Magical Mystery Tour Overview:

Magical Mystery Tour (1967) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by John Lennon and Bernard Knowles and produced by George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and Gavrik Losey.

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The Magical Mystery Tour Inside My Head

By FlickChick on Oct 28, 2013 From A Person in the Dark

No – this is not a post about the Beatles. It’s about the wonder and magic and endlessly enchanting internal journey that is my love of film. It’s why I write this blog – to give voice to and share that private and personal world of living stories in the dark. Watching ... Read full article


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This film features the only footage of John Lennon performing "I Am The Walrus".
"Magical Mystery Tour" was conceived as a way for The Beatles to do something fun and exciting in the wake of Brian Epstein's (The Beatles' manager) death. After his death, The Beatles realized that they were in financial trouble and had to do something with their acquired wealth or else the British government would levy taxes against them. So they started Apple Corps. and "Magical Mystery Tour" was the first project they made under the Apple company.
After the premier showing in December 1967, Ringo Starr apparently rang up the BBC complaining that the poor ratings were due to them showing "this colorful film" in B/W. The BBC responded by transmitting again, this time in glorious color a few days later. It still bombed.
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