Paul McCartney has lived about seventeen musical lifetimes, but Man on the Run zooms in on one of the strangest, most vulnerable ones: the moment after The Beatles ended, and everything familiar disappeared overnight.
Directed by Morgan Neville, Paul McCartney: Man on the Run is an intimate feature documentary that looks at McCartney’s creative rebirth in the early 1970s. It’s about survival, doubt, stubborn joy, and the instinct to keep making things even when the ground drops out beneath you.
The film screens for one night only in cinemas on Thursday, 19 February 2026, released by Trafalgar Releasing.
A Wild Chapter
The Beatles broke up. Lawsuits followed. Public opinion swung hard. And McCartney, suddenly cast as the villain in some corners, had to figure out who he was without the biggest cultural machine of the 20th century propping everything up.
Man on the Run traces that moment with care. It examines the creation of McCartney, Ram, and Band on the Run, and the messy, often uncomfortable process of starting over. There is joy here, but it is earned. There is doubt, too. A lot of it.
Neville does what he does best. He lets the quiet moments matter.
Will This One Feel Different?
This documentary leans into uncertainty, risk, and rebuilding from scratch while the world watches. There is something grounding about seeing an artist who could have played it safe instead choosing to retreat, experiment, and relearn what creativity even means.
It is also a reminder that reinvention does not come from confidence. It comes from showing up anyway.
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Win Tickets (Sydney)
If you are in Sydney, there is also a double-pass giveaway for a screening at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace.
- Screening date: Thursday, 19 February 2026
- Location: Cremorne, Sydney
- Travel and accommodation not included
Where to Get Tickets
Tickets are on sale now via the official site:
https://www.manontherun.film/
TLDR;
- Paul McCartney: Man on the Run screens one night only
- Thursday, 19 February 2026 in cinemas
- Directed by Morgan Neville
- Focuses on McCartney’s creative life after The Beatles
- Released by Trafalgar Releasing
- Sydney screening giveaway available. Enter here.
- Tickets on sale now via the official site
