I watched every Beatles biopic so you don't have to
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- Between 1978-2010 There have been seven films that attempt to tell the story of The Beatles in one form or another. I review all seven movies and discuss their credibility and how well they cover The Beatles' story in in each film.
00:00 - Intro
01:55 - 'The Birth of The Beatles' - 1978
05:25 - 'John & Yoko: A Love Story' - 1985
10:43 - 'Backbeat' - 1994
16:26- 'The Linda McCartney Story' - 2000
19:48 - 'In His Life: The John Lennon Story' - 2000
23:33 - 'Nowhere Boy' - 2009
33:05 - 'Lennon Naked' - 2010
37:21 - Outro
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what i'm learning is that we've had enough movies with john and paul arguing and we need more movies with george and ringo having a laugh
just a couple of mates being lads
We need a film that starts as a beatles film and ends with Thomas the Tank Engine
Mgooy
Me when that becomes a reality: 1:06
@@jaredcress4328 just a couple of lads being mates
@@jaredcress4328 That’s the most English thing I’ve ever heard
Stu's dead.
**dramatic violin**
I saw that movie and I face palmed when I saw that part
Help me I laughed at that- 😂
When this came out our group of friends would call up and say it. Stu’s Dead.
@@TheReubenKincaid HAHAHAHA
I just about spit out my coffee when that happened
How to make a Beatles biopic
1. Have John hating on Ob La Di Ob La Da
2. Have John and Paul fighting
3. Bad wigs
4. Bad accents
5. George and Ringo as background props
paul stated john liked ob la di ob la da
@@kenzosuzthat is fucking great
@@thatguythatdrawzz749 Yeah, story goes John went into the studio in a great mood, sat at the piano and wanted to immediately start on Ob La Di Ob La Da and then created the start for the song.
@@kenzosuz Sure, but you can't have that in these biopics
50 yrs old actors with fake beatle hairs playing the young Beatles, don't forget that!
I wish there was a biopic about George Harrison instead of the same story about Paul and John. I think it would be really interesting exploring his spirituality and his point of view being labeled as the “quiet one” when in reality he wasn’t necessarily “quiet”
There is actually. Directed by Martin Scorsese, George Harisson: Living in a Material World.
@@hugovanvliet6825 yea but I meant biopic with actors not a documentary I do love living in the material world though
I would love that, because there’s so much under the surface there!
@Fab4 Also when he tells Eric Clapton to keep his wife Pattie "busy" so he could focus on having sex with her sister Jennie. That worked out well.
Even as the quiet one, he'd not uttered a word, since 1966.
If they do another Beatle biopic, I’d like to see one about when Ringo got fed up with all the fighting and left for Sardinia for two weeks to hang out with Peter Sellers, where he got the idea for Octopus’s Garden and when he returned, his drum set was covered in flowers, where the end could focus on Ringo, with the help of George writing Octopus’s Garden, providing an actual uplifting ending and allowing us to focus on the two Beatles often shoved off out of the spotlight.
So basically octopus's garden story but as a movie
Too original mate. Sorry.
That's the film. Right there.
That's a superb idea. Would make a great little indie film. Any casting ideas?
@@simonpenum Steve Coogan as Peter Sellers. He was actually in the running to play him before Geoffrey Rush
I don't think the Beatles need a movie, what i do think they need is a tv series that depicts there whole lives.
Or web series
@@hammerjohn9290 How many episodes would that be?
@@juniorayala185 *"Many"* HaHa
1 episode per year
@@-Patali- What is this Netflix?
We need a Ringo and George biopic. They always get the short end of the stick.
Ringo’s ‘two Ringos’ tv special was really good
What I want to see is a film about George, from when he first meets Paul on a school bus (most ppl don't know this was the start of the Beatles' story) to him slowly getting to write more and more songs, but still being left in the sidelines, to eventually releasing All Things Must Pass.
George getting into folk with Bob Dylan is an underrated movie in music history, I feel like that would be fun to have in a biopic
there would be a lot of comedy.
I would love this as Ringo had an incredibly difficult childhood - nearly Dickensian - as he suffered a series of terrible illnesses and practically lived in the hospital. Also, George is mesmerizing as the Dark Horse, and as the Beatle who wrote the perfect “Here comes the Sun.”
Fun fact about "John and Yoko: A Love Story," a man named Mark Chapman was originally going to play John, but Yoko wouldn't let him because his name was the same as John's murderer. Though he did later play John in "Chapter 27"
What the hell? Now there's Two of em'? Lol
He wasn't murdered, he was executed for being a filthy commie.
This is making me laugh really really hard even though I know it’s not a joke
@@silyknow The same Mark Chapman that was supposed to play John also played one of the Officers in Titanic
@@jamesdean9183 what officer
And is this the james Cameron titanic my favorite film of all time fun fact.
I think Netflix or Amazon should do a t.v biopic thing like the Crown.
That would be so interesting!
They are doing a rolling stones biopic
It would have to be. To be able to cover everything. Films are time limiting
@@craigjackson5470 really? What is it going to be called?
@@tomlastname85 i dk what it gonna be called but its from the same people that make the crown
It’s exactly as John said, “everybody loves you when you’re 6 feet in the ground”. The tragic way he died was the reason there are so many documentaries about him, obviously his legacy too, but the other Beatles lives were as interesting as John’s too. Especially Ringo. Why isn’t there a Ringo medical drama yet??
