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Morgan Neville on Paul McCartney: Man on the Run

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Film History, Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.64.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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The Wings Years

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R EGmovies.com slash unlimited. Hey, film spotters, Adam here. I'm excited to share with you

0:28.6

my conversation with Morgan Neville about his new film Paul McCartney Man on the Run. You may

0:34.0

know Neville from his Oscar winning doc 20 Fe from Stardom, his film about Fred

0:39.1

Rogers, Won't You Be My Neighbor and Anthony Bourdain, Roadrunner.

0:43.4

Man on the Run starts where most Paul McCartney documentaries might end with the breakup of the Beatles.

0:50.3

We talk about that choice, our love of Paul McCartney's bass lines, and much more.

0:56.1

Here is that conversation.

0:58.1

One, two, three.

1:01.7

The Beatles have been my whole life, really.

1:05.9

When we split up, I thought, I'll never write another note of music ever.

1:13.6

I've seen a fair number of rock documentaries, usually about baby boomer musicians, and quite

1:18.1

often you get the origin story moment where they reveal how everything changed once they

1:24.1

saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan in 1964.

1:27.1

You know, they bought a guitar, they grew their hair out, they started a band or joined a band, and the path was set.

1:32.5

You were not alive when the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan in 1964, but I'm curious if you have a documentary filmmaker origin story moment.

1:43.2

God.

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