New film will be based on 55 hours of footage from making of the classic album and movie
Peter Jackson has signed on to direct a new documentary on the making of The Beatles’ last studio album, “Let It Be,” according to an announcement Wednesday from by Apple Corps Ltd. and WingNut Films Ltd., Jackson’s production company.
The core of the new film will be 55 hours of previously unseen in-studio footage from the band’s recording of the album, shot between January 2 and January 31,1969.
The album was eventually released 18 months later in May 1970, several months after the band had broken up. The album, as well as a film of the same name, produced the Oscar-winning title track as well as classic tunes like “Across the Universe,” “The Long and Winding Road” and “Get Back.
