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Backbeat
1994 · Film · 100 min
Directed by Iain Softley
Chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. The film focuses primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe, John Lennon, and Sutcliffe's girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr.
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I remember being at Summercon before this movie opened and Ericb addressing hotel conference room we were seated in talking about how Iain Softley had directed Backbeat and how happy he was that he was doing this movie and that you had to get in the right headspace to understand what it was going for.
(I think the movie is wildly overrated just as a piece of storytelling; the hacker fan-service in it is just fine, they clearly got some tfile kids to consult with the script.)
The 90's film Backbeat is about Sutcliffe and the beatles in Hamburg.
Its a great little film - plus excellent soundtrack featuring Dave Grohl, Mike Mills and others
Backbeat is a pretty good movie about Stuart Sutcliffe and his relationship with Astrid, John Lennon, and pre-fame Beatles. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106339/