Update (7/1/08)

Update (6/27/08)

Hi Steve,

I`m David Lambert Director/Producer of our film thanks for getting in touch. Here follows details and a brief synopsis of our project. Arthouse Pictures have produced an upbeat/fun TV documentary featuring the vivid memories of many people who witnessed the making of the cult Beatle movie "The Magical Mystery Tour" 1967.

Included in this production are stories from Mike McCartney, Frieda Kelly (principle Beatle Fan Club Secretary) and Spencer Davis, who for the first time have all agreed to appear in a TV documentary! Tony Bramwell and Victor Spinetti have also agreed to share their memories, with Victor kindly supplying the narration. Added to this we feature previously unseen 8mm cine footage plus eye witness accounts from fans, onlookers and from the cast of the movie.

This is a link to our website www.arthousepictures.info.

This site gives comprehensive background detail to the entire project.

We have just completed the first 'rough edit' of 'Mystery Tour Memories' and have had the film reviewed by our Beatle expert, Keith Badman, who gave us an enthusiastic response, along with a few additional ideas, which we are are looking to incorporate. Added to our light hearted documentary, we also gained some great stories from our celebrity cast - previously untold - which we plan to include as extra's on a DVD release, extending the viewing time by approx 30 minutes. These stories will be of huge interest to Beatle fans, and people who look back fondly on the heady days of the swinging sixties.

There are a view new developments since I wrote this, we will be now including Miranda Ward - Tony Barrow - Neil Innes and Dame Peggy Spencer. The film is due for release August 25th 2008.

Kind regards,
David Lambert
Producer

According to the Arthouse Pictures website, the project originated in 2001 by writer Keith Gray for what was planned as a book about the making of the film. After meeting with producer David Lambert in 2007, the project turned into a proposed TV documentary. Production begin in September of that year with the first interviews done with musician Spencer Davis, former UK secretary of the official Beatles Fan Club Freda Kelly and Mike McCartney, Paul's brother. Additional filming was done in Newquay, Cornwall and Trent with stories from eyewitnesses, in Totnes, Devon, interviewing former Beatles tour manager Tony Bramwell and in London interviewing Victor Spinetti.

You can see clips from the project, here.

Also on the Arthouse website is this snippet:

"The famous Beatles song 'I am The Walrus' that features the celebrated lyrics about The Eggman' was completed just weeks before the group came to Newquay.. where by amazing coincidence they met the seaside towns' own Eggman."