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5.39pm
14 January 2013
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Somehow I missed it when it came to my city, even though I’ve been checking every week to see screening times.I guess I have to wait for the DVD.
Its on Amazon Instant Video for $6. I wouldn’t normal pay that high for a rental, but it looks interesting.
Great photos parlance!
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8 November 2012
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14 February 2013
Offline Oh yay! Finally coming to Edmonton 
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6.37pm
8 November 2012
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Got an email that Freda will be taking part in Q&A’s at the following screenings:
Freda will take part in live Q&As at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (http://goodolfreda.us6.list-ma…..750674ed1b) for the opening night screening on October 11,
then at the UK premiere at BFI London Film Festival (http://goodolfreda.us6.list-ma…..750674ed1b) on October 19 & 20,
and then at the EBS International Documentary Festival (http://goodolfreda.us6.list-ma…..750674ed1b) in Seoul on October 23!
parlance
11.02am
8 November 2012
Offline * The DVD and Blu-ray for Good Ol’ Freda are available for pre-order in the US, Canada, and there’s a link at the page for Amazon UK pre-orders. [x-posted to the news thread]
parlance
1.52pm
8 November 2012
Offline There’s an extensive interview with Freda in The Guardian. Haven’t yet read it in full, but someone else had highlighted this bit:
Lennon had often confided in her that he thought he would die young. “The first thing that came into my mind [when he died] was that he used to say: ‘I won’t be here when I’m 40. I won’t make 40’,” she says. “I just wonder what he’d be like today.”
Wow. I hadn’t heard that before. I wonder why he felt like that as early as his 20s.
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8 November 2012
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9.19pm
3 May 2012
Offline Enjoy, when you do 
Looking forward to watching this on More4 next week Been excited about it since it was first announced.
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10.49pm
21 November 2012
Offline Completely forgot about this movie, which I really want to see. I hope it’ll appear around here soon, whether it’s a download or a dvd.
7.10pm
8 November 2012
Offline I haven’t had a chance to watch the movie (again), but I did get a chance to watch the Special Features. They include the Q&A from the Fest for Beatles Fans, which you can’t watch without tearing up. I’m sorry to say I was underwhelmed by the deleted scenes. With 50 hours of footage, I was hoping for much more. But the story of Freda getting sloshed at the “How I Won the War” premiere afterparty lived up to the hype (the director had been promising it would be on the DVD). And I liked the interview with the director.
When I do have a chance to watch again, I’ll watch with the commentary track on. So far I give the extras a 3 out of 5 though.
parlance
12.34pm
3 May 2012
Offline My post has been lost, so I’ll repeat (and slightly re-phrase):
I watched this the other day on More4 and I really enjoyed it. Even though I was expecting it because of what I’d read about her already, I was still surprised at just how humble and down-to-earth she seemed. Also, I have a lot of respect for her for not selling her story like so many others, many of which barely even had one to sell, have done. I noticed she avoided to comment when the interviewer asked her if she’d ever dated any of the Beatles, or something similar. How many others have earned loads of money by saying things like that – true or not?
I agree with what Joe said, too – she should’ve been given a nice pay-off after the years of good work and dedication she put into that job. Apple let her down.
Moving along in our God given ways, safety is sat by the fire/Sanctuary from these feverish smiles, left with a mark on the door.
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12.31am
17 June 2012
Offline Good Ol’Freda is on Netflix streaming.
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Good Ol’Freda is on Netflix streaming.
Thanks for bring that to our attention.
It is also on Amazon instant video: $3.99 for 48 hour access and $9.99 for purchase. If you do use Amazon, remember to use one of the Amazon links on the Beatles Bible site to help Joe out.
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2.47am
16 August 2012
Offline I just finished it. She’s so quietly understated and has such a unique perspective of what was going on with The Beatles as a business.
While there are many notable absences in interviewees, I’d still consider this essential viewing for the fascinating story.
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6.16pm
17 January 2013
Offline patbit said
Good Ol’Freda is on Netflix streaming.
Of course not on the Canadian Netflix! We get so gipped, you have no idea. 
"Please don't bring your banjo back, I know where it's been.. I wasn't hardly gone a day, when it became the scene.. Banjos! Banjos! All the time, I can't forget that tune.. and if I ever see another banjo, I'm going out and buy a big balloon!"
12.41am
16 August 2012
Offline LongHairedLady said
patbit said
Good Ol’Freda is on Netflix streaming.Of course not on the Canadian Netflix! We get so gipped, you have no idea.
Go to Unblock-Us.com and use the one-week free trial. Just sign up, watch the short video how to change your DNS settings, and you’ve got U.S. Netflix.
Or for 5 bucks a month just subscribe and get U.S. Netflix all the time.
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5.43am
17 January 2013
Offline ^ Thanks, I’ll try that!
"Please don't bring your banjo back, I know where it's been.. I wasn't hardly gone a day, when it became the scene.. Banjos! Banjos! All the time, I can't forget that tune.. and if I ever see another banjo, I'm going out and buy a big balloon!"
8.17pm
10 February 2013
Offline Just watched this and I have to say it really is essential viewing for hardcore Beatles fans. I also agree that Freda Kelly’s loyalty & confidentiality toward her employers is admirable and practically priceless these days. If I’d been one of the Beatles I think I’d have rewarded her with a pension she could’ve retired on.
I do hope she writes a book. There’s plenty more she could expand on without betraying the respect she obviously still has for the band’s privacy and legacy.
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This was screened in digital cinemas across Italy last night, for one night only. The voices were overdubbed in Italian by professional actors.
The screening was preceded by a special live interview with Freda in Milan. Photos on facebook.
My photo of movie poster:
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