'Man on the Run' director on Paul McCartney's emotional reaction to doc

(26 Feb 2026)
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Los Angeles - 25 February 2026
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Morgan Neville, director:
"He was very emotional. He watched it with Mary, his daughter, and I was sitting behind them. And they were reacting to the screen because it's their pets and their house and it's all of these things. Paul said it was like his entire life flashing before his eyes, which I just think was overwhelming in every way."
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Morgan Neville, director:
"I do know it hit some kind of a bullseye for him because he watched it again and then he said, I want to screen it for my entire family, all the grandchildren. We had this amazing screening where he invited me and my family and the grandkids didn't know any of this history. One of his grandkids said, 'I've never heard my grandmother's voice before,' which It's amazing, Linda's voice. And one of the other grandkids said grandpa went to jail because I guess they don't talk about that at the family reunion."
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