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By Chris Burl-ch
Daily Nebrmsksn Senior Editor
A snappily dressed Paul Mc
Cartney strolled into the college
press conference in the Chicago
Ritz Carlton 30 minutes late, look
ing a little older than, but just as
good as he did two decades ago
as one of the Fab Four.
He smiled, then stopped, still
standing, and looked at the
paunchy bald reporters mixed in
with us "young folk." One of the
venerable elders began a ques
tion, but McCartney stopped him
short.
"You aren't in college," he said,
still smiling.
The fat guy, undaunted, repeat
ed his question, and McCartney
sat down and answered questions
about his latest cinematic ven
ture, "Give My Regards to Broad
Street."
"Give My Regards ..." is the
story of a day in the life of a rock
n' roll star who believes the mas
ter tape to his new album has
been stolen.
The idea came from the story
of the Sex Pistols first album.
Some guy was supposed to deliver
it, and they lost it."
McCartney said the story nearly
happened with the soundtrack of
the new film.
"Six guys broke into Abbey Road
and overpowered the guards, but
they couldn't find it bad filing."
The. movie did come out and
will open at several theaters this
weekend. McCartney has been
stumping hard for the flick, put
ting in a full round of conferences
and interviews with the print
media, television appearances on
Good Morning America and the
Tonight Show, among others, and
a radio session on Rockline. In
spite of all that promotion work,
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McCartney said he'd rather have
critical acclaim than commercial
success, although he wouldn't re
fuse the latter.
"I wouldn't turn it down," he
said. "It's one way of knowing
youVe done it right. But I'd rather
it (the film) be an artistic success
than a shallow movie like
"Porky's."
"We had to decide what kind of
film we'd do, and we decided to
make sort of a rather gentle film,
English kind of style . . . It's not a
Spielberg blockbuster."
McCartney's co-stars in the film
include his wife Linda, former
Beatles buddies George Martin
and Ringo Starr, musicians Dave
Edmunds, Dave Gilmoure (Pink
Floyd) and Tracy Ullman and
actor Bryan Brown, who starred
in "Thornbirds."
How did he select the support
ing musicians?
"I chose them just because I
like them. Now that I'm not in a
group, I'm not stuck on any cer
tain musicians. I just rang them
up."
George Harrison would have
made the film a reunion of all the
surviving Beatles, but McCartney
didn't even consider him.
, "It's nothing against him, but I
wouldn't even ask him," McCart
ney said. "He doesn't like being in
movies . . .He never has."
The other George of the Bea
tles, producer Martin, had the
opposite reaction to celluloid.
"He's a ham he loved it,"
McCartney said.
McCartney used some of the
same criteria he employed in
choosing musicians for selecting
the movie's songs. He picked a
few of his favorite songs, some he
had never gotten to perform out
side of the studio.
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"We were going to use songs I'd
written," he said. I chose those
couple of (Beatles) songs just
because I liked them. I'd never
done a couple of songs except on
the record. We were treating it
(the film) more like a live show.
You can't do all new materials...
The film is a little bit like a live
show in that respect."
The feeling may have reminded
McCartney of the glory days on
the road with the Beatles and
Wings, but he hasn't rented a bus
yet.
"Playing in the movie was almost
like a concert tour I remem
bered how I liked it. But there's
no plans at all." "I really enjoyed
making the film, even gettin up
early. I want to do another . . .If
this ("Broad Street") bombs out
of existence, I might sulk for
awhile." v
McCartney gives MTV some of
the credit for his cinematic ex
cursion, saying videos provide a
bridge for musicians to cross over
into acting. However, he hedged
about evaluating whether or not
he crossed that bridge without
getting all wet.
"The director said I was okay.
But I really can't tell yet. At this
stage, you're looking at dumb stuff,
like your ear, saying 'I never knew
my ear looked like that.' "
In much of the film, McCartney
didn't have to act. He just played
Paul, the musician. His favorite
part of the film was one such
scene where he stood incognito
in London's Liecester Square with
the first guitar he ever owned
and a guitar case open on the
sidewalk and busked.
"They just dropped me on the
street and left me there for an
hour. I made a few pounds, but I
didn't keep it . . .1 knew somebody
was going to say 'He kept the
money,' but I didn't. I gave it to a
seaman's mission."
All that's very interesting, but
enquiring minds really want to
knovt about Paul's childhood,
those formative years which
molded him into the soft spoken
superstar and mega-capitalist he
is today.
"I had a great childhood. My
dad was uneducated, but he did
crossword puzzles. Mom was a
midwife."
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