A new documentary revisits the uncertain, intimate chapter when Paul McCartney rebuilt himself after The Beatles came to an end.
When The Beatles officially split in 1970, the world watched history close a chapter. What few saw was the quiet collapse that followed for Paul McCartney. “The Beatles had been my whole life, really,” he admits in the first moments of ‘Man on the Run’, a new documentary premiering globally on Prime Video on 27 February. For McCartney, the end of the band wasn’t liberation — it was grief, self-doubt and a fear he would “never write another note of music.”
Directed by Morgan Neville, the film traces McCartney’s emotional, artistic and personal reinvention during the early 1970s, as he stepped out from the shadow of the most famous band in history. Central to that journey is the creation of Wings in 1971, alongside his wife Linda McCartney, guitarist Denny Laine and drummer Denny Seiwell. Through unseen archive footage and intimate interviews, the documentary captures a period marked by uncertainty, criticism — and stubborn creative resilience.
Rather than positioning Wings as an easy second act, ‘Man on the Run’ frames the band as an act of survival. It was Linda’s belief, the film suggests, that pulled McCartney back into the studio, leading to an era that produced seven albums, 12 UK top 10 singles and defining tracks such as ‘Live and Let Die’ and ‘Jet’.
What emerges isn’t nostalgia, but a portrait of an artist learning how to move forward without certainty — guided by love, instinct, and the need to keep creating.
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