According to the Trivia section, this bombed when it was shown twice on BBC in 67. OK, I get that maybe bad word of mouth led to the second airing's low ratings but why the premiere? Were the Beatles no longer as popular in the UK by 67? And why was it never shown in the US? Not even as filler.
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The number of viewers was fine, t least at the start of the show. However both the critical and public reaction was strongly negative. Keep in mind that expectations were high. This was aired the same year that the hugely popular Sgt. Pepper album came out. It was aired on a popular family TV day where people were used to seeing polished variety shows and the Beatles previous movies were Hard Day's Night and Help. - What the audience got instead was kind an experimental home movie or student film. - It was the wrong audience and the wrong day.
The movie itself continues to get a very mixed reaction. The music sequences are good, but the rest of it could have been helped by some professional script/sketch writers.
It was also shown on TV in black and white which made scenes like Flying pointless. I think it was just too confusing for most people.
shareI don't remember much of the movie, but I think it's a pretty great soundtrack.
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