Talk:Let It Be (film)

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[edit] DVD releases

Fans await to this day the official release of this film on DVD. When Neil Aspinall was last at Apple, he said that initial restoration opened Pandora's box, so it was shelved yet again.

On amazon.com of all places, I find purported DVD releases of the film, sometimes sold with a rare concert or other programme, imported from possibly Japan, Eastern Europe, mainland China, or South Korea. Some claim that it's public domain (which it certainly isn't, as far as the west is concerned). The picture quality might not be up to par (as with most pirates and bootlegs; many stem from this era) with a proper version. This is one of the only Oscar winners not legally available on video.

My copy I did on my DVD recorder from a low-quality third-generation VHS copy said to be from a nursing home. Better than nothing, though if a true DVD comes out, I'ma get that and give away the DVD-R. I see pirates at the CD record fair twice a year. I save my money for rarer goodies.

Beatle People of the world unite and get Apple to reissue this lost gem! We can't just "Let It Be"!Sposato (talk) 23:20, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Still a stub?

Do we consider this still a stub or is it a grown up adult article now? --kingboyk 19:09, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

I think by the criteria at Wikipedia:WikiProject_The_Beatles/Article_Classification it is 'Start class'. I'll destub it now. --kingboyk 03:07, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Film still

Is that photo of Ringo (behind drum baffles) and Paul (playing guitar) reproduced the opposite way round? McCartney is left handed, but playing right handed here (also, if you look at the guitar, it appears as a left handed guitar played upside down! Surely not right...) Lec CRP1 19:45, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

I think it is reversed—the guitar is a right-handed guitar, that Paul is playing left-handed; and Paul's part in his hair is reversed. Jimcripps 02:32, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Reversed image now corrected. - Zakko 04:11, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Paul always plays the guitar like that, if you knew anything about the Beatles or Paul McCartney you would know he plays a right handed guitar left handed.

Both Paul and Ringo are southpaws.Sposato (talk) 23:20, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

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