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The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

An exploration of the history of the Bee Gees, featuring revealing interviews with oldest brother Barry Gibb, and archival interviews with the late twin brothers Robin and Maurice.

Director

Frank Marshall

Year

Genre

documentary, biography, music

Box Office

N/A

Production

White Horse Pictures,Diamond Docs,The Kennedy/Marshall Company

Awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 4 wins & 8 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-bee-gees-how-can-you-mend-a-broken-heart

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Self - NEMS Management Team

Self - Singer-Songwriter

Self - Bee Gees' Guitarist 1967-1969

Self - Producer

Self - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Self - Musician

Mykael S. Riley

Self - Actor

Self - Bee Gees' Guitarist 1971-1980 & 1989-2001

Self - Maurice's Widow

Self - Former CEO, RSO Records

Self - Bee Gees' Drummer 1974 - 1979

Self - Bee Gees' Keyboardist 1975 - 1979

Self - Studio Engineer - Criteria Studios

Karl Richardson

Self - Musician

Self - Musician

Self - Actor

Justin Timberlake

Self - DJ - The Gallery

Self - Radio DJ - WXLO 99X

Charley Steiner

Self - House Music Producer

Self - Robin's Widow

Dwina Murphy-Gibb

Themselves

Themselves

Self - Fleetwood Mac

Lindsey Buckingham

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Self

Themselves

Self - Radio DJ - 97.9 The Loop

Self

Self

Self

Richard Dreyfuss

Self - Manager of The Beatles

Self - Atlantic Records Co-Founder

Self - Fleetwood Mac

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Self - Youngest Brother

Self - Mother

Self - Father

Self - Wife of Barry Gibb

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Self - Host - Old Grey Whistle Test

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Self

Self - Staff Recording Producer, Atlantic Records

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Marcello Mastroianni

Self

Themselves

The Mills Brothers

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Self - Bee Gees' Drummer 1967 - 1969

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Self

Smokey Robinson

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Self

Self

Self

Self - NEMS General Manager 1967-1968

Robert Stigwood

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Barbra Streisand

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Self

Self

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Self

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Aretha Franklin

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George Harrison

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Self - Musician

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[crowd cheering] - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

[crowd cheering]

Thank you very, very much.
Good evening to all of you. - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Thank you very, very much. Good evening to all of you.

I am beginning
to recognize the fact - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

I am beginning to recognize the fact

It's the same thing
with every family, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

It's the same thing with every family,

And this time of life, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

And this time of life,

I know that Maurice
and Robin would've had - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

I know that Maurice and Robin would've had

[projector whirring] - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

[projector whirring]

And we said, "Oh, yeah."
You know, "Whatever you say." - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

And we said, "Oh, yeah." You know, "Whatever ...

- ♪ Ooh ♪ - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- My ninth Christmas, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- My ninth Christmas,

♪ I, O ♪ - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- All three of us had
the same understanding - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- All three of us had the same understanding

♪ You know I love getting up
in the morning ♪ - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

♪ You know I love getting up in the morning ♪

- My mother,
she was always the person - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- My mother, she was always the person

["How Many Birds"] - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

["How Many Birds"]

- When the Beatles came
on the scene, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- When the Beatles came on the scene,

- So we made up our own minds - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- So we made up our own minds

- Making music was
what we wanted to do - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- Making music was what we wanted to do

["Spicks and Specks"] - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

["Spicks and Specks"]

♪ The sun in my life ♪ - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

♪ The sun in my life ♪

- We loved the Beatles, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- We loved the Beatles,

- Brian Epstein,
the man who built the Beatles - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- Brian Epstein, the man who built the Beatles

- I was doing Brian's mail
most of the time. - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- I was doing Brian's mail most of the time.

There was a letter
by the father - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

There was a letter by the father

They came from Manchester, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

They came from Manchester,

Brian said, "Yeah, yeah.
That's very nice. No, nice." - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Brian said, "Yeah, yeah. That's very nice. No, nic...

- Oh.
[laughter] - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- Oh. [laughter]

It was the most brilliant
harmony singing - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

It was the most brilliant harmony singing

All: ♪ If this should end ♪ - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

All: ♪ If this should end ♪

Cream was signed to Robert - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Cream was signed to Robert

I was surprised that
other bands were coming in. - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

I was surprised that other bands were coming in.

All: ♪ If this should end ♪ - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

All: ♪ If this should end ♪

He was Australian, but he spoke
like an English gentleman, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

He was Australian, but he spoke like an English gentleman,

- You can't deny talent, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- You can't deny talent,

All: ♪ Ooh ♪ - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

All: ♪ Ooh ♪

They were good friends of mine
from Australia. - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

They were good friends of mine from Australia.