Now I want a Ringo movie ;-;
Shining Time Hospital
@@lindahoffmann7176 sameee
@@jessicacosiguitar who can we contact 🧐
@@lindahoffmann7176 I don’t know ahah😂
wouldn’t it be cool to see a series of 4 seasons, each season focusing and seen through the eyes of a different beatle. Or just a four episode show of like 1h each
Interesting, kinda like Rashomon. I also believe that only a series could do the Beatles justice and that each season could cover a stage of their career in a similar way to the Anthology
"The Gospel according to John, Paul, George & Ringo"
this aged well!
please tell me you're not dead
@@ierdna9242 im very alive and shocked by this turn of events
It bothers me how Cynthia Lennon always gets the short shrift in these biopics. If she's not entirely sidelined then she's portrayed as a mousey little drip who was an albatross around John's neck. In truth, she was also a creative person, she had a degree of ambivalence about being a stay-at-home mom, and did her own share of partying. She was a more comparatively ordinary person compared to Yoko, but she wasn't the dimwitted bore she's made out to be these depictions, nor was she incidental to John's life.
Cynthia did seem like a nice person, and I do feel sorry for the crap John put her through. But reading her autobiography John, there were times I thought, "Cynthia, you can't be a doormat unless you lay down, you know..."
the movies about the guys not her. i hope she gets short shrifts. tf.
Fun fact, my dad nearly played John Lennon in ‘in his life’. It was literally down to the actor in the film and my dad. Because the director chose this actor over him, the producer left the production 😂
I can see why he left!
He could have saved this god-awful film!
@@ElliotRobertsVideos Birth Of The Beatles
2:31 the film does exaggerate 'some' stuff regarding Pete, but he was a very important factor in how they built up their early local popularity.
No local musician from back then had a bad word to say about Pete's drumming and they still don't. Some Liverpool bands had drummers purely because they could play like Pete. Paul even admitted in an interview in 2006 that he wasn't kicked out for his drumming.
One likely reason (of a few) is Pete was probably drawing too much attention away from the other three at the front of the stage, so they wanted a drummer who wouldn't attract as much attention away from them.
3:12 George Martin simply said "When we do the next session... I'm going to provide the drummer", he wasn't saying get Pete out of the band.
3:30 It's true that Pete was and is quieter and more introverted than the others, but there's plenty of evidence proving he was involved in fooling around and socialising with the others on occasions such as:
Drinking with them in a pub down the street from the Cavern
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Fooling around in Hamburg with silver canisters of speed pills
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This other Hamburg photo
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This early "Paul is dead" Cavern photo
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This pic with Gene Vincent:
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This pic from their infamous Aldershot gig
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And whatever this picture is
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There's also a video somewhere of Pete recounting the story of the band's "hedgehog" in Hamburg, which he was an instigator.
So while he may have been more reserved than the others, it's apparent he was involved in the drinking and joking with others at least to a certain degree.
3:40 As far as I'm aware none of The Beatles asked each other to get The Beatle haircut. Stuart had it first, then George adopted it, then Paul, then John. Pete did have a Beatle cut (or something close it) later during the 60s
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BACKBEAT
4:16 In recent years, information has come forth that Stu being unable to play is actually a fallacy.
I recommend taking a look at these:
daytrippin.com/2011/06/22/stuart-sutcliffes-bass-playing-id-like-to-set-that-one-straight/
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NOWHERE BOY
You already pointed out alot of the fictional moments and errors in the film, what you might not have known is their Phillips recording session actually happened on 12th July 1958 and Julia died three days later on the 15th
@@TheMerseySound1 Are you Pete Best?
What´s your dad´s name? Now we want to know :D
Lennon is cool, but the older i got the more I curious about the other beatles that aren't explored as much. Lets have a Harrison movie now please.
That would be awesome. George is my favourite Beatle.
Because John is the most famous artistically and he is a legend Paul is second but nowhere as close as Lennon . What can they talk about George? Or Ringo when you had Lennon being a legend who was the creator of the group and a super controversial figure that was rattling the FBI and the republican administration of Richard Nixon.
Lennon beat his wife
@@rosestrohm7986 so?
His ex wife claimed it happened only one time and he apologised at her for several weeks. It happened during a fight they 2 had(which she provocated btw). John was no saint. He was ALWAYS honest and very open about his flaws.
He was a horrible husband to Cynthia and not a good father to Julian. But he learned from his mistakes.
And no.. thats not an excuse. A man should never raise his hand against ANY woman.
But people fail to see the whole picture.
He wasn't a series wife beater and abuser.
In fact he never hit Yoko. He learned from his mistakes
@@reneaguilar3471 George was easily as good as John and Paul. Just different.🌝
It’s funny that despite Lennon and Macca having so much coverage, there’s still a lack of accurate portrayal imo. There’s no nuance. As said by McCartney, John had a cool, sometimes aloof and goofy exterior but he was a softie, whereas Paul seemed like the put together guy but had some simmering and strong emotions underlying. I wish we got a portrayal where we got both sides of them, plus the extremely complex George and the layers of Ringo we have yet to see. Best of all if we got to see the complex relationships between all four of them, cause really that’s what was fascinating about them. They were some sort of a family.
They were four geniuses who somehow had the luck to find each other, but they were also funny, witty, complete idiots, had egos, and were proper weirdos. A tv series would obviously be best to really be able to explore both their individual journeys and their collective experiences and relationships.
You hit the nail on the head. Beyond that, most Beatles biopics are John-centric, which follows the now discredited Philip Norman biography Shout.
I think 'they' should probably just let it go.
