![]() The film was later released in VHS and DVD formats. In the 1980s, ABC finally aired the film on American television. The film was not seen in the United States until New Line Cinema showed it in select theaters in 1974. The film was spoofed in the movie The Rutles. McCartney originally admitted it wasn't a decent effort, although in later years he stated that the film wasn't that bad, merely an avant-garde piece that was admired by many prestigious filmmakers such as Stephen Speilberg. The general consensus was that the Beatles had finally gone too far, with nothing substantive in the sometimes psychedelic montage of scenes. The color film was aired in black and white the day after Christmas, which was also boxing day in Britain-not a great time slot even for a great film. Others in the cast were Derek Royle, who played the tour director Jolly Jimmy Johnson Mandy Weet, who played the hostess Wendy Winters Ivon Cutler, who played Buster Bloodvessel and Victor Spinetti, who played an army recruiting officer. The music punctuating the film's scenes is the soundtrack for the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour album. This is what causes the film to be more than a bit surrealistic and often depart from any meaningful central plot. The Beatles play passengers and, with roadie Mal Evans, magicians who cause strange things to happen during the tour. ![]() Beyond that, the plot, inasmuch as there is one, centers on Ringo and his Aunt Jessie, with Jessie falling in love with the bus conductor, named Buster Bloodvessel. The plot was not heavily scripted, with the basic premise that a group of tourists was taking a "charabanc," or bus tour, to see the Blackpool lights. Other parts of the film were shot in Devon and Cornwall. Much of the program was filmed at RAF West Malling, a decommissioned airstrip and its hangar. The idea for the film and its plot is generally attributed to Paul McCartney.Īpproximately ten to twelve hours of footage for the film was shot in less than a month's time in September, 1967. The film, starring all four Beatles, was deemed a disaster by the viewing public and media critics alike. The chief Beatles fact for Magical Mystery Tour is that it was an hour long television program aired on the BBC in Great Britain on December 26, 1967.
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