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The Linda McCartney Story

  • TV Movie
  • 2000
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
738
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The Linda McCartney Story (2000)
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A dramatization of the life of Linda Eastman McCartney in her early years photographing for Rolling Stone magazine and rubbing elbows with much of Hollywood's elite. The story follows her me... Read allA dramatization of the life of Linda Eastman McCartney in her early years photographing for Rolling Stone magazine and rubbing elbows with much of Hollywood's elite. The story follows her meeting and falling in love with Paul McCartney, their marriage, and what followed.A dramatization of the life of Linda Eastman McCartney in her early years photographing for Rolling Stone magazine and rubbing elbows with much of Hollywood's elite. The story follows her meeting and falling in love with Paul McCartney, their marriage, and what followed.

  • Director
    • Armand Mastroianni
  • Writer
    • Christine Berardo
  • Stars
    • Elizabeth Mitchell
    • Gary Bakewell
    • David James Lewis
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    738
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Armand Mastroianni
    • Writer
      • Christine Berardo
    • Stars
      • Elizabeth Mitchell
      • Gary Bakewell
      • David James Lewis
    • 27User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Elizabeth Mitchell
    Elizabeth Mitchell
    • Linda McCartney
    Gary Bakewell
    Gary Bakewell
    • Paul McCartney
    David James Lewis
    David James Lewis
    • Danny Field
    • (as David Lewis)
    Nicole Oliver
    Nicole Oliver
    Tim Piper
    • John Lennon
    Matthew Harrison
    Matthew Harrison
    • Mick Jagger
    Aaron Grain
    Aaron Grain
    • Jim Morrison
    Jenafor Ryane
    Moya O'Connell
    Moya O'Connell
    • Heather McCartney
    Alexander Ruurs
    • James McCartney
    Michelle Skalnik
    George Segal
    George Segal
    • Lee Eastman
    Chris Cound
    • George Harrison
    Michael McMurtry
    Michael McMurtry
    • Ringo Starr
    Jane Sowerby
    Jane Sowerby
    • Chrissie Hynde
    Paul Magel
    • John Eastman
    Linda Ko
    Linda Ko
    • Yoko Ono
    Andrew Wheeler
    Andrew Wheeler
    • Dr. Mason
    • Director
      • Armand Mastroianni
    • Writer
      • Christine Berardo
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Gary Bakewell previously portrayed Paul McCartney in the film Backbeat (1994).
    • Goofs
      During a phone conversation there are two voices saying roughly the same lines, obviously one is the script prompter feeding the lines to the person on the phone.
    • Quotes

      Linda McCartney: Mick Jagger said he'd never have his old lady on stage.

      Paul McCartney: Yeah, well screw him!

      Linda McCartney: I already have.

    • Connections
      Edited from The Rose (1979)
    • Soundtracks
      I want to hold your hand
      Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

      Performed by The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute

      (Ron McNeil, Rolo Sandoval, Michael Amador and Ardy Sarraf)

    User reviews27

    Featured review

    The Linda (Who is She?) McCartney: Nothing You Did Not Already Know Story

    You already know Linda McCartney's story don't you? Well, of course you do. Did you want to watch this movie to learn the whole story? Sorry, no such luck! This meandering rambling, shallow, no warmth, no depth 'story' will not tell you anything you did not already hear in the media over the years. Her activism? Her vegetarianism? None of that seemed to be in this story, tho' it was mentioned in the advertising trailers, which, by the way, were not in the movie. This 'story' jumped back & forth, back & forth from decade to decade to decade: o, am I getting dizzy! The way that you could tell you were in a different decade was the fact the Linda & Paul went from long hair to short hair back to long hair & back again. O, there seemed to be some information bubbles that were in the tiniest font possible which stayed so long on the screen that if you blinked it is gone! The producers ALL seem to ASSUME that everyone can see 20/20 just like they do (NOT!) Why do these people assume that the 70 million member strong Babyboomers who have now all become 40 years old & up, who now all have to wear corrective lenses, if they did not before like the rest of us, can read this slightly momentarily brief second on the screen information bubbles in the worst contrast between colors to be able to read the information that also hopped from corner to corner to corner? The most love & depth of this movie is the 'nude love scene' (which added nothing to the story, except turns you off)with the Jim Morrison character, whom you knew she did not love in the 1st place. The story had no plot, nowhere to go. You already know that Linda had died a couple of years ago. The 'plot' was so 'well-developed' that you could not tell that Linda & Paul had more than 2 children, since that is all they showed until the very last scene when the family was @ the graveside. If you really, really want to know the whole love story, you have to wait until Paul writes the book, if he will. Well, so much for the 'hollywood' version!
    • trekkiebear21
    • May 21, 2000
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    • Release date
      • May 21, 2000 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La historia de Linda McCartney
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Columbia TriStar Television
      • Lions Gate Television
      • Lionsgate Television
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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