All Together Now

All Together Now (2008)

The Beatles - Cirque partnership

George Harrison's friendship with Cirque founder Guy Laliberté led them to an inspired idea: bring together the 20th Century's most popular music with the world's greatest circus performers. Though George Harrison passed away before development began, band members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr; along with Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison; pushed the vision forward. Using archival materials, interviews, and footage of the rehearsals and performances that chart the creative process, All Together Now charts the story of this bold collaboration and the resulting live show. This GRAMMY® Award-winning film takes you from the studio, as musical directors George and Giles Martin reshaped The Beatles' original masters into an original, vibrant soundscape, to the historic opening night in Las Vegas.

Date of release
2008-10-20
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Documentary, Music
Director
Adrian Wills

Casting

Interesting facts

All Together Now is a 2008 feature-length documentary that chronicles the making of the Beatles and Cirque du Soleil collaboration project Love. The film details the story behind the unique partnership between the Beatles and Cirque du Soleil that resulted in the creation and launch of the Love stage show and the double Grammy-winning album of the same name. The film is dedicated to the memory of Neil Aspinall, a former assistant to the band and eventual head of Apple Corps, who died in March that year.

Background and release

All Together Now recounts how the Love project came into being, borne from the personal friendship between George Harrison and Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte. George saw how the twin talents of Cirque's artistry and the Beatles' music could be fused into something new and totally original. The title of the DVD refers to the Beatles song "All Together Now".

The director, Adrian Wills, records early meetings between the Cirque & Apple Corps' creative teams, as well as contributions from Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono, and Olivia Harrison discussing how the Beatles' music can be used in a different way.

These early stages of the project were all filmed, as were the first rehearsals in the theatre of The Mirage in Las Vegas, which was completely rebuilt with a one-of-a-kind sound system and complex round staging to house the Love show. George and Giles Martin, the show's musical directors, were involved with the Cirque du Soleil creative team, performers and backroom staff.

The DVD won the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video, in 2009, for the director, Adrian Wills, and the producers, Martin Bolduc and Jonathan Clyde. The Beatles did not receive the award as they did not perform in the video. They had, however, received an award in the same category several years earlier for The Beatles Anthology documentary.

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