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Backbeat

OT: Backbeat

Iain Softley // United Kingdom, 1994
Fiction Feature // FF2010

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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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