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October 1, 2020
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PRESS RELEASE
A NEW 25 MIN DOCUMENTARY
BY AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER
CHRIS PURCELL LAUNCHING IN
LIVERPOOL ON FRIDAY 9 OCT, 8PM
A quirky and affectionate portrait of Liverpool and how the relationship with her most famous sons has reflected and shaped the city’s changing fortunes.
The Beatles and Us is being launch at the British Music Experience on Friday 9th October at 8pm -what would have been John Lennon’s 80th (pending increased Covid restrictions). The film, presented to 70 invited socially-distanced guests, will be followed by a 30 min Q&A chaired by music journalist Paul Fitzgerald, with director Chris Purcell. In addition, the event will be live streamed as an on-line premiere together with the Q&A. Tickets for this are available through: https://www.thebeatlesandus.com/ where you can also find more information about the film.
Many have said that the 5th Beatle was actually Liverpool, so influential was the character and traditions of the city upon the Beatles’ personalities, creative drive and unshakable self belief.
By the same token, the recently installed statues that stand proudly at Pier Head, carry the inscription ‘…The Beatles never really left. They are synonymous with this city.’ Liverpool and the Fab Four are inextricably linked… still.
The 9th October this year marks what would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday. Despite this astonishing milestone, global interest in Lennon, and the band he started, seem to show no signs of diminishing. To Liverpool, where 1 in 100 jobs are Beatles related, this enduring appeal has
become vital to the city’s economy. The vast investment that accompanied being bestowed
European City of Culture in 2003, has transformed the city centre – and winning that glittering prize was arguably down to the Beatles’ connection. This dependency though has made Liverpool vulnerable – as the virus arrived on the shores of the Mersey, the torrent of visitors that once
streamed through John Lennon Airport, has slowed to a trickle…
Liverpool born director, Chris Purcell explores these themes in a charming and poetic character led documentary ‘The Beatles and Us’. Timed to coincide with Lennon’s big day, it also comes just as the very cradle of Beatlemania, the Cavern Club, is under threat of closure. The iconic venue, now a microcosm of the troubles facing the live music scene everywhere, is currently loosing £30K a week. As Purcell’s film reflects though, Liverpool has weathered stormy times before.
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Tags: Beatles, Beatles and Us, Beatles Liverpool, Chris Purcell
