Organizer: Keswick Alhambra Cinema
Name: Keswick Alhambra Cinema
Phone: 017687 72195
Email: [email protected]
St. Johns Street
Keswick, Cumbria,
Keswick
CA12 5AG
£8
The Alhambra Cinema is located in St Johns Street just up from the Market Square.
February 9th, 1964, after a brief commercial break, four young men from Liverpool step onto the Ed Sullivan stage, changing culture forever. Seventy-three million people watched The Beatles perform that night, the largest audience in television history. Then they went on the road. By the time the band quit touring in August of 1966, they had performed 166 concerts in 15 countries and 90 cities around the world. The cultural phenomenon their touring helped create, known as "Beatlemania," was something the world had never seen before and, arguably, hasn't since. It was the first time much of the world felt truly unified - bound by aspiration and attitude, rather than divided by race, class, religion or nationality. It will examine the impact of those touring years on each of The Beatles - the toll on their relationships and the effect it had on their musical evolution, as well as the colossal boost the tours gave to their lifestyle and fame. But while the band created the spark, it was young people around the world who created the firestorm. The film also explores the incomparable electricity between performer and audience that turned the music into a movement - a common experience into something sublime. “What makes the film magical is the sheer richness of the archive material and the pace at which it has been edited. The documentary never feels like an exercise in nostalgia.” – Independent (UK).
| Start Date | End Date | Times |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2018 | 06/04/2018 | 8 pm |