YES I completely agree. The biopics we have are s mostly surface-level
@@byrdmaniac3949 You read my mind. I'd love to see the BBC or another cable channel do a multi-season cable drama on the lives and careers of the Beatles. If you figure on eight-ten episodes per season, you could have:
-a season on their childhoods and young adulthoods, ending with John and Paul meeting at the church fair,
-a season on the Cavern/Hamburg years, meeting Brian, and ending with their signing up with EMI and George Martin,
-a season on the Beatlemania/touring years,
-a season on their transitional years as they begin to grow and experiment as musicians,
-a season on the Sgt. Pepper/Maharishi period and the fallout from Brian's death,
-a season on their disintegration and breakup, and,
-a season on their solo careers in the 70s, ending with John's death.
Their story is so rich with interesting incidents (like their dust-up with Imelda Marcos) and characters (like Magic Alex, and boy, was HE a character) that a single biopic, or even a miniseries, couldn't do it justice. (I'd have liked this to be made while Hugh Laurie was still young enough to play George Martin, but that ship seems to have sailed.)
@@jenniferschillig3768 Obviously the Manila incident sticks in your brain more than does the John and Jesus controversy in America, which followed on the heels of Manila (though the Maureen Cleave profile that lit the fuse came several months before the Germany/Japan/Phillpines tour).
In the special features on Backbeat, Cynthia Lennon said that felt that Ian Hart had done such a brilliant job portraying John, that she told Julian to see the movie and meet his father. If that isn't a seal of approval, I don't know what is.
Ringo`s life after Beatles (which wasn`t very good time for him actually) has been very interesting, very intriguing, there is fun, sadness, absurd, depression, tragedy, everything. And now he is the MOST VITAL 80 year old ever! This is material for whole series.
don't write him any more letters though
@@heyhonpuds ?
@@marguskiis7711 Ringo's infamous "no more fanmail" video
not to mention THE BEST ARTIST TO HAVE EVER LIVED
@@seffor it's hard for most people to imagine being famous in the first place... He just wants to be a person.
The way he says sessions has “brackets” energy.
“Brackets! BRACKETS!”
Sadly, my favorite Lennon bio isn’t out on video. I saw it once on PBS & it was staged like a 4-act play. Four different actors played John Lennon at different ages (child, adolescent, young Beatle, and Lennon just before the assassination). The elder Lennon narrated. It was based on his own writing, so it was quite candid. I think it was called “John Lennon: A Journey Through a Life.”
that sounds cool! Bernard Hill (Theoden from LOTR) plays the adult John.
I googled it; It’s actually John Lennon: A Journey In The Life (1985). I haven’t seen it myself, but sounds interesting! The only biopic I haven’t seen
George Martin was actually incredibly supportive of the Beatles' experimental work, so it's weird that the John & Yoko movie had him being so critical of it in that one scene
"I watched every Beatles biopic so you don't have to"
Too bad im still going to
Have you seen Let It Be?
@@bluepeng8895 nope
Have you seem Scrambled Eggs?
@@brmusic5801 I've eaten them at least
@@FKMDC seriously, you can watch it on youtube
The reason why Lennon Naked has so many Beatles songs in it is because it's a BBC production who have a big audio library that can be used on most of their productions. So it would seem expensive, though for the BBC, it wouldn't be.
Was coming here to give the same answer but you beat me to it!
@@GeekBoyMusic I was also doing the same thing!
It's not having the material physically to use which is the problem - anyone can buy a CD - it's the cost of the rights to use the music in a film which can be enormously expensive and/or permission can be refused.
The BBC have an arrangement with the rights-holders as they play a huge amount of Beatles material across their channels, radio and TV.
Proportionately it is much cheaper for them to use Beatles material in a TV film. It's also the case that the BBC routinely use Beatles music in documentaries about the band whereas most other companies productions don't, with often awkward results.
you've put into words so accurately why Nowhere Boy was in no way a perfect movie, but it hits so hard because it does the subtle, emotional, human bits so well. damn, now I want to watch it again
Can I just say, Cate Blanchett did a freaking amazing job portraying Bob Dylan?!
LMFAO
@@justinhamilton8647 and I know that sounded random but it was at the beginning when he was mentioning all the biopics.
100.
No
Regardless of what anyone thinks of her casting and performance in that film, Cate blanchett is a simply incredible actor
“the beatles were a pretty famous band”
huh never heard of them
Bruh
They did that one song about the sun or something idk
I don't know about them but i've been a big Klaatu fan for a while
@@FKMDC lol
They wrote beetles wrong
The Beatles need a Netflix series to fully do it justice. A movie isn't long enough.
Buy the Beatles anthology it’s an 8 part documentary including The Beatles. They also have the book
@@Lubbock_Kid1959 I've seen it. It's great. I'd also like to see a Netflix series w/ actors.
So do I. I’d also like to see the anthology all I have is the book
Beatles need a cartoon :P
@@Annadog40 there was a Beatles cartoon from like the 60s to 70s
John and yoko: distracted
Paul: trying to play Paul music
George: pissed off at everyone
Ringo:
For someone with 5 videos and 11k ish subs, the editing, audio and camera quality were all top notch
Thank you! I aim to please.
The BEST Beatles biopic is OBVIOUSLY Eric Idle/Neil Innes' "All You Need Is Cash" (The Rutles Mockumentary)!
Just realised I just made the same comment as you lol
I think it was the trousers
@@piggyroo100 Well they were very, em, Tight.
@@piggyroo100 I got the notification for that reply without knowing what you had replied too and was very confused lol
Totally agree!
"oh what's your favourite genre of music?"
"Paul music"
I n e v e r g i v e y o u m y n u m b e r
Going back to this now after having watched Get Back is like suddenly having the lights turned on for a Beatles fan. That series really changed so much about how I view the band and just makes everything make a bit more sense, even when it comes to things like these biopics. It is seriously a must-watch series.
