When people remember the Beatles, they think of John, Paul, George and Ringo. However in the early days, the Fab Four were five, when Stuart Sutcliffe played alongside the legendary musicians. Sutcliffe (Stephen Dorff) had only a passing interest in music and a passion for painting. For his best friend, John Lennon (Ian Hart), Rock’n’Roll was the only art. “Backbeat” tells the true and tragic story of their friendship, the music, the woman who came between them and the wild times they shared when their innocence was lost. The legend was born.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
306766
Language
English
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Biographical films
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Popular culture
Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain
Music & Performing Arts → Beatles (Musical group)
Music & Performing Arts → Music - Great Britain
Music & Performing Arts → Popular culture
Music & Performing Arts → Rock music
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)