All This and World War II (1976) is a musical documentary. The Beatles' significance was pushed to the breaking point in this bizarre documentary that juxtaposes their songs, sung by a number of rock stars, with World War II newsreel footage and Fox films from the 1940s. It lasted a week in movie theaters and was quickly sent into storage. Evidently, all this effort was expended to make an antiwar statement (Erickson, n.d.). A documentary is a work in a visual or auditory medium presenting political, scientific, social, or historical subjects in a factual and informative manner. ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... This article is becoming very long. ... A typical megaplex (AMC Rolling Hills 20 in Rolling Hills Estates, California). ... Anti war protest in Melbourne, Australia, 2003 Anti-war is a term that is widely adopted by any social movement or person that seeks to end or oppose a future or current war. ...

After Terry Gilliam turned down offer to direct this documentary, 20th Century Fox turned to Susan Winslow. She had previously produced Brother can you Spare a Dime for Phillipe Mora which married 30s newsreel and mostly Warner Bros movie footage to gramophone songs of the period, similar to Pennies From Heaven (All This, n.d.). Terry Gilliam at Karlovy Vary 2006. ... Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ... The WB Shield, used from 2001 to late 2003. ... Pennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC Television drama serial by the highly-regarded television playwright Dennis Potter. ...

The movie was made only six years after the Beatles had split up. Its intended audience was the music-goers who were Beatles fans vehemently opposed to contemporary artists daring to improve the original material; however, the actual audience was movie-goers, usually non-Beatle fans less interested in the past than the new rock and pop of the 1970s. Nevertheless, the twenty-year gap separating these two key periods of history has shrunken enough that, when viewed from the 21st century, All This and World War II actually seems to work. This is because its nostalgia level is twofold: working both with images of the War (the 40s) and the music of the Beatles (the 60s). Just like any other cult movie, it had to be made, fail utterly, and be revived again 30 years later before it could be appreciated and understood (Burridge, 2005). One may feel nostalgic for the familiar routine of school, conveniently forgetting the painful experiences such as bullying. ... A cult film is a movie that attracts a small but devoted group of obsessive fans or one that has remained popular over successive years amongst a small group of followers. ...

The film is made up of archival news footage, so its only the music that bears the brunt of the criticism. The selection of artists is peculiar and obviously designed to cash in on who was hot in the mid 70s. What followed was such a bizarre and strangely compelling visual and aural collision that it seemed so ambitious and ugly that it worked (All This, n.d.).

Soundtrack

• Status Quo - “Getting Better”
• Lynsey De Paul – “Because”
• Richard Cocciante – “Michelle”
• The Four Seasons – “We Can Work It Out”
• Frankie Valli – “A Day in the Life”
• Ambrosia – “Magical Mystery Tour”
• David Essex – “Yesterday”
• Bryan Ferry – “She's Leaving Home”
• Peter Gabriel – “Strawberry Fields Forever”
• The Bee Gees – “Golden Slumbers/Carry that Weight", "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" and " Sun King"
• Henry Gross – “ Help!”
• Elton John- “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
• The Brothers Johnson - "Hey Jude"
• Frankie Laine – “Maxwell's Silver Hammer”
• Keith Moon – “When I'm Sixty-Four"
• Leo Sayer – "I Am the Walrus", "Let It Be" and "The Long and Winding Road"
• Will Malone & Lou Reizner – “You Never Give Me Your Money”
• Helen Reddy – “The Fool on the Hill”
• Roy Wood - "Lovely Rita" and "Polythene Pam"
• Jeff Lynne – “With a Little Help from My Friends” and “Nowhere Man”
• Tina Turner – “Come Together”
• Rod Stewart – “Get Back”

