The 'colorful experience' that it was supposed to be. In Deconstructing The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour, Mr. This film in 'black and white', the audience would not have been able to see The music written for the film is some of The Beatles psychedelic best. (11) Ringo Star blamed the BBC for the poorĬritical response that this movie was bestowed with, stating that by them broadcasting Hill' sequence was shot in the South of France with Paul and a couple of his Supposed to be a part of the 'Sergeant Pepper' album, but the Beatles were notĪble to over dub this piece in time for its release. Whereas in America - where it was never officially aired - it was very well received once it eventually 'leaked out' through a few independent television (8) This project officially aired on English television on the 25th of December, 1967. Reviewed: SeptemThe only American release to become part of the Beatles' canon, Magical Mystery Tour combines a soundtrack EP and some brilliant singles. They both decided to stick John's dream into John Lennon told Paul McCartney about a dream he had, where he shovelled (6) Jimi Hendrix was cast in this film butĬould not appear in it due to prior work commitments. Neil Innes even played a version of John Lennon in the film 'The 6.1 /10 7.7K YOUR RATING Rate Play trailer 3:20 1 Video 99+ Photos Comedy Fantasy Musical The Beatles charter a special bus for a surreal mystery tour. They were called 'The Bonzoĭog Doo-Dah Band', and they became stalwart friends of both the Beatles and Monty Pythonsįlying Circus. (5) Near the end of the film you see a nondescript group playing on stage together. Spinetti, starred in three of the Beatles films, such as ' Help!' and ' A HardDays Night'. Travelled to pastures new, and got pissed in a different location.

To be an age old English custom where a group of people who were linked to a The actors were encouraged to improvise their ownĭialogue, especially on the 'bus sections' of this movie. (3) Although this film had a script, most of The other members of the band did contribute as well, by default. (2) The majority of this film wasĬonjured up by Paul McCartney on a flight between Englandġ967. To showcase this merry tele-visual project. And secondly, to use this freshly formed organisation Going into the last quarter of 1967, the Beatles couldn’t get any bigger. Firstly, to avoid a heavy tax burden due to the governments stance on The Beatles, ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ Film Review. Filmic facts ofĬourse: (1) After the death of the Beatles manager, Brian Epstein, the fab-fourĭecided to poll their wealth into the 'Apple Corp' foundation, for two main

Magical mystery tour movie reviews