Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
December 25, 1967Release Date
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
December 25, 1967Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently Magical Mystery Tour is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
John Lennon
Self / Ticket Salesman / Magician with Coffee / Narrator / Producer / Director / Songs / Writer
Paul McCartney
Self / Major McCartney / Brown Nosed Magician / Producer / Director / Songs / Idea / Writer
George Harrison
Self / Magician Looking Through Telescope / Producer / Original Music Composer / Director / Songs / Writer
Ringo Starr
Self / Talkative Magician / Producer / Director of Photography / Director / Writer
Vivian Stanshall
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Neil Innes
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Roger Ruskin Spear
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Larry 'Legs' Smith
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Sam Spoons
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Rodney Slater
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Jan Carson
Stripper
George Claydon
Photographer
Ivor Cutler
Mr Buster Bloodvessel
Shirley Evans
Accordionist
Nat Jackley
Rubber Man
Nichola
Little Girl
Jessie Robins
Aunt Jessica
Derek Royle
Jolly Jimmy
Victor Spinetti
Army Sergeant
Miranda Forbes
Hostess Wendy Winters
Maggie Wright
Starlet
Yannis 'Magic Alex' Alexis Mardas
Himself
Vernon Dudley Bowhay Nowell
Bass Player, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
Mal Evans
Magician standing in the corner / Idea
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 25, 1967
StatusReleased
Running Time52m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsNice, France
Genres
Wiki.
Magical Mystery Tour is a 1967 British made-for-television musical film written, produced, and directed by and starring the Beatles. It is the third film that starred the band and depicts a group of people on a coach tour (including the band members) who experience strange happenings caused by magicians (also played by the band as well as road manager Mal Evans). The premise was inspired by Ken Kesey's Furthur adventures with the Merry Pranksters and the then-popular coach trips from Liverpool to see the Blackpool Lights. Paul McCartney is credited with conceptualising and leading the project.
Much of Magical Mystery Tour was shot in and around RAF West Malling, a decommissioned military airfield in Kent, and the script was largely improvised. Shooting proceeded on the basis of a mostly handwritten collection of ideas, sketches and situations. The film is interspersed with musical interludes, which include the Beatles performing "I Am the Walrus" wearing animal masks and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band performing Vivian Stanshall and Neil Innes' "Death Cab for Cutie".
The film originally aired on BBC1, in black-and-white, on Boxing Day, 26 December 1967. A colour transmission followed on BBC2 on 5 January 1968. It was poorly received by critics and audiences, although its accompanying soundtrack was a commercial and critical success. The film received an American theatrical release in 1974 by New Line Cinema, and in select theatres worldwide in 2012 by Apple Films.