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The song is a classic instance of true Lennon-McCartney collaboration, its authors meeting more closely in a single song only... Frankie Valli (born May 3[1] in the Italian First Ward of Newark, New Jersey as Francis Stephen Castelluccio) is best known as lead singer of The Four Seasons, one of the biggest music acts of the 1960s, which continued from then to the 1970s disco scene to the present... A Day in the Life is a song composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and recorded for The Beatles album Sgt. ... The popular music group Ambrosia was formed in the early 1970s, and have ventured into a variety of styles during their history. ... Magical Mystery Tour is a song by the Beatles in the album of the same name. ... David Essex (born July 23, 1947) is a British actor and singer who has enjoyed a varied career. ... The song Yesterday was originally recorded by The Beatles for their album Help! in 1965. ... Bryan Ferry (born 26 September 1945 in Washington, Tyne and Wear) is an English singer, musician and songwriter, famed for his suave visual and vocal style, who came to public prominence in the 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter with Roxy Music. ... Shes Leaving Home is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and performed by the Beatles on the album Sgt. ... Peter Brian Gabriel (born February 13, 1950, in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English musician. ... Strawberry Fields Forever is the title of a 1967 song recorded by The Beatles. ... The Bee Gees: Maurice, Barry and Robin The Bee Gees were a British and Australian band, originally a pop singer-songwriter combination, reborn as funk and disco. ... Golden Slumbers is a Beatles song. ... Carry That Weight is a song by The Beatles. ... She Came In Through The Bathroom Window is a song written by Paul McCartney (although credited to Lennon-McCartney) and performed by The Beatles on their final album, Abbey Road. ... Sun King is the 4th song on side two of The Beatles Abbey Road record. ... Henry Gross (born April 1, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York), is a singer-songwriter best known for his 1976 top-10 hit Shannon. Gross began his career with Sha Na Na as a guitarist. ... Help! is a song by The Beatles taken from the album of the same name. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John, CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is a song written mostly by John Lennon (with some material by Paul McCartney) in 1967 and recorded by The Beatles for their album, Sgt. ... The Brothers Johnson is a band consisting of the musicians George Johnson (Lightnin Licks) and Louis Johnson (Thunder Thumbs). After touring with various artists like Bobby Womack and Billy Preston, Quincy Jones hired them for a tour in Japan and produced their debut LP Look out for Number 1, released... Hey Jude is a song recorded by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney but credited to Lennon-McCartney. ... The Early Years collection features some of Laines Mercury recordings. ... Maxwells Silver Hammer is a song performed by The Beatles, with Paul McCartney singing the lead, and is included on their album Abbey Road. ... Keith John Moon (August 23, 1946 – September 7, 1978) was the drummer of the rock group The Who. ... When Im Sixty-Four is a popular love song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney (but co-credited to John Lennon) and released in 1967 on their album Sgt. ... Leo Sayer (born on May 21, 1948) is a performing artist whose singing career has spanned four decades. ... I Am the Walrus is a 1967 Beatles song, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon-McCartney. ... Let It Be is a song written by Paul McCartney (but credited to Lennon-McCartney when released) and produced by The Beatles. ... The Long and Winding Road is a pop ballad written by Paul McCartney that originally appeared on the Beatles album Let It Be. ... Will Malone was a British music producer, who has worked with artists like, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Todd Rungren. ... You Never Give Me Your Money is a song by the The Beatles that opens the climactic medley on side two of the album Abbey Road. ... 2003 Greatest Hits compilation Helen Reddy (born October 25, 1941 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian pop singer and actress. ... The Fool on the Hill is a song by the Beatles. ... Roy Adrian Wood (sometimes erroneously thought to be born as Ulysses Adrian Wood, from a offhand interview comment in the 1960s) (born 8 November 1946 in Birmingham), is a songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. ... Lovely Rita is a song by the Beatles off of the album Sgt. ... Polythene Pam is the name of a song written by John Lennon (although credited to Lennon-McCartney) and performed by The Beatles on their final album, Abbey Road. ... Jeff Lynne (born December 30, 1947) in the Shard End area of Birmingham, England, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. ... With a Little Help from My Friends (original title: A Little Help from My Friends) is a song written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, released on the Beatles album Sgt. ... Nowhere Man is a song by British 1960s rock group The Beatles, on their hit album Rubber Soul (in the US on the Yesterday . ... Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939 - some sources say 1938) is a Grammy Award-winning American pop/rock singer, Buddhist and occasional actress. ... Come Together is a song by the rock band The Beatles. ... Roderick David Stewart (born January 10, 1945) is an English singer and songwriter of Scottish descent, most known for his uniquely raspy, gravelly, hoarse-sounding voice and personable singing style, as exemplified in his signature song Maggie May. In a career in its fifth decade, Stewart has achieved 27 Top... Get Back sessions, see Let It Be (album). ...

References

• Erickson, H. (n.d.). Movie info for All This and World War II . Retrieved September 8, 2006, from MSN Movies Web site: http://entertainment.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=81910

• Burridge, S. (2005). All this and World WarII (1976). Retrieved September 8, 2006, from Movie Usenet Web site: http://www.movieusenet.com/2-post1.html

• All This and World War II. (n.d.). Retrieved September 8, 2006, from Internet Movie Database Web site: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132679/

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