Beatles “Get Back” documentary director Peter Jackson told ‘NME’ in a recent interview that executives wanted to remove all explicit language and scenes of the Fab Four smoking cigarettes. "Disney wanted to remove all the swearing and Ringo, Paul, and Olivia [Harrison] said, ‘That’s how we spoke. That’s how we talked. That’s how we want the world to see us.’”
Jackson adds that McCartney "describes it as being very raw. He said to me: 'That is a very accurate portrayal of how we were then.’ Ringo said: ‘It’s truthful.’ The truthfulness of it is important to them. They don’t want a whitewash...”
"Get Back," which premiered last week, includes a disclaimer at the top of each episode that says, “This footage contains explicit language, mature themes and smoking.”
[Source: Classic Hits Today]