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Paul McCartney Doc ‘Man on the Run’ Streams Feb. 27 on Prime Video

Director Morgan Neville delivers an intimate post-Beatles portrait using previously unseen archives with McCartney narrating off camera.

Overview

  • The feature, directed by Oscar winner Morgan Neville, focuses on McCartney’s 1970s reinvention with Wings and the creation of Band on the Run.
  • Built from rare home movies, photos, demos and newly surfaced audio, the film forgoes on-camera sit-downs as McCartney’s reflections are heard off screen.
  • McCartney, serving as executive producer, recalls the post-breakup despair and the Lagos mugging that stole early Band on the Run tapes.
  • The documentary revisits the Allen Klein legal battle and McCartney’s blunt rejoinder to Lennon’s criticisms, as reported in early coverage.
  • Amazon’s release is tied to a wider Universal Music Group partnership that includes a companion soundtrack with previously unreleased tracks and a recent oral-history book.