Fantastic video, brother. Reignited my love for the Beatles’ story. Looking forward to your future projects, I will be watching your other videos.
Hey thanks man! I got a sequel to this video in the works as well :)
I had an idea to make one big movie editing all the Beatles movies available.
Too much work, not worth it.
U should upload homie!
Waitt whatt?? 😶😶
It wouldn't be that hard. Hardest thing would be tracking down all the movies, but after that cut them together
@@nominis4523 not hard, just too much work 😉
What an interesting idea... Begin in Nowehere Boy/In His Life, and then Back Beat / Birth of the beatles, A Hard days night, Help, Magical Mystery Tour, Let it be, John and Yoko a Love Story/Linda Mccartney, Two of us... something like that? jej we`ll be awaiting for that, Cheers.
“Paul’s wig looks so cursed” got me
You know something i've noticed between in his life: The John Lennon story and Nowhere boy?is that when they show the quarrymen perform and Paul Mccartney watching them for the first time they always get the song that Paul heard John sing wrong. In Nowhere boy he sings Maggie may and in the John Lennon story he sings Be-bop-alula when in real life it was come go with me by The Del-vikings. I find that pretty weird since both these manage to show the exact songs paul and George played him when they met. hmm
True!
'come, baby come come and go with me and down,.down to the penitentiary...'
especially since Paul always mentions that part of what caught his attention was John making up his own words to the song because he didn't know them! and that's such a character conveying detail
My favorite was The Linda McCartney Story. I cried my eyes out at her death scene! I remember I was a senior in high school when I heard that Linda died from breast cancer. I had worried that Paul would lose his will to live because he lost the love of his life. Thankfully he did find love again.
yeah... kinda. Heather Mills lmao. but I guess people do make poor decisions in such times. thankfully he found love yet again, and this time seems to be everlasting.
I love that in nowhere boy the actors don't look like or imitate the real life people and they still add a great essence of them
Thomas Brodie-Sangster(The guy who plays Paul) Learned to play left-hand guitar especially for the role, it shows that he is a dedicated actor.
Ironically by not trying to imitate them 100% I think the cast of Nowhere Boy actually convey their real life counterparts the best out of any of the biopics. When an actor playing John Lennon wears a goofy wig and puts on the Lennon impression it feels like the actor is wearing a goofy caricatured costume. But by playing them as real people they're conveyed as real people even if the actors don't look too much like the boys.
Yeah there is a fine line though, where having a resemblance of the actors and making an effort in hair and make up improves the story and production. Three biopics that would've been improved with coloured contact lenses were: Nowhere Boy, John had dark brown eyes, not blue. Control; Ian Curtis had bright blue eyes, not brown. And Bohemian Rhapsody; Freddy Mercury had dark brown eyes, not blue. Those details can make all the difference in a characterisation and portrayal more accurate and convincing.
ive always wondered this. i wonder why the biggest bands like the beatles, floyd, nirvana and zepellin havent had a big studio released movie like queen has.
Good question
90% of a Nirvana movie would ride on the casting of Kurt
i would KILL for a floyd biopic
@@icebergcxc cool! Start with trump please.
@@icebergcxc Adam Driver needs to play Roger Waters!
John talked openly about his attraction to his Mother. The film wasn’t taking “artistic license,” they were basing it off of instances he discussed in his diaries.
I think an 6 episode HBO miniseries of the Fab Four would be great. Enough time to flesh out the stories and give all four time to shine. They could have both the good and bad of their relationships and musical collaborations.
I'd watch 7 seasons, easily. There's enough detailed documentation, really great moments (ones that haven't been put in other biopics) and interesting peripheral characters--it could be a really interesting ensemble piece. We never get enough time with Brian Epstein, whose life was soooo interesting in itself, or how hard he worked to make their career happen--or the crazy series of weird lucky breaks and coincidences that led them to George Martin, who was (in the words of one biographer), probably the only producer who could "handle the Beatles without breaking them" (or vice versa). Nowhere Boy felt so fresh and so rich because it dug deeper into the people around them and really tried to make Liverpool come alive. That's what I'd like to see in anything that tackles them biographically--I want to see the world they lived in, not just watch things happen that I already know about (I know not everyone who potentially watches such a thing would be familiar with the events, but they're so much more meaningful and impactful with context).
I really need a proper Ringo Starr biopic. We've had so many of Lennon that I could dream his life, McCartney already gets all the attention and Harrison at least had the great Martin Scorsese documentary. When is it Ringo's time?
It's as if filmmakers have bought into the narrative that Ringo was "adequate." Anyone who thinks that is clueless. The first one who realizes your vision will make a fortune.
@@rudolphguarnacci197 is this our cue to become filmmakers?
@@littlemissmello
It just might be. It just might be.
When will it be Ringo's time? Probably after he's dead, unfortunately.
@@alrivers2297
Right? When your next to stars that bright you're just not gonna "look" as bright. Even if you're very bright they will be brighter. It's tough. Glad he's well.
“Nowhere Boy” made Aaron Taylor Johnson a star and I’m very, very happy about that. And I’m sure his mother is very happy she cast him too...OOPS! his wife I mean his wife
Ha!
To be fair, they are still married, have two daughters, and keep a low profile.
@@cremetangerine82 Yeah, most groomers know better than to make what they did obvious.
@@mfitzburger5137
I wouldn’t call their relationship “grooming”, Aaron was of age.
Haha...hey...she ain't no dummy.
@@cremetangerine82 Nope. Sorry. It was definitely grooming. 18 is barely legal, yo.