Put Maurice on."
[champagne cork pops] - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Put Maurice on." [champagne cork pops]

Why don't you come
and play guitar?" - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Why don't you come and play guitar?"

There were Barry, Robin,
and Maurice - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

There were Barry, Robin, and Maurice

That night, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

So while we were waiting
for the power to come back on, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

So while we were waiting for the power to come back on,

The first thought was,
"In the event - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

The first thought was, "In the event

Both: ♪ It's just a photograph
of someone that I knew ♪ - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Both: ♪ It's just a photograph of someone that I knew ♪...

- We had our first hit record
within the first five months - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- We had our first hit record within the first five months

We thought that we might get
a hit in England, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

We thought that we might get a hit in England,

[Otis Redding's "Respect"] - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

[Otis Redding's "Respect"]

I made a decision to place
the group with Atlantic. - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

I made a decision to place the group with Atlantic.

- ♪ What you want ♪ - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- ♪ What you want ♪

Ahmet Ertegun
and Robert Stigwood - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Ahmet Ertegun and Robert Stigwood

- ♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪ - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- ♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

- Soul has always had
a special place - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- Soul has always had a special place

Smokey Robinson, Motown, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Smokey Robinson, Motown,

He said, "I want you to write
a song for Otis Redding." - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

He said, "I want you to write a song for Otis Redding.&...

- ♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪ - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- ♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

["To Love Somebody"] - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

["To Love Somebody"]

Those lyrics, "There's
a certain kind of light - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Those lyrics, "There's a certain kind of light

Some great singers have sung
that song, obviously, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Some great singers have sung that song, obviously,

- ♪ Baby ♪ - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Those early records sound like
the Beatles' early records. - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Those early records sound like the Beatles' early recor...

- ♪ I received an invitation ♪ - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- ♪ I received an invitation ♪

- ♪ "Come
to the United Nations" ♪ - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- ♪ "Come to the United Nations" ♪

- ♪ That was when
I was somebody ♪ - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- ♪ That was when I was somebody ♪

You can buy
a Fender Stratocaster - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

You can buy a Fender Stratocaster

You can't sing
like the Bee Gees, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

You can't sing like the Bee Gees,

- It's the blend of the tones
of each brother. - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- It's the blend of the tones of each brother.

And Robin had this wonderful,
tear-jerking voice. - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

And Robin had this wonderful, tear-jerking voice.

["I Started a Joke"] - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

["I Started a Joke"]

'Cause Robin would go...
[silly vocalization] - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

'Cause Robin would go... [silly vocalization]

You sound like
a bloody nanny goat." - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

You sound like a bloody nanny goat."

I like being funny
with people, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

I like being funny with people,

- ♪ I looked at the skies ♪ - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- ♪ I looked at the skies ♪

I have to really know somebody
before I reveal myself. - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

I have to really know somebody before I reveal myself.

Robin's got a house
in St. George's Hill, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Robin's got a house in St. George's Hill,

- And Mum and Dad
had their own place, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- And Mum and Dad had their own place,

He was just like us, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

He was just like us,

- There was a lot of hits
in that short time, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- There was a lot of hits in that short time,

- ♪ I am man
and you are woman ♪ - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- ♪ I am man and you are woman ♪

♪ Then it would please you
if I should call ♪ - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

♪ Then it would please you if I should call ♪

[drum solo] - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

[sweeping ballad] - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

[sweeping ballad]

"Massachusetts" is probably
the first song, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

"Massachusetts" is probably the first song,

There is a gospel quality
to it. - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

There is a gospel quality to it.

I didn't know where the hell
Massachusetts was, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

I didn't know where the hell Massachusetts was,

- Robert runs up and he goes, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- Robert runs up and he goes,

- ♪ And Massachusetts ♪ - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- ♪ And Massachusetts ♪

- I met the Bee Gees
at "Top of the Pops." - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- I met the Bee Gees at "Top of the Pops."

- Top pop girl in America,
top pop girl in Britain, - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- Top pop girl in America, top pop girl in Britain,

- ♪ Some people live
within the world ♪ - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

- ♪ Some people live within the world ♪

[melodic piano notes] - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

[melodic piano notes]

I had never known
anything like that before. - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

I had never known anything like that before.

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart poster

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An exploration of the history of the Bee Gees, featuring revealing interviews with oldest brother Barry Gibb, and archival interviews with the late twin brothers Robin and Maurice.

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Director: Frank Marshall

Writer: Mark Monroe

Production: White Horse Pictures,Diamond Docs,The Kennedy/Marshall Company

Genre: documentary, biography, music

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 78/100

ImdbRating: 8.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 12 Dec 2020

Awards: Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 4 wins & 8 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-bee-gees-how-can-you-mend-a-broken-heart

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