Backbeat
OT: Backbeat
Iain Softley // United Kingdom, 1994
Fiction Feature // FF2010
Story
A group of trendy musicians from Liverpool, one of them, the bass guitarist Stuart Sutcliffe falls in love with the photographer Astrid Kircherr. While his best friend John Lennon can only watch, Sutcliffe has to choose between rock ‘n roll and a new life in Germany. John Lennon and the rest of his new rock-and-roll group – Paul McCartney, Pete Best, George Harrison and Stuart Sutcliffe – travel to Hamburg to try their luck. Word soon gets out and they become increasingly popular, especially with the girls. But Stuart still thinks he is a better painter than bass guitarist, and he has fallen seriously in love with a German girl.
Director
Iain Softley (*1958) worked for the BBC asdocumentary director in art, music and popculture.For his feature debut Backbeat he wasawarded as "British Newcomer of the Year."Info
Backbeat
Fiction Feature
English
Strawberry Fields//FF2010
United Kingdom
1994
100 min
OV
Iain Softley
Iain Softley, Michael Thomas
Sheryl Lee, Stephen Dorff, Ian Hart, Gary Bakewell
Stephen Woolley, Finola Dwyer
Ian Wilson
Martin Walsh
Don Was
Joseph Bennett
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