Yes, #justiceforgeorgeandringo. It would be nice a four part mini series, maybe a little bit more, but each part will be focused on a Beatle in particular, including George and Ringo, course. And instead of aaaaaall the Biography (that everybody knows), it could be focused on a particular important story of each and ond one of them. For example, George frustrated with being all the time in the back burner and sad and empty within his fame, fortune and marriage goes to India. Ringo, still loving them considering leaving them amidst a movie carrier work, and remembering he was considering migrating even when he was the most successful musician when they started. Paul and John in their Paris trip, when John’s uncle won the Lottery and gave ask these pounds to John to spend, that is the real moments where they drunk cry for their lost mothers (The “what about the night we cried...” Paul sings in If You Were Here Today”). IAll with back and forth, but concentrated in the time of the story. I don’t know, something like that.
Despite the occasional strident timbre of the voice, I think Ian Hart does the best at capturing young (and angry) John Lennon.
Hart is able to capture John’s deep insecurities, desperate need for acceptance, even to touch upon his love of Stuart that has some homoerotic tinges to it.
Also, Hart looks pretty uncannily like a young John Lennon (although with brown eye contacts, since Ian has blue eyes). Ian’s Liverpudlian, so that helps not making his accent sound like a Scouse robot!
P. S. - The Oedipal interpretation of John Lennon’s relationship with his mother Julia is not unique to “Nowhere Boy”. Lennon did admit his “regret” of not having sex with Julia and admitted to multiple people (Maureen Cleeve, Arthur Janov, Yoko Ono) how he wished that happened. Also, Julia was know to be an incessant flirt with men, and could have been that way with John as not a mum, but a besotted friend.
Considering Lennon’s loss of so many crucial people in his life prematurely (his father’s absence, his mother’s abandonment as a toddler, the death of his Uncle George, the tragic death of his mother at a time where he was re-establishing a bond) certainly leaves so much dramatic potential for movies. It’s probably the reason why so many films focus on him, notwithstanding Lennon as a cultural phenomenon along with the Beatles.
"Nowhere Boy" is a great film and I've seen it many times, but it has some bizarre inaccuracies, such as the circumstances of Uncle George's death.
I found it went a bit too dark on Lennon....
@@thesuncollective1475 He was very sad and angry until about his 30s. Most of the people he cared about died, like Uncle George, his mother, Stuart Sutcliffe, Brian Epstein, etc.
Nowhere Boy is not a movie that's based on a true story and contains a few innocent hollywood additions, it's a hollywood-tailored movie with sprinkles of truth in it.
@@7BD273 Is it really? My understanding is that it's made by English people.
yes it's not perfect but it's a good movie!
Tbh, sometimes I don't know if I want another biopic of them, because I feel like nobody's ever gonna do them justice. But if someone chooses to do that, then maybe a mini series would be a wiser choice.
Read Mark Lewisohn’s All These Years. There is currently only one of three volumes out, and it covers only up until the end of 1962, but it is the best, most thorough, most brilliantly written account of who the Beatles were and why they meant so much.
"McCartney! Who the hell do you think you are" *throws rock at window*
Loved this video (seen all but two of these Beatles biopics), but was surprised you made no mention of "Two Of Us", a look at what (possibly) transpired when McCartney paid Lennon a surprise visit at the Dakota in 1976 and how they both bonded again and rehashed old issues and opened old wounds. It even touches upon their near drop-in on "Saturday Night Live" when Lorne Michaels jokingly offered them $2K if they would reunite on his show. Loved the chemistry and interaction of this actual real-life reunion.
Okay, an hour after that comment I watched your video on Beatles tribute/musical movies and you DO (partially due to comments of many here) review "Two Of Us", although I still say it belongs more in this video than that one since it features absolutely no Beatles (or Lennon/Wings/McCartney) music.
It is superb, absolutely superb.
Why does this have so little views?!
just appeared in my recommended now, assume that a big spike in views will come fairly soon.
Because he only has 700 subscribers.
@Magnus Crawshaw You're tecnically correct but we know what he means so why worry about it?
Because the Beatles suck
@Magnus Crawshaw You did the right thing, Magnus!
I’d like to mention ‘The Rutles’ because it’s a movie about the Beatles and it’s friggin hilarious
Isn't that movie just paparazzi footage of the beatles compiled into a movie?
@@FMOLETTE no, it’s a mockumentary about the Beatles, it’s on TH-cam, very funny, they make fun of the way documentary’s are made and it’s also kind of a parody on the Beatles. The songs that were written for the movie are also pretty funny. So like I said, it’s free on TH-cam, so check it out.
@@jonnestreefkerk4833 I've seen it. I'm 100% sure those were the real beatles. Absolutely no parody or fabrication. In conclusion, you're wrong. And it's sad.
@@FMOLETTE What? You haven't seen anything, because you don't know what you're talking about. EVERYBODY knows The Rutles is a parody of The Beatles made by Eric Idle of Monty Python and the late great Neil Innes. How can you possibly say those are the real Beatles? Noticed how the skin of the guy interpreting George, or better said Stig, is dark? Or that Barry/Ringo is quite fat? Or that those songs in the movie aren't OBVIOUSLY The Beatles' songs but humorous pastiches? The only thing sad is that you're condemning another person stating the truth, when you pretty obviously don't know nothing about what's been talked about
P.S. By the way the actual title of the movie is All You Need Is Cash
It'd be interesting to go back and see these older Beatles biopics after the release of the new four Beatles biopic movies in 2027, just to see how these hold up
Mate thanks so much for this... I had no idea about "nowhere boy" and it looks amazing for the characterisation between Paul and John in particular which after seeing the Peter Jackson "Get Back" movies, I am I love with the way Paul and John looked at eachother sometimes when working out songs. Also when George is with John working out "Something"... I hope one day we get proper biopics based on the creative process as well for all four.
