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Give My Regards to Broad Street [VHS] | ![Give My Regards to Broad Street [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GA2437YCL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Peter Webb
Actors: Paul McCartney, Bryan Brown, Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Linda McCartney
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: Video
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Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 31269
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 108 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6300247945
UPC: 086162144837
EAN: 9786300247949
ASIN: 6300247945
Theatrical Release Date: October 23, 1984
Release Date: May 14, 1996
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Critics were ruthless when Give My Regards to Broad Street was released in 1984, but the passing years have turned it into an offbeat curio from Paul McCartney's post-Wings era. The ex-Beatle was roundly panned for scripting this empty-headed vanity project, and it still qualifies as a mistake of sorts, dubiously combining new performances of Beatles classics with a few Wings hits and tracks from McCartney's popular 1982 solo album Tug of War. Most of these songs are performed as semi-lavish, blandly filmed production numbers ("Silly Love Songs" comes off like an embarrassing mix of Michael Jackson's Thriller and a Flock of Seagulls reunion), and the whole movie reeks of cheesy early-'80s New Wave/MTV influence, even in the casting of Tracey Ullman as a leather-clad Londoner with streaks of red hair dye. The "plot" is entirely dispensable, consisting of "24 hours in the life of a rock star," in which Paul has until midnight to find the missing master tapes of his latest album, or lose his entire music empire to a slimy corporate takeover. (Parallels to Macca's loss of Beatle music rights to Michael Jackson are fascinating to consider.) It's all an excuse for a rambling, amiable mess of a movie, with slim supporting roles for Ringo Starr (who admirably refused to participate in re-recording the Beatles hits), his wife Barbara Bach, Linda McCartney, and, most inexplicably, Sir Ralph Richardson in one of many throwaway fantasy sequences. Critic Roger Ebert rightly called Broad Street "about as close as you can get to a non-movie" (which might explain why director Peter Webb never made another film), but the music's still good (look closely for Dave Edmunds and former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones), and we'd sure like a spin in Sir Paul's groovy vintage hot-rod. --Jeff Shannon
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Screenwriter/Star Paul McCartney creates a rousing musical fantasy about a pop singer/composer (McCartney) who discovers the master tapes of his new unreleased album have disappeared. If he doesn't locate them by midnight, businessmen will take over his company. Among the musical highlights are fourteen spectacularly staged McCartney tunes including Beatles classics "Yesterday," "Eleanor Rigby" and "Good Day Sunshine."
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 Not really a small film at all... February 4, 2000
C. Cleveland (Dryden, NY United States)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
It is an enormous shame that Siskel and Ebert were unable to understand the plot of this film. It was simply too intelligent and gentle for them to grasp. But anyone who is literate should be able to understand the contrast between the hero's workaday life and the melodramatic horrors he imagines when the master tape for a new album goes missing. The plot is about resisting the temptation to condemn your friend on circumstantial evidence, and the determination to trust your own judgment. It is about believing the best of people rather than the worst, and about the human capacity to overcome the terrors that the imagination throws at you, and insist that reason and fairness prevail. It is a very coherent plot used to structure a series of beautifully staged musical interludes. Besides being full McCartney-Martin music, it has much to say to a culture drunk on speed, violence, and sloppy judgment. It is not really a small film at all, but a sort of musician-as-auteur cinematic essay that deserves to be listened to in several senses of that word. Visually beautiful, intellectually satisfying, musically a recurring joy.
A Neat Time Capsule of Timeless Music October 19, 2005
Robert T. Maloney (New Jersey USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Give My Regards to Broad Street has been in the glove box of every car that I have driven since 1984 on cassette. The DVD will probably remain near the TV for easy and often playback for at least the next 21 years also.
I became a Beatle fan in 1964, and I was glad that Paul went back into `his'
catalogue to remake some of his timeless classics: "Yesterday", "Here, There Everywhere", "The Long and Winding Road" (and others) on this collection .
My daughter is now 15, and a full fledged fan of McCartney . The family was lucky to see Paul display that he still has the energy and love for what he does, as he ran down a play list of about 34 great songs, at Madison Square Garden on 9/30/05. I was then thrilled to find this DVD available online to continue that (Paul) show at home.
The plot is a variation of `24' as we see Paul go through a day in his life going from appointment to appointment - all linked by studio performances
Filmed up close and personal with Paul and his band. It is a Neat Time Capsule of Timeless Music that will continue to be discovered and re-discovered as time goes by.
The extended version of Eleanor Rigby with Paul, Linda, Ringo, Barbara (Bach) and others has a look of Dickens England as Paul daydreams with the soundtrack sounding very classical and sophisticated with layers of strings complimenting Paul's acoustic 6 string.
For No One is a treat as we see Pail, finger-pick the notes of this sad song that has became one of my favorites over the years. I had a tear in my eye hearing it live a few weeks ago.
After seeing Paul live, this DVD helps fill the void of `missing Paul' as he left the stage that magical night in New York City.
Visit the mind of a music master haveing so much fun December 4, 1998
James L. Brown (Malta, Montana)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
From beginning to end I found it perfect and oh so enjoyable. The mixture of faces, and music, along with the wit, laughter, and emotion that only Paul could give us. God bless him. And now for the so called credics that gave this masterpiece a bad rap. Who are you. What if Paul hadn't made this movie would you have descredited him for that too. Please, this is a man who helped make this world what it is today, a place where love, fantacy, and a kind of music that can't go wrong anywhere or anytime. God bless.
Well done Paul June 30, 2002
Maxie (Gurteen, County Sligo, Ireland)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
First of all let me say this - I absolutely love this film. The plot has been described in the other reviews so I won't do it again. It mightn't be an ordinary film - it's slightly more of an art film. If you watch it as a couple of music videos loosely connected by a plot this film is great. I expect I don't have to tell you that the music is brilliant - this is after all Paul McCartney we're talking about - "So Bad" is heart-meltingly beautiful. For me, the whole "Eleanor Rigby/Eleanor's Dream" scene alone is worth buying the video. I'll tell you what - if you enjoy an art film or music videos (or, in fact, if you enjoyed "Magical Mystery Tour") I recommend this film to you.
Get over yourselves August 21, 2006
Mary C. Holmes (Long Beach, CA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
So? it's not another "Casablanca"? So what? I know the plot isn't incredible. What's incredible is seeing Paul, Linda, and the band in an extended video, performing great songs, and seeing the warmth and love in rock's greatest love affair. It's meant as a lark, not "Schindler's List". So, loosen up and have a good time.
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