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  GATHR FILMS SETS WORLDWIDE EVENT CINEMA PREMIERE OF 
  EMMY-WINNING DIRECTOR  PAUL SALTZMAN’S FEATURE
  DOCUMENTARY 
  MEETING   THE BEATLES IN INDIA 
  FOR SEPTEMBER 9TH; SEE FIRST TRAILER

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 Filmmaker Shared Spiritual Journey Exploring Transcendental Meditation with The Beatles at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s Ashram in 1968; Highlighted by his Personal, Many Never-Before-Seen Photos, Intimate and Uplifting Cinematic Portrait Adds New Insights into Most Prolific Period of Beatles Songwriting

David Lynch Among Executive Producers; Morgan Freeman Narrates 

Ringo Starr, John Lennon and Paul McCartney in Rishikesh: Courtesy of Paul Saltzman

[Los Angeles, CA; August 11, 2020) – With new and vivid first-hand details and over 40 personal photos never-before-seen in any other movie about The Beatles, Emmy Award-winning Canadian filmmaker Paul Saltzman shares an extraordinary life experience in a new feature documentary, Meeting the Beatles in India.  Gathr Films has set Wednesday, September 9^th for the virtual World Premiere with a Live Filmmaker Q&A directly following on its https://www.google.com/url?q=https://gathr.com/&source=gmail&ust=1599121866780000&usg=AFQjCNHdsxl6Q9_XogEdyE86SK1WEFfZSQ">Gathr At Home™ platform. The film will then be available virtually through art house film platforms around the world.   Trailer Launch https://www.google.com/url?q=https://films.gathr.com/Beatles-in-India/&source=gmail&ust=1599121866780000&usg=AFQjCNHCIoRH5zfJiz7VUldPQeC44jmGVA">HERE.  

Saltzman learned transcendental meditation while spending a week in 1968 at the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram in Rishikesh on the banks of the Ganges River along with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.  Photos and recollections not revisited for 50 years are brought to life.  Narrated by Oscar® winner Morgan Freeman with executive producers including Pen Densham and David Lynch, Meeting the Beatles in India adds vital details and context to one of the seminal cultural events of the 20^th Century.     

In 1968 Paul Saltzman, then 23-years-old, traveled to India to heal his broken heart.  There he discovered his own soul, learned Transcendental Meditation ™ (which changed his life) and hung out with John, Paul, George and Ringo.  Among the other seekers at the ashram were actress Mia Farrow, Mike Love of the Beach Boys, folksinger Donovan and the Beatles’ wives and girlfriends. 

In Meeting the Beatles in India, Saltzman provides a trove of new information and additional context:

• Includes over 40 of Saltzman’s photos from the ashram never included in any television or film account of The Beatles’ time in India.
• Gives the back story on how his iconic group photo of the Beatles, the Maharishi and their celebrity friends at the ashram (used in the film’s poster) actually happened.
• Gives Saltzman’s first-hand account of The Beatles songwriting process.  Experts estimate between 30 to 48 songs were written during this period with many included on theWhite Album.  The list includes:   Back in the USSR, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Dear Prudence, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La Da, Blackbird, Rocky Raccoon, Birthday, Sexy Sadie, Don’t Pass Me By, Mother Nature’s Son, Helter Skelter, Revolution and Bungalow Bill, among many others. 
• Finds the real “Bungalow Bill” in Hawaii for his first ever on-camera interview during which he talks about his reaction to the infamous lyrics “Hey Bungalow Bill, what did you kill, Bungalow Bill.”
• Shows the actual spot at the ashram where Paul and John first sangDear Prudence for one of their group, Prudence Farrow, sister of Mia Farrow, who was most devoted to her daily meditations...so much so that the group worried for her well-being.     
•  Gives further context to the estrangement that occurred between The Beatles and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and led to the band’s abrupt departure from the ashram.
• Reflects on filmmaker David Lynch’ own inner journey and the link between TM and creative output.  In 2005, he founded thehttps://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/&source=gmail&ust=1599121866780000&usg=AFQjCNHwsXE3uZCqgmSDQ6SUetxauH7LmQ">David Lynch Foundation Center for Health and Wellness to ensure that children around the world have access to TM.     
• Adds color to this most prolific time in the Beatles’ creative lives during a visit back to the ashram, now dubbedThe Beatles Ashram, with noted Beatles historian https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.marklewisohn.net/&source=gmail&ust=1599121866781000&usg=AFQjCNE3USAElhHn-u_rUUEplpCeNQBJ1w">Mark Lewisohn. 
• Visitsthe Beatles Story museum in Liverpool to talk to George Harrison’s ex-wife Pattie Boyd and ex-sister-in-law Jenny Boyd, both of whom were in India with The Beatles in 1968. 
• Guided by his vivid and rivetingpersonal memories, Saltzman shares his own magical mystery tour of one of the most important and influential cultural events of the 20^th Century and reveals how vital the exploration of one’s own inner self is, not only for artists of all generations, but for all of us. 
• According to Stephen Maycock, a world-renowned music memorabilia expert who headed Sotheby’s Rock ‘n’ Roll division for 13 years and was consultant to Bonhams for 16 years, “Paul’s [Saltzmanhttps://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/message.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/message.html&source=gmail&ust=1599121866781000&usg=AFQjCNGLHdtgqKiMcFNVluEdMRffQPL_mQ">David Lynch Foundation  to promote the healing and restorative power of TM to change and heal lives. 