Totally agree with you that I prefer when actors to do it in the style of nowhere boy instead of focusing on the vocal impression and give us the spirit of the relationship and the character instead. As a guitarist I love how they showed John learning the guitar and the dedication and callouses that last for weeks and the reverence for that first guitar never goes away. Thank you for this!
Such a lovely comment! Cheers Caroline ☺️
I'm convinced only the Beatles can play the Beatles in a biopic. Thank God we have Get Back!
Back beat and Nowhere Boy were the best upto now for me..a new biopic should be a Netflix miniseries in which all eras of beatles history is cover and not just a 1:30 hr movie.
I'd love to see an animated series, so we won't have "issues" with the actors looking nothing like the real ones 😂😂😂
@@GiorgioGrano I'd prefer real actors.
But that's me...
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Like when Star Trek went animated in '73.
That would be great! 6-8, possibly 10 hour-long episodes
I guess there's another reason to love The Yellow Submarine. It puts Ringo in the spotlight and makes him a hero.
"I've got a hole in my pocket."
Ringo was always the main star of EVERY Beatles movie.
To be fair, even in Scorsese's dedicated George Harrison doc "Living in the Material World", you can tell even Scorsese was struggling to find that much to say or observe about George in the Liverpool/Hamburg days. I think the truth is, George wasn't that strong of a personality in the early days and didn't fully discover himself until the mid-60's.
I was about to say 'wait, Scorsese made a George Harrison doc' but then I remembered he also directed a Bob Dylan doc' ('rolling thunder', it's available on blu ray courtesy of the criterion collection, it's pretty good), and a rolling stones concert film and a semi-musical (king of New York), so I wouldn't be surprised exactly.
@@icravedeath.1200 Yeah, it's a really good doc, worth checking out.
Surely in Liverpool they could find 4 lads why look like the beatles and make a real biopic about them.
6:41 Wait, Peter Capaldi? THE Peter Capaldi? Damn, there are two Doctors who play Beetles
In "John & Yoko: A love Story" Mark McGann who plays John alongside Peter Capaldi, auditioned for the role of the 8th doctor. The actor who actually got the role: His brother: Paul McGann.
Also and this is a bit more tenuous of a connection, the actor playing Paul in "Lennon Naked" alongside Eccleston also played Moriarty in "Sherlock" which was a sort of sister show to Dr. who at the time (same production team).
Beatles*
who is the other one
@@breadzeppelin2165 Christopher Eccelston
@@Materminds187 ok thanks
I think that if I would made a Beatles biopic, I would go for Ringo's POV. It seems like an obvious dessidion:
1) Ringo would be the best norator, cause he's more neutral than Paul and John, and more extravertic than George.
2) We will be sure, that we're not making another movei set in 1957-1962 (Like half of these).
3) Ringo seemse less egocentric than John (It's not John critisism), so by making a movie from his point of view we are making sure to get pretty much eaquel screen time for all 4 Beatles.
4) Ringo was, kind of, main character in 4 Beatles movies, so I think he will do:)
Ps: This is probably terribly illiterate
I think a movie with him as the voice or his perspective could be quite good - whether its an actor or the actual Ringo narrating. Either his perspective on the Beatlemania years or on the stopped-touring, experimental music, white album era where the other's egos blew up.
5) Also, since Ringo joined the band later than the others, we would have a reason to "introduce" each of the characters to the viewer.
So you noticed that too...that in pretty much all the movies the Beatles made or were responsible for--A Hard Day's Night, Help, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine--the focus is on Ringo. In A Hard Day's Night he's the one with the most detailed storyline, in Help he's the one who gets the sacrificial ring that kicks off the plot, in Magical Mystery Tour he's the one we follow onto the bus with his (fictional) aunt, and in Yellow Submarine he's the first one we see and the one there's the most emphasis on. My guess is it's because Ringo's the everyman of the group--more relatable as an audience surrogate than the musical geniuses that John, Paul, and George were. Even he said once, "What's a scruff like me doing with all this lot?"
Yeahh.. I can see that... I think Ringo is the “motherly” figure in the group.. While the rest are like brothers having some conflicts, Ringo mostly just being there for them and making sure they are one harmonious family... He just enjoys playing drums with his friends..
I heard somewhere that after the Beatles broke up, Ringo is the one who made the effort to stay in touch with the others
@@jenniferschillig3768 Ringo was also the best actor out of the Beatles. He actually gave respectable performances in the films he did outside of the Beatles. Paul for all his musical talent was a pretty poor actor.
And now they are getting four biopics each...
Sixteen biopics?! 🤯
A high-budget mini-series sounds like the right idea.
It might also be better to use a Beatles tribute band (Like the Fab Four) as the Beatles considering the fact that
1. They play the songs, know them and usually learn a lot of their quirks and traits (people like Gavin Pring and Adam Hastings for example)
2. They already have the chemistry the roles need, they play the Beatles on a daily basis
3. Tribute artists (If they're dedicated enough) do a whole lot of research into the people they impersonate in order to get it right and sometimes even talk to the actual people (See Navi as Michael Jackson in "Searching for Neverland", the guy nails little aspects most actors would fail to notice)
Most of the films completely ignore John's relationship with his first wife, wonderful Cynthia Lennon, which must have been a major influence on his life.
because then they would have to fully admit that john was a...not good person
@@savarin0 "because then they would have to fully admit that john was a...not good person"
Or as I would say, John did some pretty fucked up stuff.
