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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Reviews

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Sit back and let the evening go with Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the 1978 musical spectacular featuring stunning reinterpretations of over twenty classic Beatles songs!
The one and only Billy Shears (multi-platinum recording artist Peter Frampton) and his best friends the Hendersons (Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Bee Gees) are four young men from the quaint little town of Heartland. With superstardom calling, this fabulous foursome leaves Heartland – and Billy's beloved Strawberry Fields (Sandy Farina) – vulnerable to mean Mr. Mustard, who steals Sgt. Pepper's magical instruments for a fiendish, "evil force that would poison young minds, pollute the environment, and subvert the democratic process." It's up to our heroes to save everything they hold dear with the power of music, kindness, and heart.
Featuring performances by Aerosmith, George Burns, Steve Martin, Earth, Wind & Fire, and more, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is a magical, musical tour through some of the greatest songs ever written, and an astounding time capsule of the late 70s unlike anything you’ve ever seen or heard.

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A very colorful and entertaining film that has been wrongly maligned since its debut in the summer of 1978-just a few short weeks after cinema juggernaut "Grease". Wonderful cinematography and some truly terrific vocal performances fro Peter Frampton, The Bee Gees, Sandy Farina, Earth, Wind, and Fire, Aerosmith, and Alice Cooper (to name a few). The film takes songs of The Beatles, and interweaves them into a simple (sometimes dumb) tale of a band plucked from Heartland USA obscurity and into the limelight. The Blu Ray makes the film look better than it ever has before. The commentary by Pop Culture Historian Russell Dyball, is full of interesting facts and hits the target pretty well on why this film is so special. George Martin the original Beatle producer-does almost all the production work on the music here and he does the Fab Four justice with almost every tune. I know the film has its detractors and it was a huge misfire at the box office, but this was the first big budget film (blockbuster?), to be directed by an African American. It also uses many visual techniques never seen before. Its a pleasure to behold. Not for everyone, but if you like 70's musicals-then you may really like this.
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