The Hours and Times (1991)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Christopher Munch

Writer:

Christopher Munch (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Music

Plot:

A fictionalized account of what may have happened when John Lennon and Brian Epstein went on holiday together to Spain in 1963. |

Plot Keywords:

John Lennon | Friendship | Musician | Family Relationships | Friend

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

David Angus	...	Brian Epstein
Ian Hart	...	John Lennon
Stephanie Pack	...	Marianne
Robin McDonald	...	Quinones
Sergio Moreno	...	Miguel
Unity Grimwood	...	Mother

Runtime:

UK:60 min | USA:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 | Australia:MA

Company:

Antarctic Pictures

Trivia:

Much of the film's background information, such as the story of Brian being beaten, robbed and blackmailed after soliciting a man at a men's toilet, is taken directly from the 1983 book "The Love You Make" by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the film, set in April 1963, John and Brian go to see the Ingmar Bergman film "The Silence" (Tystnaden (1963)), which was first released in Sweden in September 1963.

Quotes:

John Lennon: You know what Jung would call you?
Brian Epstein: What's that?
John Lennon: One queer Jew.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You: The Hours and Times/Sissy Boy Slap Party/Dottie Gets Spanked (#1.9)" (????)

Soundtrack:

The Goldberg Variations

bach lennon and epstein

I saw this one in 1994 and I was under the impression. Contrary to one of the other comments, I found Ian Hart's impersonation of Lennon strong: witty, hurting and sensitive at times. The interaction between Epstein and Lennon in a strange pre-Beatlemania atmosphere was fascinating: BEA-aircompany, Lennon going to watch some Gaudis in Barcelona (did he really know Gaudi at that time ?), Lennon picking up a girl (stewardess on the flight). It seems far from the peace loving prophet a few years later. And still, I think, much closer to the "real" John Lennon. The beautiful Bach-score (Goldberg variations by Glenn Gould) offers an impressing undertone to this portrait, which looks like a forebode of the dramatic short lives of both protagonists.