Though I do believe in a lot of conspiracies and things of that nature, I try to think logically and judiciously about things.
The set up for this documentary is a filmaker receiving two mini-cassettes preporting to be George Harrison explaining how Paul McCartney was killed in a car accident in 1966. These cassettes were recorded in December 1999, around the time Harrison was stabbed by a deranged man.
This documentary has several problems.
First, to my knowledge, the tapes received by the documentarian are never played in the film. The man who made the film says pherensic experts could not conclude whether the voice on the tapes was that of Harrison's or not, but the technology available in 2005 when the tapes were received should have been able to draw some sort of conclusion.
Second, the content of the tapes is narrated in the film by a guy trying to do a Liverpublian accent. The impersonater fails at this spectacularly. English people don't pronounce Maxwell "Moxwell" or decapitated "decopitated." Also, I believe Liverpublians don't drop all their hs, just some.
The film claims McCartney left Abbey Road Studios at 5:00 a.m. on November 9, 1966. At 6:00 a.m., a man calling himself Maxwell ("Moxwell") came to the studio just as the three other Beatles were leaving. Maxwell related to them the news McCartney had died and said he was with MI-5, who had taken over the case due to it's high-profile nature. McCartney had apparently picked up a hitchhiker named Rita who had managed to flee the vehicle and get help.
In those days, in an age without cell phones and other forms of instant communication, how was it that the following series of events took place in one hour: Paul left the studio, started driving, picked up Rita, continued driving, got into an accident, Rita called for help, the local police came, the local police called in MI-5, Maxwell came to the studio?
After Paul died, the film claims a man named William Campbell was chosen to be the false Paul and was made to look like McCartney.
First, why doesn't the filmaker compare Paul's voice before November 9, 1966 with his voice after?
Second, McCartney was left-handed while Campbell was right-handed. Why aren't examples of McCartney playing before and after that day also shown in the film?
The film claims clues about McCartney's death are spread throughout "Rubber Soul", both in song lyrics and cover art. Yet, "Rubber Soul" was released December 3, 1965, nearly a year before Paul's supposed death.
It is also claimed "Act Naturally", on "Yesterday And Today", is about the band coping with their friend and bandmate's death. In actuality this is a cover of a Buck Owens song.
It was at this point I stopped watching the film.
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