Enjoyed it, but some annoying inacurracies
Lennon was bearded at the time of the "Bed Ins", plus when in 1971 when he left for New York he certainly didn't look like his 1968 self, as portrayed here.
shareWow you're right -- I hadn't caught that. I just googled and yes, by 1971 Lennon had the shorter, graduated haircut that framed his face, glasses, no beard, while in the bed-in he had the long hair, glasses, and full beard.
Doesn't really take away from how good the production was, but still, the change of hair would have been a nice nod to visual accuracy.
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The beard thing may just be that Christopher Eccleston just didn't have time to grow one if the whole thing was made in 18 days like I've read somewhere, I suppose the stick-on ones just don't look right on camera.
Oh- one more nit-pick- the character of Pete Shotton didn't look anything like the real man.
I'm not too familiar with Shotton, but I did think the actor playing Brian Epstein bore no physical resemblance at all to Brian Epstein. Nitpicking, I know, but these little things can distract one to a point where you're moving out of the story; it did for me.
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I thought the timeline was a little muddled and the guy who played mccartney was embarrasingly bad . I also felt the need to constantly cut in archive footage was an error.
But eccleston and fairbank were both tremendous , the former really projecting the spirit and hidden torments of the man perfectly .
He even had his walk down to a "T" .
I think Pete Shotton had a mop of blonde hair,certainly not like the actor in the film.
shareYep. Here he is with Julian, about the time that the film was set.
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the pic i've seen of him is the famous one were the The Quarrymen are playing at the church fete.The day John met Paul for the first time.
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it was pete shotton,he was lennon's best friend at school.
shareIt was well made and acted, but yes, I couldn't help picking up on Lennon's stagnant '68 to '71 look. In reality, he had a beard in '69, very short hair and stubble in early 1970 (e.g. Instant Karma on TOTP), then eventually the famous 'Imagine' era look of '71. Maybe beards and different wigs were tried, but perhaps it was decided they looked unrealistic or Eccleston's facial features looked less Lennon-esqe as a result. Also, The other Beatles' looks didn't change a lot.
I wrongly thought the actor playing McCartney was the bloke from Star Stories (Kevin Bishop). The impression was quite amusing sometimes ranging from Jimmy Savile to a Scouse Elvis stifling a yawn.
It did say at the start there were some made-up scenes in the plot, but there were a few other 'economical' aspects.
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Eccleston was/is way too old to play Lennon. I think his performance was over the top and went into caricature mode. Awful.
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