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Wednesday, November 28, 1984

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

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  • Location: Odeon Cinema, London Road, Liverpool, UK

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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.

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Mike Forster/Daily Mail/Shutterstock (1105757a) Paul Mccartney And Linda Mccartney Pictured In Liverpool Where The Couple Attended The British Premiere Of Their New Film – Give My Regards To Broad Street. Whilst In His Native City Paul Received A Gold-framed Scroll Honouring Him As A Freeman Of The City. Paul Mccartney And Linda Mccartney Pictured In Liverpool Where The Couple Attended The British Premiere Of Their New Film – Give My Regards To Broad Street. Whilst In His Native City Paul Received A Gold-framed Scroll Honouring Him As A Freeman Of Th
From tracks.co.uk – An original UK promotional press kit for Paul McCartney’s 1984 Film Give My Regards To Broad Street. The kit consists of a 6 black and white photographs, 9 pages of text with cast and song order, 46 pages of text with production information. Also included is 7 two page interviews with Paul McCartney about the film’s production. The contents are housed in a blue document wallet bearing the film artwork. There is a 1.5cm and a 1cm tear to the reverse and on the left and right hand sides.
From tracks.co.uk – An original UK promotional press kit for the 1984 film Give My Regards To Broad Street by Paul McCartney. The kit consists of 11 black and white photographs housed in a brown paper bag. Also included is 25 pages of various interviews and information regarding the film and a 46 pages of text about the production information for the film. The contents are housed in a black gatefold sleeve bearing the promotional image for the film. There is some creasing to the spine. The press kit measures 23cm x 29cm (9 inches x 11.5 inches).

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