Linda McCartney Movies
Celebrity photographer, rock & roll musician, fanatic vegetarian, mother, and the wife of one of rock & roll's legends, Sir Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney's film appearances were in conjunction with her husband and his internationally popular group Wings. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Richard Lester, who directed A Hard Day's Night and Help!, was the man behind the cameras for this documentary look at Paul McCartney's 1989-1990 world tour. McCartney and his band perform 20 songs spanning Macca's solo career as well as his years with the Beatles, including "Band on the Run," "Live and Let Die," "Coming Up," "Get Back," "I Saw Her Standing There," "Can't Buy Me Love," "The Long and Winding Road," and "Fool on the Hill." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Paul McCartney
A restaurant worker (Lanah Pellay) is fired from a posh London eatery, so the man returns with a band of terrorists, who have their own ideas about how to run a restaurant, and they begin feeding new customers with old customers. Motorhead provides the music. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lanah Pellay, Nosher Powell, (more)
- 1984
- PG
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Having written the music and screenplay for this film, Paul McCartney also plays himself in the leading role. When the sole copy of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk losing his recording company to the lowlife Mr. Rath (John Bennett). McCartney performs three new songs, along with a number of classic Beatles' tunes. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Paul McCartney, Bryan Brown, (more)
- 1983
Enjoy this animated tale about a bear cub stumbling upon a frog rehearsal in a cave set to the music by Paul McCartney. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1980
This 1980 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Steve Martin and features musical guest Paul & Linda McCartney. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Steve Martin, Linda McCartney, (more)
- 1980
Rockshow is a filmed record of the 10-country tour conducted by Paul McCartney and his rock group Wings. The climax takes place before a crowd of 67,000 at the King Dome in Seattle. Among the songs presented by McCartney & Company are "Jet", "Band on the Run", "Maybe I'm Amazed" and "Yesterday". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, (more)
Roger Moore makes his first appearance as "Bond...James Bond" in 1973's Live and Let Die. Bond is dispatched to the States to stem the activities of Mr. Big (Yaphet Kotto), who plans to take over the Western Hemisphere by converting everyone into heroin addicts. The woman in the case is Solitaire (Jane Seymour in her movie debut), an enigmatic interpreter of tarot cards. The obligatory destructive-chase sequence occurs at the film's midpoint, with Bond being chased in a motorboat by Mr. Big's henchmen, slashing his way through the marshlands and smashing up a wedding party. Clifton James makes the first of several Bond appearances as redneck sheriff Pepper, while Geoffrey Holder is an enthusiastic secondary villain. The title song, written by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney, provides the frosting on this 007 confection. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, (more)
- 1970
- G
The dissolution of the Fab Four is captured on camera in Michael Lindsay-Hogg's documentary, a filmed record of the sessions for what would become the Beatles' final release, Let It Be. (Abbey Road, cut shortly after these sessions, was in fact the group's final recording, but it was released a year before these often-delayed songs.) Included is footage shot at the famous rooftop concert that was the Fabs' final live appearance. The Beatles are shown rehearsing, performing, arguing, and recording and allow the cameras to record their every word and note in the recording studio. The film opens with Paul showing Ringo a piano composition, while the group is surrounded in silence, seemingly light years removed from the screaming hordes of fans that necessitated their withdrawal from performing live. Billy Preston later drops by to jam on keyboards. For this film, the Beatles collectively won an Oscar for "Best Original Film Score," their only Academy Award. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- The Beatles, Yoko Ono, (more)
Exclusive Tomorror Show interviews with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr find legendary television talk show host Tom Snyder offering fascinating insight into the effects of "Beatlemania" on the musician's lives while exploring exactly what happened after the biggest rock and roll act on the planet called it quits. Originally aired on April 25, 1975, the interview with Lennon comes just as the &Imagine" songwriter began his five-year hiatus from public life, and would ultimately stand as his last televised interview. The McCartney and Starr interviews ran in December of 1979 and November of 1981 respectively, and finds both of the former Beatles branching out into successful solo careers. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
