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It Was 20 Years Ago Today

Directed by John Sheppard
1987    1h 45m
Documentary, Music
8.8
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This film examines the masterwork album by the Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, released in 1967, with its creation, themes and impact explored in turn. In addition, this film explores the summer of that year with the rise of the counter-culture and hippies for instance, and the whole notion that love and music could change the world.
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Cast of It Was 20 Years Ago Today
  • Malcolm McDowellNarrator
  • Steve AbramsSelf - Legalize Marijuana Campaigner
  • Peter BergSelf - Digger
  • Leonard BernsteinSelf
  • Peter BlakeSelf - Sgt. Pepper Cover Designer
  • Buffalo SpringfieldThemselves
  • The ByrdsThemselves
  • Allen CohenSelf - Editor of San Francisco 'Oracle'
  • Peter CoyoteSelf - Digger
  • Jim DicksonSelf - Manager, The Byrds
  • Bob DylanSelf
  • Small FacesThemselves
  • Peter FondaSelf - Actor
  • Jerry GarciaSelf - The Grateful Dead
  • Allen GinsbergSelf - Poet
  • George HarrisonSelf
  • Chet HelmsSelf - Underground Impressario
  • Jimi HendrixSelf
  • Abbie HoffmanSelf - Political Activist
  • Janis IanSelf
  • Mick JaggerSelf
  • Jefferson AirplaneThemselves
  • Janis JoplinSelf
  • Paul KantnerSelf - Jefferson Airplane
  • Timothy LearySelf - LSD Proponent
  • John LennonSelf
  • Phil LeshSelf - The Grateful Dead
  • Joseph LockwoodSelf - EMI Chairman 1954-74
  • The Mamas and the PapasThemselves
  • William MannSelf - Times Music Critic 1960-82
  • George MartinSelf - Beatles' Producer
  • Paul McCartneySelf
  • Roger McGuinnSelf - The Byrds
  • Scott McKenzieSelf
  • Wilfred MellersSelf
  • Barry MilesSelf - International Times Editorial Board
  • Stanley MouseSelf - Poster Artist
  • John PhillipsSelf - The Mamas & The Papas
  • Michelle PhillipsSelf - The Mamas & The Papas
  • Pink FloydThemselves
  • Procol HarumThemselves
  • Otis ReddingSelf
  • William Rees-MoggSelf - Editor of The Times 1967-81
  • The Rolling StonesThemselves
  • Ed SandersSelf - Poet
  • Ravi ShankarSelf
  • David SimpsonSelf - Digger
  • Derek TaylorSelf - Beatles Press Officer
  • Ron ThelinSelf - The Psychedelic Shop
  • The WhoThemselves
  • Maharishi Mahesh YogiSelf

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