The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (12A)

THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK - THE TOURING YEARS | 2016 | Dir. Ron Howard | 12A | Music Documentary |106 mins 

In the 1960s, the Beatles exploded onto the public scene seemingly out of nowhere, as the band's formative years of constant performing at home and in Hamburg, and Brian Epstein's grooming, finally paid off beyond their wildest dreams. Accompanying new interviews of the remaining Beatles, their associates and fans as well as archival interviews of the late ones, this film features footage of the heady concert years of 1963 to 1966 when the band became a worldwide cultural phenomena topping them all. It also follows how the Fab Four began to change and grow while the excitement of Beatlemania began to sour their lives into an intolerable slog they needed to escape from to become more than what their fans wanted.

Local author and broadcaster, Derek Shelmerdine will introduce the film and put it into the context of its time.

Tickets for non-members cost £6 each (Under 25's £3) and HFS members pay £5.  Buy online or on the night from the HFS desk - contactless payments only.  (A small processing fee will be applied to all tickets.)

HFS is proud to be screening its Music Legends season in the newly refurbished function room at Bilton Club, Skipton Road.

• A new large screen and a new state of the art sound system and projector have been installed.

• Function room bar, opened before and after the film

• Free parking

• Wheelchair access

• Option to join the club for an annual fee of £10, benefits include members reductions on all purchases. Ask for details at the bar.

  
  

Doors open at 7pm and the film will start about 7.30pm, after a short introduction from Derek.  All seating is unreserved so grab a seat wherever you like.

Screened under license with permission from FilmbankMedia.