Will we ever see a re-release of "Let It Be?"

July 11, 2018 9:34 AM

The recent updating and re-release of Yellow Submarine reminds me that Let It Be is the one Beatles movie I would love to see re-released. I don't expect it will be, though, because (aside from the rooftop concert) it captures some contentious moments in the run-up to the eventual breakup, and no one is eager to show those again. Does anyone know?
posted by John Borrowman to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

Best answer: Apple Corps tends to dribble these things out. They're probably waiting for the 50th anniversary. This year a deluxe White Album is rumored. So, perhaps 2020.

Allegedly the footage has already been cleaned up and reedited.
posted by Bushmiller at 9:57 AM on July 11, 2018 [2 favorites]

I'm not so sure it will be rereleased while the remaining band members are alive. I've never managed to find a non-bootleg copy; apparently Starr and McCartney blocked a DVD release, though now McCartney claims it's not true.
posted by PhoBWanKenobi at 7:29 AM on July 12, 2018

And here's another article claiming that Harrison's estate and Yoko Ono are blocking the rerelease.
posted by PhoBWanKenobi at 7:31 AM on July 12, 2018