  “I started my practice of Transcendental Meditation in 1973,” says Lynch, “but I had no idea how powerful and profound this technique could be until I saw firsthand how it was being practiced by young children in inner-city schools, veterans who suffer the living hell of post-traumatic stress and women and girls who are victims of terrible violence.  TM is, in a word, life-changing for the good.  In 2005, we started the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace to ensure that every child anywhere in the world who wanted to learn to meditate could do so. Now, the Foundation is actively teaching TM to adults and children in countries everywhere.”

  Many have noted, including Lynch, the connective tissue between the practice of Transcendental Mediation and creativity.  That certainly was the case with the Beatles during their time in India.  As Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn says in the film, “They had nothing else to do at the ashram besides mediate and write music.” 

  About Paul Saltzman (Director, Writer, Producer)

  Paul Saltzman is a two-time Canadian Emmy Award-winning film and television producer/director with more than 300 films, both dramas and documentaries, to his credit. The 2008 documentary feature https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prom_Night_in_Mississippi&source=gmail&ust=1599121866781000&usg=AFQjCNGTpb4nPpiD-UK3zgI02M2ja_QtHg">Prom Night in Mississippi, featuring actor https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Freeman&source=gmail&ust=1599121866781000&usg=AFQjCNGlQfJI6mv71Q0ZhU4CYuwD5qngfA">Morgan Freeman, premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.  The Last White Knight—Is Reconciliation Possible?  premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2012 and stars Morgan Freeman, Harry Belafonte and Delay de la Beckwith (son of Byron De La Beckwith). 

  In 1968, he learned meditation at the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram in India.  His photographs of The Beatles, Mia Farrow, Donovan and Mike Love of the Beach Boys at the ashram were the subject of his book The Beatles in Rishikesh (Viking Penguin; 2000), which was re-released in 2018 with a special 50th Anniversary edition. 

  He was the second-unit director and production manager on the very first IMAX film, produced for the Osaka 1970 World's Fair.  His ties to the rock and roll world are deep.  After attending Woodstock in 1969, he produced a Leonard Cohen concert tour as well as producing and directing his first film, a documentary on Bo Diddley.  In 1973, he launched his production shingle, Sunrise Films.  Among his many credits are: the acclaimed Canadian television series Spread Your Wings; HBO's Family Playhouse and a special for American Playhouse; Danger Bay for Canada’s CBC-Disney Channel; the American television series My Secret Identity, Matrix and Max Glick, as well as miniseries and television movies.  He co-produced Map of the Human Heart, starring Jason Scott Lee, Anne Parillaud, Patrick Bergin, John Cusack and Jean Moreau. He also executive produced Martha, Ruth & Edie as well as Sam & Me, which received an Honorable Mention in competition at the Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

