Tonight, they added Emmys to their extraordinary careers, for producing the Disney+ documentary. The former Beatles drummer plays a regular escapee who is caught at the start of the film and thrown into ‘The Cooler’, a form of solitary confinement that he knows very well, and it is here that the influence of The Great Escape is made very clear, as Steve McQueen’s iconic character Captain Virgil Hilts is routinely placed in ‘The Cooler’ at the Nazi POW camp Stalag Luft III. More than 50 years ago Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr won the Oscar for Original Song, for Let It Be. McCartney turned 80 on Saturday (18 June), 11 months after Starr reached the. Remarkably, the mini-film was entered into the short film category at the Cannes Film Festival, and it is styled in the form of a musical psychodrama. It is set in a prison camp in a dystopian future and contains flecks of The Great Escape, The Prisoner and perhaps even Westworld. Ringo Starr has sent Paul McCartney a touching birthday message, referencing their time together in The Beatles.
Leaning on McCartney heavily, these three tracks were produced by him, and the film was produced by his company, MPL Communications. It was directed by former 10CC members Lol Creme and Kevin Godley and featured Starr and his wife Barbara Bach as well as Paul and Linda McCartney. Tonight, they added Emmys to their extraordinary. The Cooler features the aforementioned tracks as well as ‘Sure to Fall’, which was originally written by Carl Perkins, Quinton Claunch and William Cantrell. More than 50 years ago Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr won the Oscar for Original Song, for Let It Be. Paul McCartney reunites with Ringo Starr at book launch The music icon, 77, celebrated the release of Linda McCartney: The Photo Diaries at Londons Victoria and Albert Museum, with his daughters Stella, 48, and Mary, 50. After victories at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony this weekend, musicians Adele, Eminem, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are one step closer to reaching EGOT status.
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