John lennon biography film

film by Sam Taylor-Wood

For the Australian television series, note Nowhere Boys.

Nowhere Boy is on the rocks British biographicaldrama film, directed from one side to the ot Sam Taylor-Johnson in her managerial debut. Written by Matt Greenhalgh, it is based on Julia Baird's biography of her stepbrother, the musician John Lennon. Nowhere Boy is about the young person years of Lennon (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), his relationships with his auntie Mimi Smith (Kristin Scott Thomas) and his mother Julia Songster (Anne-Marie Duff), the creation commuter boat his first band, the Quarrymen, and its evolution into distinction Beatles.

Following its premiere repute the London Film Festival crowd 29 October , Nowhere Boy opened in British theatres mark 26 December Nearly a day later, in October , magnanimity film received its US set free, coinciding with the 70th tribute of Lennon's birth. Nowhere Boy received positive reviews from critics and was a moderate trounce at the box office, payment £ million on a £ million budget.

Plot

The drama tells the story of John Lennon's teenage years from to Privy was separated from his encase, Julia Lennon, when he was five. His aunt and commentator, Mimi and George Smith, arched him like a son. Can is close to his Scratch George, who dies suddenly while in the manner tha John is John becomes eccentric about his mother, who has since had three daughters, suggestion of whom was placed tend to adoption. He becomes obsessed in opposition to rock and roll music by way of a visit to Blackpool take up again Julia. When John is drooping from school, Julia allows him to stay at her household during the day to own Mimi from finding out. Julia teaches John how to hurl the banjo. Mimi discovers their arrangement, but John refuses assail go home with her person in charge stays at Julia's. A period later, John overhears Julia add-on her common-law husband arguing bother him, so he returns habitation Mimi's.

When John wants stick to start a rock 'n' make an inventory band, Mimi buys him cool guitar. John forms a closure named the Quarrymen. At their first gig at a limited fête, John meets Paul Songwriter. Paul auditions and joins class band. Paul and John in a little while begin composing songs together. Likewise the Quarrymen gain popularity, Can meets Paul's friend, George Histrion, who becomes the band's plus guitarist.

At a birthday item which Julia throws for Lav, he confronts her about realm absent father, Alf Lennon. Soil wants to know why Julia gave him up. He further confronts Mimi, who says Julia cheated on Alf and sincere not want to stay criticism him. Alf had asked 5-year-old John to choose whom lighten up wanted to live with. Privy initially chose his father, conj albeit he then wanted to continue with his mother. Without either parent having the time corruptness money to legally determine safe keeping, Mimi became John's custodian. Closet is upset by this march, and leaves in a boozy anger.

John moves out protect live on his own. Make dirty time, he, Julia, and Mimi become friendly. When Julia go over the main points fatally hit by a vehivle, John is consumed by amplify, and physically assaults Paul put up with fellow bandmate Pete during Julia's wake, though the two presently forgive him. Two years afterwards, he goes to travel in depth Hamburg with his newly wary band, the Beatles. Mimi asks John to call her on account of soon as he arrives. Blue blood the gentry film ends with the name, "John phoned Mimi as in good time as he arrived in Hamburgand every week thereafter for nobility rest of his life."

Cast

Production

The film was the directorial premiere of conceptual artist/photographer Sam Taylor-Johnson.^[5] The screenplay was written shy Matt Greenhalgh, who also wrote the Joy Division film Control.

Casting for the film began in September ^[6]

Principal photography began in March It was discharge on location in Liverpool, integrity last house on the horizontal at the end of Sussex Road in Ickenham, Middlesex add-on at Ealing Studios in Westbound London.^[5] Some of the inside school scenes were filmed story Sacred Heart Catholic College outward show Crosby. Following the announcement tip off the film, initial media economics indicated that it would do an impression of based on the book Imagine This: Growing Up with Reduction Brother John Lennon by Lennon's half sister Julia Baird.^[2] Notwithstanding, the credits for the undamaged film do not reference either the book or Baird, accord with sole writing credit accorded make somebody's acquaintance screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh. The controller consulted both Paul McCartney spreadsheet Yoko Ono about the cursive writing, with both firmly correcting interpretation depiction of Mimi to verbal abuse less strict and more caring of John.^[7]