  In 2011, he founded the nonprofit organization Moving Beyond Prejudice to work with police forces, students, youth-at-risk, and community and faith groups utilizing Prom Night in Mississippi and The Last White Knight as a basis for discussion.  He was asked to host one of these discussions at the White House in 2011 and was honored by President Barack Obama and the First Lady as a Community Leader.  Paul has taught and mentored over 100,000 people across Canada, the United States and around the world.  He started his work as an activist and advocate for peace by organizing Black voters in the South in the 1960s with Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).  The University of Toronto has collected his archives.

  About David Lynch (Executive Producer)

  David Lynch is the celebrated director responsible for such iconic television and film projects as Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, Wild at Heart and Twin Peaks.  In 2019, he was awarded the Governors Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  A practitioner of Transcendental Meditation, he started the https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/&source=gmail&ust=1599121866781000&usg=AFQjCNEZt_XWDrcmx2qTfqF8x1UqXWLGjw">David Lynch Foundation Center for Health and Wellness in 2005. 

  About Transcendental Meditation:  TM is a simple, natural, effortless technique practiced 20 minutes twice a day while sitting comfortably with the eyes closed. It’s not a religion, philosophy or lifestyle.  TM  allows the active thinking mind to settle inward to experience a naturally calm, peaceful level of awareness. During TM, the body enjoys a profoundly rejuvenating rest, while the brain functions with significantly greater coherence.  The Transcendental Meditation technique involves no focused attention nor open monitoring. It is a process of automatic self-transcending, allowing the practitioner to experience a field of calm deep within.  TM is taught in a personal course of instruction by a specially-trained, certified teacher. For more information, please visit https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.tm.org&source=gmail&ust=1599121866781000&usg=AFQjCNFX_b5yp3E7p7WWXfaIrJ67FuobIQ">www.tm.org or the https://www.google.com/url?q=https://tmwellness.org/&source=gmail&ust=1599121866781000&usg=AFQjCNHFkMndsFNA4DUxVVMSNF2V91MZeQ">David Lynch Foundation Center for Health & Wellness.   

   

  About Gathr Films

  Gathr Films (Gathr®) was founded in 2011 by filmmaker Scott Glosserman to innovate within the motion picture theatrical distribution space. Gathr created Theatrical On Demand®, an event management and ticketing platform that distributes feature films and documentaries using technology to accommodate audience demand by leveraging unused cinema capacity. Gathr screens in over 4,000 cinemas in North America, having sold 750,000+ tickets to 11,000+ events. With Gathr At Home® the company once again introduces a first-of-its-kind: Virtual Event Cinema. 

  Films booked via Theatrical On Demand® include 2019's Academy Awards® winner, FREE SOLO, 2016 Academy Awards® nominee, WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE, 2014 Academy Awards® nominee, THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA, and 2013 Academy Awards® nominee, THE SQUARE. Other noteworthy titles include:  AFTER, FAHRENHEIT 9/11, THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE, HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE, MARLEY, THE BREADWINNER, THE OVERNIGHTERS, GIRL RISING, WALK WITH ME, AWAKE: THE LIFE OF YOGANANDA.  https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.Gathr.com&source=gmail&ust=1599121866781000&usg=AFQjCNHgqzPeVLI_aQroHADZo3TBl0ArRQ">www.Gathr.com

  Meeting the Beatles in India Main Credits

   

  Director, Writer, Producer

  Paul Saltzman

  Narrator

  Morgan Freeman

  Executive Producers

  Pen Densham

  Walter Dikts

  Lon Hall

  David Lynch

  Tom Schlesinger

  Devyani Saltzman

  Stephen Whitehead

   

  Director of Photography

  Stephen Chandler Whitehead

  Film Editor

  Amanda Kirpaul

  Composers

  Russell Walker

  Craig Pruess

  Produced by:

  Sunrise Films Limited

  Distributor:  Gathr Films                   Canadian Distribution: KINOSMITH

  Press Contact:  Maggie Begley/MBC

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