Backbeat Director: Iain Softley Cast: Sheryl Lee, Stephen Dorff, Ian Hart, Gary Bakewell
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- DVD Release Date: 01/25/2005
- Original Release: 1994
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- Sales Rank: 27,440
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Features
Closed Caption; A Conversation With Astrid Kirchherr; Interviews with director Iain Softley and actor Ian Hart; Iain Softley interview for the Sundance Channel; Deleted scenes; TV featurette; Casting session; Director's essay; Photo gallery
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Side #1 --
1. Main Titles [2:27]
2. "It's Not Me Mate, It's Him" [3:21]
3. "You Call That Art?" [4:23]
4. The Son of a Son of a Sailor [8:27]
5. "I Can't Fight You. You're Wearing a Dress" [15:56]
6. "Everybody Is Talking About You" [7:25]
7. "We're Going to Be Too Big for Our Own Good" [8:37]
8. The Top Ten Club [4:14]
9. "You're the Angriest Person I've Ever Met" [1:59]
10. "We're Being Deported" [7:39]
11. "I Know What John's Going to Say" [2:14]
12. "We Can't Go On Like This" [6:25]
13. "I Want to Be a Painter. I Want the Chance" [4:24]
14. "He Could've Been in the Beatles" [3:59]
15. "I'll Say Hello to Elvis for You" [1:33]
16. Red Paint [3:56]
17. "They're Going to Be Famous" [2:07]
18. I'm Sorry [2:45]
19. A Song for Absent Friends [5:13]
20. End Titles [3:12]
Editorial Reviews
The Beatles' early days as a struggling bar band are depicted in this fact-based drama, which tells the little-known story of original member Stuart Sutcliffe (Stephen Dorff). A close friend of John Lennon, Sutcliffe acts as the band's original bassist, accompanying them on their early gigs in Liverpool and Hamburg, Germany. The friendship becomes strained, however, when Sutcliffe falls in love with a German art student and starts to question his commitment to the band. With Sutcliffe's story taking center stage, the stories of the more famous Beatles largely fade into the background. The exception is John Lennon, thanks to a fierce performance by Ian Hart, who had previously portrayed the musician in the more intimate and provocative The Hours and the Times. While Backbeat does provide a new perspective on the band's beginning, and numerous opportunities for a group of modern rock musicians to recreate the band's energetic early performances, it never makes Sutcliffe's story seem more than a footnote to musical history. Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
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