Lennon Naked (2010) (TV)

Director:

Edmund Coulthard

Writer:

Robert Jones

Release Date:

21 November 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Music

Plot:

A profile of John Lennon in the late 1960s as the Beatles are set to fall apart.

Plot Keywords:

Yoko Ono | The Beatles | John Lennon | England | Manager

Cast

Christopher Eccleston	...	John Lennon
Christopher Fairbank	...	Freddie Lennon
Allan Corduner	...	Art Janov
Andrew Scott	...	Paul McCartney
Naoko Mori	...	Yoko Ono
Michael Colgan	...	Derek Taylor
Craig Cheetham	...	Ringo Starr
Jack Morgan	...	George Harrison
Claudie Blakley	...	Cynthia Lennon
Rory Kinnear	...	Brian Epstein
Adrian Bower	...	Pete Shotton
Di Botcher	...	Dot
Eileen O'Brien	...	Lil
Debora Weston	...	Gloria Emerson
Dave Legeno	...	Les
Charlie Coulthard	...	Julian
Ray MacAllan	...	Cabbie
Jonathan Rigby	...	Cynthia's Lawyer
Annabel Leventon	...	Rich Woman
David Annen	...	Hospital Consultant
Patrick Drury	...	Apple Accountant
Helen Bradbury	...	John's PA
Peter Lawman	...	Journalist 1
Roderick Smith	...	Journalist 2
Dylan Charles	...	Journalist 3
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brigitte Bardot	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hannah George	...	Art Student (uncredited)
George Harrison	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Lennon	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul McCartney	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shane Nolan	...	Robert Fraser's Assistant (uncredited)
Yoko Ono	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ringo Starr	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Warman	...	Abusive Passer-By (uncredited)

Directed by
Edmund Coulthard

Writing credits
Robert Jones

Produced by
Edmund Coulthard	....	producer
Kate Evans	....	executive producer: BBC
Letitia Knight	....	line producer
Katherine Lannon	....	producer

Original Music by
Dickon Hinchliffe		(as Dickon Hinchcliffe)

Cinematography by
Matt Gray		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Philip Kloss

Casting by
Sam Jones

Production Design by
Donal Woods

Art Direction by
Charmian Adams

Costume Design by
Lucinda Wright

Makeup Department
Louise Coles	....	assistant hair stylist
Louise Coles	....	assistant makeup artist
Karen Hartley	....	hair designer (as Karen Hartley-Thomas)
Karen Hartley	....	makeup designer (as Karen Hartley-Thomas)
Lois McIntosh	....	assistant hair stylist
Lois McIntosh	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Claire Bosworth	....	head of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steve Robinson	....	first assistant director
Jo Tew	....	second assistant director
Andrew Vanneck	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Tim Blake	....	graphics
Tim Blake	....	stand-by art director
Damian Butlin	....	stand-by props
Andy Grogan	....	production buyer
Tom Pleydell-Pearce	....	dressing props
Mike Power	....	property master
Andrew 'Monty' Wilson	....	stand-by props (as Monty Wilson)
Matt Wyles	....	props

Sound Department
Ingo Baier	....	foley recordist
Simon Brown	....	boom operator
Danny Finn	....	dubbing mixer
Peter Gates	....	dialogue editor
George Hapig	....	foley artist
Antony Meering	....	sound engineer (as Tony Meering)
Andrew Mottl	....	foley editor
David Smithers	....	sound effects editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Nick Briggs	....	stills photographer
Chris Georgas	....	gaffer
Ben Oliver	....	loader
Martin Payne	....	focus puller
Jonathan Spencer	....	best boy
Murren Tullett	....	assistant camera

Casting Department
Lucy Taylor	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Corinna Everett-Lyons	....	costume assistant (as Corinna Everett)
Joanne Hayes	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Ross Baker	....	colorist
Alan Jones	....	on-line editor

Other crew
James Alexander	....	location scout
Chan Chau	....	production coordinator
Anne Frederick	....	unit publicist
Keiran Mahon	....	floor runner
Simon Nixon	....	location manager
Angelica Pressello	....	script supervisor
Sarah Rushbrook	....	researcher
Debbie Shephard	....	production secretary

Production Companies

• Blast! Films
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2010) (UK) (TV)
• NHK (2010) (Japan) (TV)
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (2010) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Burrell Durrant Hifle  titles
• Halo Post Production  post-production
• Production Copier Company  production equipment and services
• SDD Global Solutions  legal services
• SmithDehn  legal services
• TLO Film Services  action vehicles

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Runtime:

82 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:15 (DVD rating) | Ireland:15 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-13 (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Blast! Films

Trivia:

Rory Kinnear, who plays Beatles manager Brian Epstein, is the son of Roy Kinnear who played alongside the Beatles in Help! (1965) and John Lennon in How I Won the War (1967).

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: John Lennon says to his father, who is miming boxing, "Get in the house Rocky". He is referring to the boxer Rocky Marciano (1923-1969), not the film Rocky (1976).

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Wright Stuff: Episode #13.55" (2010)

Soundtrack:

Remember Love

Where was the 'lovely guy' that Paul knew ?

John Lennon comes over in this film as overbearing, callous, uncaring, rude, acerbic, immature, self obsessed, in fact its hard to see any redeeming features in the character who stars here. Whilst we (the fans) all know that John could sometimes lean towards the above we also know that he had a very funny, caring and deeply intuitive side as well, I've lost count of the number of times I've heard Paul or Ringo say 'John was a lovely guy'. Well Im sorry but the John portrayed here was anything but. Make your own mind up about how far down the road of character assassination Lennon Naked goes. As far as being factual with the events of this period of Lennon's and The Beatles a lot of the events I have read about before and assume to be fact,although I suspect it only vaguely represents the actual truth, but then, only the people present in the rooms would know for sure. Overall I didn't like it, I thought Eccleston, who although credible, was too old for the part and this distracted from the reality overall. If your at all a Lennon fan, I wouldn't recommend it, way too one dimensional in its approach of portraying John Lennon for me, although you might think I am biased being a fan, I have tried to look at it objectively though, Id be very interested to know what Cynthia thinks of it.