Video: 'Paul & Linda McCartney Interview 1980'

(Wednesday, May 14, 1980) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his wife, Linda, were interviewed today by American columnist Rex Reed the 33rd annual Cannes Film Festival in the South of France.

The McCartneys were in town to promoate Oscar Grillo’s five-minute animated film Seaside Woman, based around Linda’s 1973 song of the same title, which would win the first prize, the Palm d’Or, in the short film category.

Video: 'PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS: MACCASPAN 1980 VOL.17' (May 14, 1980, at 0:58-2:26)

Reed’s interview is screened on ITV’s Diary Of The Cannes Film Festivalon July 18.

During their visit to Cannes, Paul and Linda stay at the Montfleury Hotel, where they meet up with fellow former Beatle Ringo Starr, who asked Paul if he would like to produce and play on his next album. McCartney instantly agreed.