Why The Beatles "Let It Be" 1970 Restored Film is a Must See!

The footage of John and Paul face-to-face playing Two of Us is the ultimate cathartic moment of the movie and worth the price of admission. Despite everything that came in between, it’s still Paul and John horsing around, playing some music, and having some laughs. Distilled to it’s simplest form, it’s why we love the Beatles and can’t get enough of them. It’s the greatest romance of the 20th century. ❤

The highlight of the original movie is the performance of the three songs "Let it Be", "Long and Winding Road" and "Two of Us", which we know now was edited to look like it took place before the roof top session, but was actually after.

The film has the "Let it A, let it B, let it C, let it D" bit that was unused for the documentary.

I love the way the rooftop concert is edited in the original. Honestly, the film is still entertaining and fun to watch

I would really love if they released "The Compleat Beatles". That was a really good and concise documentary.

When my brother and I went to go see this in 1970 there's a couple things that really stood out. The argument between Paul and George, and there's another short little seen that I think everyone forgot about it's when I think they're doing two of us and John is not close enough to the microphone and they start the song and all of a sudden the camera pans at Paul's face and he's pointing to the microphone and sternly says get on the mic! Then you hear John kind of go well ok, then Paul kind of backs off and says real low you know because I can't hear you. Then John comes back real low voice going well you don't have to bitch about it. Yeah I'm going to be really interested in watching this all cleaned up.

I can’t wait. I have a weird fascination with the 1970 movie, but that quality is just rough because of how they did it. For a full remastered edition, count me in!

I really enjoyed Let It Be and thought it was probably closer to the way the band were feeling at the time. Also, unlike Get Back which paints Paul in a beautiful light, Let It Be shows him basically getting on everyone's nerves. Remember, there was a reason why they all thought making the album was a miserable time and this film captures the tension perfectly.

I had this downloaded and used to watch it a lot when wifi was down. Audio was relatively good and it was as good as a bad DVD transfer. Seeing this come to life and be publicly available for people to see is happy to see. Can't wait to see what new footage Jackson will be able to remaster, considering most footage (including concert footage) is very grainy.

They should just release the 50+ hours of film

I always enjoyed the original film anyway. When it was released, it was magical to see supposedly fly-on-the-wall footage of our heroes in action, whether or not they were seen at their very best. It was much more than we had ever seen before, after all. I'll definitely capture the new release.

Senior citizen here who lived through these Beatle's events in real time. I've had Let It Be on DVD for a long time, in fact I have 2 copies, one is from S Korea, complete with Korean subtitles if you wish. I've loved this movie, and I was extremely excited to see the Peter Jackson version. I waited until the price came down and after watching some of the movie, I was very disappointed. Waaaaay too much information and talk talk talk talk. Truthfully, to me it's like watching paint dry. I've yet to watch the whole thing, and I doubt I ever will. I know I'm probably in the minority with my opinion of Get Back, but I'm still a Beatle's fan at 77. We have the Beatles Box set in mono on vinyl and it's our go to edition of listening. Also picked up the Giles Martin remixes(except Revolver). Will probably pick this re-issued version, that is, if they didn't mess with it too much. Thanks for the great post!

I'm excited. I'm a Beatlemaniac, but I've never been much into tracking down bootlegs and never came across the original movie, so I just didn't see it even though I want to.

If I remember right 'Let it be' showed the Beatles rehearsing songs that appeared on Abbey Road. 'Octopuses garden' 'Oh darling', and 'Maxwell's silver hammer' It will remain the only footage of the Beatles performing songs from their last ever album though I think Jackson's 'Get back' might have had additional songs from it.

There are two sides to every story. Peter Jackson showed us the most productive part of the Let It Be sessions and the original shows more of the darker moments. It makes perfect sense to offer a balance for the audience to see a more complete picture...Not a bad thing at all. The Beatles were. after all, just humans like us.

I saw Let it Be during its first run in movie theatres. I don`t recall any negativity surrounding it at the time, we were all just very happy to see the Beatles working on their songs, and of course the rooftop concert was terrific. The reason this movie went out of circualtion for so many years is that Paul found that it painted a negative image of him, in particular over his argument with George captured on camera. During the filming, George did quit for a few days. According to George Martin, Paul was very "bossy" with the other three. Paul has been trying to control - and in some cases rewrite - Beatles history for years.

I had two standout moments from the film...ok, maybe 3. 1. Paul and Ringo playing on the piano at the beginning of the film. 2. John and Paul playing that faster version of Two Of Us. 3. George helping Ringo with Octopusses Garden. I liked it. Saw a VHS copy years ago. It has some great moments, but it does pale in comparison to Get Back.

I saw the original somewhere when I was younger but I have no idea where, it was like a false memory in my head til I saw the get back doco. Would be good to see this and let my brain complete the loop 😂

I’m surprised they didn’t do this first then release Get Back as a more complete companion piece. A lot of casual or non-fans will have no idea what this is. They’ll say “I just saw an 8 hour version of this, why would I watch a 1.5 hr version?” But I’m excited to see it.

Great points made. Definitely looking forward seeing this again after many years. In addition with it all spruced up for other generations to experience