Michael Lindsay-Hogg's film about The Beatles, Let t Be, which was originally released in 1970 and provided the footage for Peter Jackson's mammoth Get Back film, has been restored by Jackson, and will be available on Disney+ from May 8. It'll be the first time in more than 50 years that the original film has been officially available for public consumption.
“Let It Be’ was ready to go in October/November 1969, but it didn’t come out until April 1970," says Lindsay-Hogg. "One month before its release, The Beatles officially broke up. And so the people went to see Let It Be with sadness in their hearts, thinking, ‘I’ll never see The Beatles together again. I will never have that joy again,’ and it very much darkened the perception of the film. But, in fact, how often do you get to see artists of this stature working together to make what they hear in their heads into songs?