Which might make a pretty interesting movie. :-)
There are upcoming movie about cyn and john. And julian is the producer
@@savarin0 there will be upcoming movie about cyn and john and julian is the producer
@@ralphreinert there will be upcoming movie movie about john and cyn and julian is the producer. Just google it
I think all of the actors that portray the older John in these films would have made a better Geddy Lee from Rush. 😂
Hmm. I don't know a lot about Rush, is/was Geddy Lee an interesting person?
@@katymagnets Rush was an awesome three piece rock band with an incredibly full sound.
Geddy Lee was the bass player and lead singer who would also play a keyboard thing on the floor with his feet at the same time.
He is super intelligent. (Still alive)
The band had to quit because their drummer Neil Peart recently passed away. He was considered one of the best drummers of all time.
There's a Rush documentary I believe on Netflix.
But give Geddy Lee a quick Google just to see the resemblance to these "John" guys.
Ozzy Osborne?
@@dcool2u2 I'd love a Rush biopic, especially since Ged and Alex can put their input in.
@@dylanmcintyre0502 Yeah I was thinking the same thing!
Just because John officially made the decision to leave, it doesn't mean that the tension between the band and Yoko didn't motivate his decision. I'm not blaming her I just know that new relationships can be hard on even mundane friendships. I can't imagine how hard it must be when your in an iconic band.
Well well well, seems like we will have 4 new films to discuss in a few years
A lot of people have asked me why I didn't include the 2000 film 'Two Of Us.'
Despite being a better film than many on this list, I didn't include it as it's less of a biopic and more of a dramatisation of a meeting between John and Paul one day in 1976, six years after they had well and truly broken up. To make this list, each film must have portrayed (at some point) a period between The Beatle’s beginnings right up to their final days as a band. And they had to attempt to tell a true story.
I do examine review it in my ‘Beatle’s Tribute Films’ Video.
Below is an excerpt of the statement that opens the film 'Two Of Us':
"Legend has it that in 1976 - six years after the bitter breakup of The Beatles - Paul McCartney paid a surprise visit to John Lennon at his apartment in New York City. This film makes no attempt to document what may have occurred at such a meeting. Rather, it is a work of fiction in appreciation of two blokes from Liverpool, and the gifts they gave us."
Totally understand the reasoning.
Maybe an addendum video that focuses a bit on it? The portrayals are right up there with ‘Nowhere Boy’ where it’s emulation over imitation.
It’s an interesting film once you get past (IMO) the miscasting of Aidan Quinn as Paul...I’ve always admired his acting but he’s just not right for the role. It’s a shame because I thought the actor playing John did exceptionally well.
Love that movie, all the same. Thank you for the very entertaining video.
Thank you so much for this vid. Now I am interested in watching Nowhere Boy. I liked Backbeat so can you tell me if they cover John's friendship with Stu? They would all know each other at that point, right?
-Thanks.
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backbeat john lennon looks more like john deacon and i don't even know why all paul look alikes look like Billie Joe Armstrong
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LITERALLY
Now I have to Google him.😭
Edit: okay. Done. I'm so out of touch I don't care anymore about the Beatles, just like after the age of 15, I couldn't care if my parents never got back together. I had my own life. It's like shatner's snl skit when he asks Dana carvey if he's ever kissed a girl after carvey asked him something about a particular scene.
Omg he does, they got their John's confused 😂😂
It's funny how backbeat John doesn't look like John but he kinda looks like his son, Julian.
Haha Billie Joe! That's so on point.
I'm totally there with you about everything you said about Nowhere Boy - the Julia and John thing is bizarre and kind of creepy, but beyond that, I think Aaron Johnson did a phenomenal job playing John. And I also totally agree with you about the portrayal of John and Paul's friendship in the film - so good. I'm a Paul girl through and through, and would LOVE for a film of this quality to be made about him someday.
Eh, Paul himself didn't care for Nowhere Boy at all so that says a lot to me.
I can see why they chose to go about it that way. There's an audio diary John made in 1979 where he discusses similar details/fantasies/whatever you want to call it. It's certainly interesting but also quite uncomfortable. It certainly gives an insight into his mind. I nearly feel bad listening to it...
Awesome video! Well made and good commentary 🙂
About 'Nowhere Boy': there has actually been some reports/interview bits etc. that suggests that John might had had some strange feelings about his biological mom. I'm not sure theese sources were ever confirmed, but the movies take on this wasn't just taken out of the blue
I really wish they'd made a sequel to Nowhere Boy - showing their days in Hamburg. Nowhere Boy had the right slightly dark tone which would've really suited the next phase of the band. Such a strong cast too - Aaron Taylor Johnson, Thomas Sangster, David Morrissey, Kristin Scott Thomas...
I agree, if a new movie is ever made I’d suggest Tom Holland as Paul McCartney
Watch " backbeat " it might be what you looking for
@@vinimadruga1 What he's saying is that he wants Backbeat but made by the people who made and starred in Nowhere Boy
"Nowhere Man"
@@quietdemon8138 that might work. I mean he doesn't look that much like him but maybe
7:50 That sudden dramatic pan on John's face with music playing would make a great meme template.
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the best beatles biopic is the animated intro from The Beatles Rock Band
Revisiting this on the just-announced news that Sam Mendes is making FOUR. BEATLES. MOVIES. One per Beatle. Absurd.
