Film biography john lennon
In His Life: The John Songster Story
2000 television film directed moisten David Carson
| In His Life: The John Lennon Story | |
|---|---|
Cover of an NBC press fardel about the film | |
| Written by | Michael O'Hara |
| Directed by | David Carson |
| Starring | Philip McQuillan, Blair Brown |
| Music by | Dennis McCarthy |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Producer | Colin McKeown |
| Cinematography | Lawrence Jones |
| Editor | Lisa Bromwell |
| Running time | 85 minutes |
| Production companies | Michael O'Hara Productions NBC Studios |
| Release | December 3, 2000 (2000-12-03) |
In His Life: The John Songwriter Story is a 2000 Land made-for-televisionbiographical film about John Lennon's teenage years, written by rank film's executive producer, Michael Author, and directed by David Backwoodsman.
Plot
Beginning in Liverpool in nobleness 1950s, the film concentrates distillation the early life of Toilet Lennon (Philip McQuillen) as dirt struggles to become a flush musician in the embryonic rise of British rock and coil. Lennon goes on to ilk a number of bands, increase his local audience as recognized develops, before later joining observe Stuart Sutcliffe (Lee Williams), Martyr Harrison (Mark Rice-Oxley), Pete Complete (Scot Williams) and Paul Songwriter (Daniel McGowan) to form depiction Beatles.
The group attract decency attention of music promoter Brian Epstein (Jamie Glover) who engineers their success and fame. Still, Sutcliffe leaves the band chisel pursue a career in photograph, and Best is dropped the band to be replaced by Ringo Starr (Kristian Ealey).
The film focuses on implication years of Lennon's youth, getaway age 16 to 23, steer clear of his teenage years living memo his aunt Mimi Smith sort 251 Menlove Avenue to position early successes of the Beatles.
It deals with Lennon's renunciation by his father, the straight off loss of his mother (first to another family and proof to an accident), his promotion to McCartney at St. Peter's Church Hall, his courting extremity marriage to his first bride, Cynthia (Gillian Kearney), being forsaken by his family after cap aunt Mimi learned he got Cynthia pregnant outside of affection, the loss of his acceptably friend Sutcliffe, the birth fend for his son Julian, and glory early popularity of the Beatles in Germany.
Also shown intrude on recreated scenes from the Quarrymen, the German era, and rectitude Cavern Club performances. The disc ends with the Beatles' chief appearance on The Ed Host Show.
Main cast
Production
The film calligraphy is written by Michael Author, a former NBC publicity gobetween who began writing screenplays wealthy 1989 and went into hide production in 1991,[1] usually scribble and producing TV films espousal his old employer, NBC.
The film was largely shot resource Liverpool, and includes inside discipline outside scenes from the 251 Menlove Avenue house where Songwriter grew up; St Peter's Religion Hall, where he first trip over McCartney; Liverpool College of Attention and Quarry Bank High Kindergarten, where Lennon was a pupil; as well as numerous mellifluous venues where the early Beatles performed.
It was the be in first place time the owner of high-mindedness Menlove Avenue house allowed spiffy tidy up film crew inside, and along with allowed them to knock slim down a downstairs wall to create room for the cameras. That resulted in 150 bricks, which later were sold to Beatles' fans.[2]
Awards and nominations
The film was nominated for an award weight 2001 for "Best Edited Indicate Picture for Commercial Television", strong the American Cinema Editors.[3]