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Release Date:
15 April 1994 (USA)
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Tagline:
He Had To Choose Between His Best Friend... The Woman He Loved... And The Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band In the World. more
Plot:
A dramatization of the Hamburg, Germany phase of the Beatles' early history. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
Another 4 wins
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1 nomination
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(17 articles)
Nowhere Boy: A career-defining role for Aaron Johnson!
(From The Movie Fanatic. 29 October 2009, 12:50 PM, PDT)
Nowhere Boy: A career-defining role for Aaron Johnson!
(From The Movie Fanatic. 29 October 2009, 12:50 PM, PDT)
(From The Movie Fanatic. 29 October 2009, 12:50 PM, PDT)
Nowhere Boy: A career-defining role for Aaron Johnson!
(From The Movie Fanatic. 29 October 2009, 12:50 PM, PDT)
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Pure garage raunch
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Sheryl Lee | ... | Astrid Kirchherr |
 | Stephen Dorff | ... | Stuart Sutcliffe |
 | Ian Hart | ... | John Lennon |
| Gary Bakewell | ... | Paul McCartney |
 | Chris O'Neill | ... | George Harrison |
 | Scot Williams | ... | Pete Best |
| Kai Wiesinger | ... | Klaus Voormann |
 | Jennifer Ehle | ... | Cynthia Powell |
| Marcelle Duprey | ... | Singer |
| John White | ... | Sailor 1 |
| Bernard Merrick | ... | Sailor 2 |
| Nicholas Tennant | ... | Sailor 3 |
| Finola Geraghty | ... | Model |
| Rob Spendlove | ... | Arthur Ballard |
| Charlie Caine | ... | Lord Woodbine |
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Also Known As:
BackBeat - Die Wahrheit über die Beatles (Germany)
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Runtime:
100 min
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Black and White |
Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:M18 |
Argentina:13 |
South Korea:18 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-14 |
France:U |
Germany:12 |
Iceland:L |
Norway:15 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 |
USA:R
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Stephen Dorff was the only actor of the group who could actually play his instrument (he's a professional musician in real life). Ironically, his character, Stuart Sutcliffe, could not play his instrument, which is one of the chief reasons the real Paul MacCartney later cited as to why he wanted Stuart out of the band.
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Miscellaneous: At the end of the film, text describing subsequent events is superimposed over shots of a beach. One paragraph notes that Klaus Voormann played bass on John Lennon's album "Imagine" and designed the Beatles' "Revolver" album cover, but although the former title is placed in quotation marks, the latter is not.
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Quotes:
John Lennon:
Did ya shag her?
Stuart Sutcliffe: She's a photographer.
John Lennon: You'll never shag her.
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Stuart Sutcliffe: She's a photographer.
John Lennon: You'll never shag her.
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Movie Connections:
Version of Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatle (2005) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Time to Go Home
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The film is a marvel. The only evidence of post-fame Beatles nostalgia that doesn't seek to cash-out. It is no less than a kick-ass rock n' roll film, with deft photography, powerful direction and an incredibly hard garage soundtrack. Recommended for fans of garage raunch and pre-invasion british blues.