UK premiere of “Give My Regards To Broad Street” movie

After having been awarded the title of Honorary Freedom of the City of Liverpool, Paul McCartney joined in the UK premiere of his movie “Give My Regards To Broad Street“. From The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-up 1970-2001, by Keith Badman:

At 7:15pm, the UK gala premiere of Give My Regards To Broad Street takes place at the Odeon Cinema in London Road, Liverpool, where The Beatles’ film A Hard Day’s Night received its premiere back in 1964. The Odeon Cinema received over 25,000 applications for the 900 seats on offer to the public. Outside the venue, a crowd estimated at 2,000 are there to see Paul and Linda’s arrival. […]

From The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-up 1970-2001, by Keith Badman

From The Beatles Monthly Book, N°105, January 1985:

At the London premiere of Paul’s “Broad Street” film, on November 29, someone in the cinema, much to the amusement of everybody, lustily cried out “Thank God!” at the end of the movie when Bryan Brown says “We got the tapes”. All eyes immediately fell on Paul McCartney to sec if he was upset by the apparent insult. He wasn’t — for it was he who shouted it out! If all goes according to schedule the film will go on general London release on January 11 and then move out nationwide at the end of this month.

Mark Lewisohn

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