THOUGH THEY MAY BE PARTED, LET IT BE RETURNS

The Beatles film Let It Be, unavailable for nearly 50 years, will be streamed exclusively on Disney+ beginning 5/8.

Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s 1970 film was the basis of Peter Jackson’s docuseries The Beatles: Get Back that aired in 2021. Following the release of Get Back, Jackson’s Park Road Post Production company dove into a restoration of the film from the original 16mm negative.

“I was knocked out by what Peter was able to do with Get Back, using all the footage I’d shot 50 years previously,” said Lindsay-Hogg, who supported Jackson’s work on Let It Be.

Jackson said, "I was so lucky to have access to Michael’s outtakes for Get Back, and I’ve always thought that Let It Be is needed to complete the Get Back story. Over three parts, we showed Michael and The Beatles filming a groundbreaking new documentary, and Let It Be is that documentary—the movie they released in 1970.

“I now think of it all as one epic story, finally completed after five decades. The two projects support and enhance each other: Let It Be is the climax of Get Back, while Get Back provides a vital missing context for Let It Be. Michael Lindsay-Hogg was unfailingly helpful and gracious while I made Get Back, and it’s only right that his original movie has the last word...looking and sounding far better than it did in 1970.”