Backbeat (film)

Backbeat
UK theatrical release poster
Directed byIain Softley
Written byIain Softley
Michael Thomas
Stephen Ward
Produced byFinola Dwyer
Stephen Woolley
Starring
CinematographyIan Wilson
Edited byMartin Walsh
Music byDon Was
Production
companies
Distributed byRank Film Distributors (United Kingdom)
Senator Film (Germany)
Release date
  • 14 April 1994 (1994-04-14)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Germany
LanguageEnglish
Box office$5.4 million (US/UK)

Backbeat is a 1994 independent drama film directed by Iain Softley. It chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, West Germany. The film focuses primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe (Stephen Dorff) and John Lennon (Ian Hart), and also with Sutcliffe's German girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr (Sheryl Lee). It has subsequently been made into a stage production.


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