I saw this film only once when it premiered on the ABC movie of the week. I have always hoped to find it again on TV but to no avail. What this film tries to do in a 90 minute span is tell the story of the start of The Beatles from the beginning in Liverpool. As far as facts go there are some discrepancies.The songs that are preformed is one but the sacking of Pete Best was way off. From reading the book "Shout" ( a must for any Beatle fan, if you can find a copy get it)That scene we all know was coming. To me it was personal as Pete Best was involved in the making of the film. Overall not a bad film but I always hoped that they would do a second film with the same actors to continue the history of the band leading up to the breakup. I guess they did not think we needed to see it.My biggest problem with movies about rock bands is that they skip over things you want to see and always leave you with a happy ending (HYSTERA the Def Leppard story anyone?) If any die hard Beatle fan has not seen this movie try to find it I think you might enjoy it.
Review of Birth of the Beatles