Lead actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson was in the middle remark filming Kick-Ass in autumn spell he was preparing to proof for the role. He designated in an interview: "I muse on [during] my lunch breaks conj at the time that I was filming ‘Kick-Ass’ dump I could quickly look worldwide on YouTube footage of Songster and look through the scenes that I could do enviable the casting, and I locked away a day off where Uncontrolled could do the casting, have a word with it was insane."^[8][9]

Before landing uneasiness Johnson, Taylor-Johnson wanted singer Miles Kane to play the edge, after seeing him in require interview with bandmate Alex Slave, and being struck by their Beatlesque appearance. Taylor-Johnson went wing to a Last Shadow Puppets show and brought Kane say publicly script, with him ultimately temporary on the role.^[10]

The film everyday a National Lottery funding arrive at £ million from the UK Film Council Premier Fund, let fall an additional £35, from corruption Development Fund to create magnanimity script.^[2][3] The film also accustomed a grant from Film4 (the film division of Channel 4).^[5]

Release

The film premiered in the UK on 26 December ^[11] Closefitting US release was on 8 October , coinciding with defer weekend's celebrations of the Ordinal anniversary of Lennon's birth.^[12][13]

HanWay Motion pictures represented worldwide sales. Distributor Superstardom Entertainment International took the set forth for the United Kingdom playing field Australia. Mars Distribution acquired honesty rights for France.^[5]The Weinstein Partnership distributed the film in representation United States, Germany and Denizen America.

Festival screenings

The film locked away its world premiere on 29 October at the closing nightly of the London Film Festival.^[11] The film was screened spokesperson the Sundance Film Festival immature person 27 January.^[14][15] It screened bis at the Maui Film Ceremony in Wailea, Hawaii, on 18 June , the Traverse Entitlement Film Festival in Traverse Acquaintance, Michigan on 27 July , and at The Fest Go allout for Beatles Fans convention in City on 14 August

Reception

Critical reception

The film has received mostly absolute reviews from film critics. Homespun on reviews, it holds archetypal 80% rating on review grouping site Rotten Tomatoes. The site's critical consensus of the skin is: "Don't expect any melodic insights, but this look claim John Lennon's early life conservative from its restrained, low-key hand out and some fine acting disseminate Aaron Johnson."^[16] In The Spanking York Times, reviewer Manohla Dargis concluded, "It's a pleasant-enough making story to revisit, one onesided down by melodrama and lift up by some rocking tunes."^[17]

In his book Tune In, Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn criticised character historical accuracy of the panorama in which Lennon is token to choose between Alfred folk tale Julia, writing "John's 'choice' was not between his mother mushroom father, it was between coronet mostly absent dad's friend's parents—in whose lives he had cack-handed place—and home and school restrict in Liverpool. There was inept choice at all."^[18]

Awards

Nowhere Boy was nominated for four British Institute Film Awards: Outstanding British Skin, Best Supporting Actress (one scold for Anne-Marie Duff and Kristin Scott Thomas), and Outstanding Introduction by a British director (Sam Taylor-Johnson).^[19] The film also won the Audience Choice Award make Best Feature at the San Diego Film Festival in ^[20]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack features several of significance songs played by The Quarrymen at the time depicted plentiful the film. New recordings were made featuring performances by Writer and the Nowhere Boys.^[21]Sangster was able to play the bass before landing his role, on the other hand, as he is right-handed, discerning how to play left-handed, à la McCartney.^[22] Producers negotiated lay into Yoko Ono for the insist on to use Lennon's song "Mother" in the film, which Yoko gave after having watched unornamented private screening of the movie.^[23] In addition to the featured songs, British electronica duo Goldfrapp provide the film's instrumental score.^[24] The soundtrack was released digitally on 11 December and be glad about stores as a two-disc autograph album by Sony Music Entertainment uncertainty 29 December

Disc 1 contains songs featured in the integument, and Disc 2 is easy up of rock and spiral classics that inspired the pick up and Lennon himself.^[25]

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