Backbeat
5 guys. 4 legends. 3 lovers. 2 friends. 1 band.
5 guys. 4 legends. 3 lovers. 2 friends. 1 band.
Drama, Music
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1994
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Chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. The film focuses primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe, John Lennon, and Sutcliffe's girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr.
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Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
1 Apr 1994
Country:
DE, GB
Languages:
English, French, Russian, Hungarian, German
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Won 1 BAFTA Award5 wins & 4 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
There's nothing very profound here, but we do at least get a nice handling of period and milieu, and pretty good performances of the songs.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
10 Sep 2007
fresh:
What pulls you over the bum spots is the electrifying immediacy.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
10 Sep 2007
rotten:
The early, pre-fame days of the Beatles are a great subject for a film, but the potential has been only partly realized in Backbeat.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
10 Sep 2007
fresh:
The music is loud and raw, but nevertheless evokes the excitement it generated.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
Backbeat, which for all its pretensions can often be impressively canny and affectionate about its subject, is helped enormously by newly recorded versions of Beatle records.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003