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Backbeat

Name: Backbeat
Director: Iain Softley
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 1994
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Sheryl Lee, Stephen Dorff, Ian Hart, Gary Bakewell, Chris O'Neill

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.

1994 · Directed by Iain Softley · 100 min · Drama · Music · 10 frames

Tagline

5 guys. 4 legends. 3 lovers. 2 friends. 1 band.

Crew

Screenplay: Iain Softley, Michael Thomas, Stephen Ward
Cinematography: Ian Wilson
Edited by: Martin Walsh
Music: Don Was
Production design: Joseph Bennett
Produced by: Finola Dwyer, Stephen Woolley

Cast

Sheryl Lee as Astrid Kirchherr
Stephen Dorff as Stuart Sutcliffe
Ian Hart as John Lennon
Gary Bakewell as Paul McCartney
Chris O'Neill as George Harrison
Scot Williams as Pete Best
Kai Wiesinger as Klaus Voormann
Jennifer Ehle as Cynthia Powell
Marcelle Duprey as Singer
John White as Sailor 1

Production

Country: Germany, United Kingdom
Language: English, French, Russian, Hungarian, German
Studios: Universal Studios, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Scala Productions, Film4 Productions
Themes: guitar, red-light district, stuart sutcliffe, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, river elbe, hamburg, germany, photo, reeperbahn

More by Iain Softley

Hackers — 1995
The Skeleton Key — 2005

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