductionĪfter the stressful sessions for The Beatles (also known as the "White Album") wrapped up in October 1968, McCartney concluded that the group needed to return to their roots for their next project. This prompts some ad-libbed lyrical asides from McCartney during the second performance of "Get Back". The police eventually make their way to the roof and try to bring the show to a close, as the show was disrupting businesses' lunch hour nearby. They perform " Get Back", " Don't Let Me Down", " I've Got a Feeling", " One After 909" and " Dig a Pony", intercut with reactions and comments from surprised Londoners gathering on the streets below. The Beatles conclude their studio work with complete performances of "Two of Us", " Let It Be" and " The Long and Winding Road".įor the final portion of the film, the Beatles and Preston are shown giving an unannounced concert from the studio rooftop. Lennon is shown listening in silence while McCartney expresses his concern about the band's inclination to stay confined to the recording studio. Billy Preston accompanies the band on impromptu renditions of several rock and roll covers, as well as Lennon's improvised jam " Dig It", while Linda Eastman's daughter Heather plays around the studio. Starr and Harrison are shown working on the structure for " Octopus's Garden" and then demonstrating it for George Martin. The Beatles are then shown individually arriving at Apple headquarters, where they begin the studio recording process with Harrison singing " For You Blue" while Lennon plays lap steel guitar. Harrison responds that McCartney no longer annoys him, and that he is content to play what McCartney wishes or to not play at all. McCartney says "I always hear myself annoying you" and tells Harrison that this is not his intention. Also appearing are Mal Evans, providing the hammer blows on " Maxwell's Silver Hammer", and Yoko Ono at Lennon's side at all times.Īt one point, McCartney seems to criticise Harrison's guitar part on " Two of Us" and a mildly tense conversation takes place between them. McCartney dominates the proceedings while his bandmates show comparatively little interest. The songs are works in progress, with discussions among the band members about ways to improve them. The first portion of the film shows the band rehearsing on a sound stage at Twickenham Film Studios. The film observes the Beatles ( John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) from a " fly on the wall" perspective, without narration, scene titles, or interviews with the main subjects. The Beatles: Get Back, an upcoming 2021 documentary utilising footage filmed for Let It Be, will be followed by a remastered re-release of the original 1970 film. Early attempts to release the film on DVD and Blu-ray did not come to fruition.
The film Let It Be has not been officially available on home video since the 1980s, although original and bootleg copies of the film still circulate. Following the film's release, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr collectively won an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score. Although the film does not dwell on the dissension within the group at the time, it provides some glimpses into the dynamics that would lead to their break-up. When plans for the concert broadcast were dropped, the project became a feature film production. The film was originally planned as a television documentary that would accompany a concert broadcast. Released in May 1970, just after the album's release, Let It Be is the final original Beatles film release. The film includes an unannounced rooftop concert by the group, the last public performance of the four together. The film documents the group's rehearsing and recording songs in January 1969 for their twelfth studio album Let It Be. Let It Be is a 1970 British documentary film starring the Beatles and directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg.
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