have just watch this film again from a 1998 show off vh 1 and i just have to comment . the first time i saw this film on tv and it be about 1981 and and i remember tap it off of my mother betamax . it wind up tap in black and white for some reason and which give it a period look that i grow to like . i remember very distinctively the film begin with the song and my bonnie and a the camera pan over a scene of liverpool . i also remember the opening scene where paul gesture to some girl and say and look and talent . so it be with great irritation that i pop in my 1998 taped version and remember that the film open with she love you and instead of my bonnie . when you see how slowly the camera pan vs. the speed of the music and you can see that she love you just doesn not fit . also and in this late version when paul see the girl and he say and look and girl . and somehow have remember the early version and that word just do not seem to fit and either . why they felt they have to americanize this film for american audience be beyond me . personally and if i be go to watch a film about a british band and i want all of the british colloquialism and such that would be a part of their speech and mannerism and etc . another irritation be how choppy the editing be for television . just after stu get beaten and for example and the film cut to a commercial break lot of em . yeah and i know it depend on the network and but it really ruin the effect of a film to have it sliced apart and a we all know . what some people might find a insignificant in term of dialogue ( and thereby okay to edit ) and may actually go the way of explain a particular action or scene that follow . my point be and the best version of this film be probably the early version i tap from 1981 and which just so happened to include the shake and rattle and roll scene that my 1998 version do not . i start to surmise that there have to have be two different version make for television and and a look at the alternate version link regard this film prove me right . that the american version have some shorter or cut or different scene and or or dialogue be a huge disappointment to me and something worth mention if one care about such thing . imo and one best bet be to try and get a hold of the european version of this film and if possible and and ( probably even less possible ) and an unedited version . sadly and i have to discard my old betamax european version because i do not know how to convert it . all that aside and i find this film to be and perhaps and one of the best film regard the story behind the birth of the beatles . be well aware that artistic and creative license be often use in movie and tv when portray event in history and i do not let any discrepancy mar my enjoyment of the film . sure and you see the beatles perform song at the cavern that make me wonder and do they even write that back then . i do not think so and but and nevertheless and i think it be a great film and the performance and wonderful . the real stand out for me and in fact and be the actor who play john and stephen mackenna . i just about fell in love with him . his look and mannerism and personality and speaking voice seem to be spot on . he look enough like a young john for me to do a double take towards the end of the film when you see the beatles perform on ed sullivan for the first time . i actually find myself question whether or not it be actual beatle footage and until i saw the other actor in the scene . if youre look for a dead accurate history of the beatles life and beginning and you can not get any good than and the beatles anthology and a it be write by the boy and themselves . however and if youre look for a fun snapshot of their pre beatlemania day lead up to their arrival in america and you leave your anal critical assessment at the door and you can not go wrong with the birth of the beatles a must for any real or casual beatle fan .