Meeting the Beatles in India
Jai Guru Deva!
Filmmaker Paul Saltzman retraces his journey of 50 years ago when he spent a life-changing time with the Beatles at the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram on the banks of the Ganges River. In 1968, he discovered his own soul, learned meditation, which changed his life, and hung out with John, Paul, George and Ringo. Fifty years later, he finds "Bungalow Bill" in Hawaii; connects with David Lynch about his own inner journey; as well as preeminent Beatles historian, Mark Lewisohn; Academy Award nominated film composer, Laurence Rosenthal; and Pattie and Jenny Boyd. And much of this is due to Saltzman's own daughter, Devyani, reminding him that he had put away and forgotten these remarkably intimate photographs of that time in 1968.
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Top Cast
John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney
Self
George Harrison
Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr
Self
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Self (archive footage)
David Lynch
Self
Morgan Freeman
Narrator (voice)
Pattie Boyd
Self
Laurence Rosenthal
Self
Jenny Boyd
Self
Paul Saltzman
Self
Mark Lewisohn
Self
Devyani Saltzman
Self
Lewis Lapham
Self
Rikki Cook
Self
Crew
Producers
Editors
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