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The Beatles get back with a little help from Disney & Peter Jackson

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After uncovering 57 hours of unseen footage, a new film documentary by acclaimed film director Peter Jackson will be released this month, covering The Beatles' recording sessions for Let It Be , the subsequent planning of a live concert and the resulting abridged famous rooftop show. I must be honest, the sheer volume of media excitement around this has been intriguing and raised as many eyebrows as heartbeats; afterall wasn't Let It Be the most maligned Beatles' album? Weren't Beatles' supposedly at war at this point?       As is generally the case, the truth is far murkier and more complex than the publicly believed narrative. Certainly, the starters for ten of the  teaser trailer and then the more recently released  official trailer just show what the fuss is all about, with arguably the then four most famous people on the planet having the time of their lives in full bright colour, in the rehearsal room, in the same room for far longer than any of us realise