A restored version of the 1970 documentary film Let It Be, which explores the making of rock band The Beatles’ eponymous studio album, is set to stream on Disney+ from May 8, the streamer announced on Tuesday alongside a trailer.
The one-minute-32-second-long trailer shows John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr coming together to make their final studio album Let It Be.
The trailer begins with collages of the band members. McCartney is then shown singing the title song Let It Be. As the song continues, stills of each of the band members from the film are montaged together. A fly-on-the-wall view of the band performing and sharing laughs is shown in the video. Starr can be seen greeting McCartney saying, “Morning, Paul.” To that McCartney responds with, “Good Morning, Rich,” referring to Starr by a short version of his real name, Richard.
A small glimpse of Yoko Ono by Lennon’s side is also shown in the trailer. A voiceover in the short video talks about the film, “The Beatles, rehearsing, recording, relaxing, philosophizing, creating.”
The trailer concludes with another montage of the band members.
Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, the film follows the creation of the twelfth and last studio album of the rock band, it also documents the band’s final public performance on the Apple Corps headquarters rooftop in London. Footage from Let It Be has been used by Lord of The Rings director Peter Jackson for his three-episode docu-series The Beatles: Get Back that came out in 2021.
Produced by Neil Aspinall, the film was released in 1970 in the USA and UK. However, since the 1980s it has not been available on home video. Disney+ for the first time will bring the restored version of the original documentary on a digital platform.