If they ever make a true Beatles biopic, I would love it to be an adaptation of the book "Here, There, and Everywhere: My Life recording the music of the Beatles". It was written by Geoff Emerick, who had been an assistant engineer at EMI from the very beginning (He was there when they recorded Love Me Do when he was just 15) but who was promoted to head engineer in 1966 when the band recorded "Revolver". The book contains many hilarious and heartbreaking stories I had never heard before about the band (Particularly during the White Album sessions which Emerick walked out of halfway) but lots of great insight to music engineering. The chapter about him having to mix Lennon's two vocal takes of "Strawberry Fields Forever" sticks out in my mind. I think it would be very interesting, but probably not what the mainstream audience want to see (They're portrayed pretty negative during the White Album and some of the Abbey Road chapters)
"I want a divorce"- John Lennon
Divorce HAHAHA
Anybody here after the news? I'm honestly intrigued by the idea of 4 films, but hopefully they don't shine away from some of the stuff that really developed these men.
A movie about George Harrison and Eric Clapton and the woman they both loved
And how that led to the writing of “Layla”
And a movie about Ringo’s post Beatles career and the writing of “it don’t come easy”
@Flipping Ell there's more than enough drama and conflict there to make it into a movie, have it start with Patty meeting Ringo and have it end with Eric and Patty breaking up/OR meeting each other and reconciling at George's funeral
To quote John Lennon and Paul McCartney from the Revolver press conference; Asking about artists who cover their songs Reporter: Who plays your music best? John: “Us.” Reporter about their image. Paul: “We’re nothing like our image.”
I love Nowhere Boy so much I watched it at least 30 times when it was on Netflix and at least twice a week when I found it on You Tube.
For a successful biopic we would need a supernatural collaboration of writers and directors along with almost impossible casting to recreate profoundly interesting and poignant lives of each of these four men and their inner circle. There may have to be a time to tell stories we don’t know about them. Are we ready?
I agree, justice for George and Ringo, as they're a tie as my favourite Beatle. Having said that, George always liked to keep his cards close to his chest, though he led a very interesting life indeed - we have him to thank for Monty Python's Life of Brian coming to fruition. And Ringo has always preferred to keep his public persona as Ringo Starr separate from his private life as Richie Starkey, plus he's always been typically happy-go-lucky and enjoying his blessings way too much to ask for more, so I think he would still die happy if he never saw a biopic where he features prominently.
This is one of the best first videos on TH-cam, they're usually very low quality as if it was recorded on a camera used in the 19th century, but this one has good quality footage and editing, props bro
here after you hit 100k, proud to be here since october 2020.
great job, elliot.
The best thing I've seen exploring The Beatles is Martin Scorcese's Living In The Material Wolrd. 3 hours and a half of pure joy about my favorite Beatle, George Harrison.
Really cool of Syd Barrett to watch all those movies for us
I WHEEZED
Lmao
Looking forward to seeing more from this channel, these videos are so well put together
Man I'm grateful for finding your channel. Very introspective
5:00 fun fact, my mom actually met some of the guys in Rain. After their gigs in the city we live in (Reno) they would head for a night on the casinos and my mom was a cocktail waitress at one of them. So she got to serve them whenever they showed up. Eventually they for some reason didn’t have time for that anymore, but whenever they come here me and mom still go see them.
They need to do their own take on Ringo’s hungover walk and bring George’s hinduism to light, that would be beautiful
I completely agree with you on Nowhere Boy. Yes, it helps to be a disciple of the Beatles to appreciate it, but in spite of the events which may or may not have ever taken place, the vulnerability that's explored in John and his relationship to Paul is very moving. Also, there was so much (supposed) antipathy between them after the Beatles broke up, it's really refreshing to see a film that reminds us that these two men really loved each other and grew up together. It brought me back to being the fan I was as a kid.
Every now and then I’ll rewatch this video to give me some positivity and good laughs when needing it. I’m freaking addicted to your content, Elliot!!
Haha thanks ☺️
There's been a lot of (well deserved) films that focus on themes built around John Lennon's mental health, but not enough of themes built around the friendship between John and Paul. A biopic centered around that friendship would also be a good vehicle to show their creative process.
When you watch the roof top concert, you can see that that connection is still alive at the end. They didn't plan to be the legends when they were teenagers and there just comes a time when it's time to move apart and move on. It may not have been an easy breakup but it's a shame they always seem to be portrayed as just annoyed with each other.
I absolutely love your editing on this video, the comedic bits are clean and genuinely made me laugh
Thanks!
Loved this video so much. Love your editing and humor. Can't wait to see more videos like this. Would love to see a best Beatles Documentary video too. But keep doing what you're doing. Can't wait to see more stuff from you.
Would love it if you talked more about love and mercy its so underappreciated
popcorntalknetwork.com/love-mercy-finding-the-root-of-our-identity/ I wrote on it for the company I used to intern at. I love the movie and The Beach Boys :)
this video was like tailor-made for me. i've seen so many of these movies and have never seen anyone do commentary for them so i'm just absolutely loving this 💚 💖
Great job! Birth ofthe Beatles hit when i was about 13 and i. The new throws of fandom. Still holds a soft spot. Had just read the Hunter Davies book and it was a kick watching it come to life.
The guy playing Ringo in the Linda movie really looks like him at least
Let's not forget that Mike Myers has a small part in 'John & Yoko: A Love Story' , he plays a kid in Lennon glasses delivering a telegram to John, i think it was his first adult acting gig.
Mike Myers makes an appearance as a deliveryman in John and Yoko : A Love Story.
Coming back here for a good refresher. Can I just acknowledge how damn good this is for a debut video.
The Birth of the Beatles is the best one for me since Pete Best helped develop it, who had the best insight to their early days, plus it feels the most authentic given that it was made in the decade that followed their success.