Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
| 01 September 2010 (USA)
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In the summer of 2005, a package arrived at the Hollywood offices of Highway 61 Entertainment from London with no return address. Inside were two mini-cassette audio tapes dated December 30, 1999 and labeled "The Last Testament of George Harrison". A voice eerily similar to Harrison's tells a shocking story: Paul McCartney was killed in a car crash in November of 1966 and replaced with a double!

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filmchaser

I was a teenage girl when the Beatles hit the music scene in the U.S. and people went berserk, especially girls. Berserk. I never caught Beatlemania to that degree, but did enjoy their music, both as a group, and later as solo artists. I have to admit, this film got under my skin a little because all my friends had been a-buzz with this theory back when we were kids. And Paul McCartney's songwriting is weak compared to the other band members, so I'm thinking...maybe that's because it isn't Paul, it's FAUL. No wonder John was so angry all the time. He was being hounded by, not one, but two governments at the same time. This explains so much. It's all falling, I mean "Faul-ling" into place. And who cares anyway at this point? It's more entertaining that it offended so many die hard Beatle fans. Lighten up, people, it's entertainment if nothing else. And it isn't disrespectful to anyone, other than Paul McCartney, because the film essentially calls him a poser. And everyone is focused on the quality of the narration because it was recorded onto mini cassettes. I use those voice activated recorders all the time in my job taking recorded statements, and depending on the quality of the recorder and the cassette tapes, they can produce very clear sound quality. But all that aside, this film is very entertaining if the audience allows itself to be entertained. Maybe M15 did it because they hate Faul McCartney's music. But what about William Campbell's real family? I smell a sequel.

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amber5672005

My nephew who has become fascinated with conspiracy theories showed this to me...his only question was how could a right handed guitarist become so proficient playing left handed(seriously, he said that) Practically from the beginning of this DVD the poor documentation was evident:the voice of "George" was so bad they should have had a contest to find a better sound-alike. Time sequences were off regarding the last two albums,most of the backward messages were so implausible it was laughable, claiming Heather Mills was Rita though she was born until after the accident,etc. A comment from "George" about Ringo being stupid was so off the mark it was insulting.Supposedly, the tapes were made on a micro-cassette recorder in a hospital and yet, the sound quality could have only been obtained in a studio (and no background sounds were evident,virtually impossible in a hospital) They didn't even bother to claim evidence to verify the authenticity of either the voice of "George" or the pre-accident and post accident Paul using voice analysis(too damaging to their theory, I guess)

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dickklip

Despite the inaccuracies, tricks, and plain lies, this is an interesting and entertaining movie to watch, especially if you're a Beatles fan and remember the controversy in the late sixties (which I do). I agree, however, with those that say this should have been labeled a "mockumentary" and did a great disservice to George Harrison and his legacy. I'm surprised they could get away with that.Still, I found it fascinating because it taught me many new things about the conspiracy theory of that time, when we were all trying to figure out the symbolism on the albums (and in the albums) about whether Paul was really dead. On the factual side, however, and here's where the spoiler alert applies:1. The voice was clearly NOT George Harrison, and even the impersonation was terrible, especially the fake Liverpool accent. 2. Why would George, if he were to leave a tape, do it a manner which conveniently provides a narrative (without hesitation or mistake) to fit a 90 minute format? 3. Why send it to Highway 61 productions instead of the news media? 4. As the movie goes on, the assertions become even more ridiculous such as saying that the girl with Paul the night he died in Nov. 1966 was put into a government witness program and later lost her leg in an accident then forced "Faul" (short for Fake Paul), to marry her under her new name of Heather Mills. I found this one particularly outrageous because Heather was born in 1968, two years after the accident! 5.Surprisingly, I never saw it mentioned that the MI5 go-between, Maxwell, would have most certainly been the subject of the Beatles song, "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" although it may have been in there and I may have missed that part, because I was only half watching by the end. I could go on and on, but suffice it to say that if you take it with a grain of salt, and just watch for the entertainment value and the various "clues" that were indeed left at the time, it's still a fun watch. I only hope that younger viewers aren't fooled into believing the overall premise.

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Bill Orme

According to this waste of time and space Heather Mills was "Rita", the girl in the car crash. Quite a feat to be in a car crash in 1966 when you were born in 1968! Case closed.IMDb says I must have 10 lines in my review. This "film" is not worth 10 lines of writing, but here goes:Paul is not dead. John is dead. George is dead. Ringo is not dead. As of this writing: 30032011.Go spend your time in some more worthwhile fashion.Conspiracy theories are interesting, but this one is simply stupid.Better, IMDb?

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