The following comes from the official Beatle press release.
In
September 1967, The Beatles loaded a film crew onto a bus along with
friends, family and cast and headed west on the A30 out of London to
make their third film, this time conceived and directed by The Beatles
themselves.
"Paul
said, 'Look I've got this idea' and we said 'great!' and all he had was
this circle and a little dot on the top - that's where we started."
(Ringo)
In
the wake of the extraordinary impact of the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts
Club Band album and the One World satellite broadcast of All You Need
Is Love, The Beatles devised, wrote and directed their third film,
Magical Mystery Tour, a dreamlike story of a coach day trip to the
seaside.
The
film features a fabulous supporting cast of character actors and
performers, (including Ivor Cutler, Victor Spinetti, Jessie Robins, Nat
Jackley, Derek Royle, and the inimitable Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band).
Apple
Films have fully restored the long out-of-print, classic feature film
for October 8th release worldwide (October 9th in North America) on DVD
and Blu-ray with a remixed soundtrack (5.1 and stereo) and special
features.
A special, boxed deluxe edition will also be available, and, for the first time ever, there will be a limited theatrical release from September 27th.
This
new release also feature three new edits of some of the song
performances, as well as scenes that were cut out of the original film.
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