The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

2016 · 1h46 · Film

Directed by Ron Howard

Starring Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison, Larry Kane, Whoopi Goldberg, Elvis Costello, Suzy Eddie Izzard, Sigourney Weaver, Richard Lester

Ideal when you feel… Curious Happy

The Beatles stormed through Europe's music scene in 1963, and, in 1964, they conquered America. Their groundbreaking world tours changed global youth culture forever and, arguably, invented mass entertainment as we know it today. All the while, the group were composing and recording a series of extraordinarily successful singles and albums. However the relentless pressure of such unprecedented fame, that in 1966 became uncontrollable turmoil, led to the decision to stop touring. In the ensuing years The Beatles were then free to focus on a series of albums that changed the face of recorded music.

Original language

English

Screenplay

Mark Monroe, P.G. Morgan

Cinematography

Caleb Deschanel, Tim Suhrstedt

Cast

George Harrison, Larry Kane, Whoopi Goldberg, Elvis Costello, Suzy Eddie Izzard, Sigourney Weaver, Richard Lester, Kitty Oliver, Howard Goodall

Updated July 22, 2026

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