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''Two of Us'' is a 2000 television drama (and the third original VH1 film) which offers a dramatized account of April 24, 1976, six years after the break-up of The Beatles and the day in which Lorne Michaels made a statement on ''Saturday Night Live'' offering The Beatles $3,000 to reunite on his program. It was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg (who also directed the 1970 ''Beatles'' film, ''Let It Be)'' and starred Jared Harris as John Lennon and Aidan Quinn as Paul McCartney. Beatles historian Martin Lewis served as the film's technical adviser, and the screenplay was written by "longtime Beatles fan and Beatlefest attendee, Mark Stanfield."〔(TWO OF US - A VH1 ORIGINAL MOVIE )〕 The title of the film comes from the 1970 Beatles song, "Two of Us". ==Historical background== There was great public demand for a Beatles reunion during the 1970s. For example, in September 1976, American promoter Sid Bernstein, who had booked many of the Beatles' historic American appearances in 1964-1966, published a full-page ad in the ''New York Times'' publicly requesting the group to reunite and offering millions of dollars.〔(The oldies.about.com Interview: Sid Bernstein )〕 On April 24, 1976, ''Saturday Night Live'' producer Lorne Michaels parodied such offers with an on-air announcement that he would pay the Beatles $3000 if they would perform on his program together. He joked, "divide (money ) up any way you want. If you want to give less to Ringo, that's up to you."〔(SNL Transcripts: Beatles Offer, April 24, 1976 )〕 John Lennon discussed the ''Saturday Night Live'' episode, as well as his relationship with McCartney, in a September 1980 interview for ''Playboy'': Paul McCartney also remembered the event for an interview: "() said, 'We should go down there. We should go down now and just do it.' It was one of those moments where we said, 'Let's not and say we did.' "〔(VH1 The Beatles: And in the End... )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Two of Us (2000 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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