Does this movie include their use of Preludin pills?
I'm doing a presentation on Lennon focusing on his drug use...
Im presently reading the Huge book "the beatles" by the beatles.
They all mention Preludin in the part about the Hamburg experience
Very briefly. A woman at the bar hands John some pills after he complains about being completely worn out from working so hard. That's the only nod they give to it, and they don't say its name or anything.
sharethe bottle she poured the pills from had "PRELUDIN" written in big bold hard to miss letters
Beatles Apple Scruff.
yes. and John Lennon cause Quite a Sensation when He said that "Prellies" were more-popular than "Jelly Babies". in the U.S. , Angry Southerners burned Beatles Albums , misinterpiting Lennon's Comments , thinking that He was making a Statement regarding "Jelly Beans". (British "Jelly Babies" are Soft Candies. American "Jelly Beans" are harder in-consitancy). Residents of the BibleBelt are very-sensitive when It comes to Their "Movie Snacks". a Similar Furor was cause when "Ike and Mike" Candies appeared at Theater SnackBars ... An Obvious Rip-Off of "Good and Plenty".
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And of course, after Brian Epstein asked him to apologize, he made the not-unreasonable observation that "if [he'd] claimed that goober-peas were more popular than jellybabies, [he'd] have gotten away with it."
Phenmetrazine was taken by The Beatles early in their career. Paul McCartney was one known user. McCartney's introduction to drugs started in Hamburg, Germany. The Beatles had to play for hours, and they were often given "Prellies" (Preludin) by the maid who cleaned their housing arrangements, German customers, or by Astrid Kirchherr (whose mother bought them). McCartney would usually take one, but John Lennon would often take four or five. Hunter Davies asserted, in his 1968 biography of the band, that their use of such stimulants then was in response to their need to stay awake and keep working, rather than a simple desire for kicks.
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