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Paul McCartney’s Scrapped Alien Musical with Isaac Asimov Detailed in New Book
The proposed film featured an eccentric plot that intertwined aliens, McCartney’s band Wings, and their efforts to take Earth by storm.
The proposed film, tentatively titled Five and Five and One, featured an eccentric plot that intertwined aliens, McCartney’s band Wings — consisting of his wife Linda and ex-Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine — and their efforts to take Earth by storm. By early 1975, the collaboration was shelved, with Asimov reportedly leaving a pointed critique scrawled on the first page of his treatment: “Nothing ever came of this because McCartney couldn’t recognize good stuff.” To capture the full scope of this era, authors Sinclair and Kozinn interviewed former Wings members, producers, and recording engineers, offering readers an in-depth exploration of McCartney’s post-Beatles years.
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