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Backbeat is a 1994 British-German drama film directed by Iain Softley. It chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. The film focuses primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe (played by Stephen Dorff) and John Lennon (played by Ian Hart), and also with Sutcliffe's German girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr (played by Sheryl Lee). It has subsequently been made into a stage production, debuting at Glasgow's Citizens Theatre in 2010. It has been announced that Backbeat will make its London West End début on 10 October 2011 (previews begin 24 September) at the Duke of York's theatre.[dated info]
The film is based on interviews conducted by the writer/director Iain Softley with Astrid Kirchherr and Klaus Voormann in the spring of 1988 and later by screenwriter Stephen Ward who was brought into the project after the initial script by Iain Softley failed to raise the financing for production.
The soundtrack to the movie includes no songs written by members of the Beatles, but various songs the group performed in Hamburg, written and recorded by other artists.
Actors: Andrew Jack (miscellaneous crew), Ryan Robertson (miscellaneous crew), Mark Mancina (composer), Marian Seldes (actress), Robert Greenhut (producer), Jessica Lichtner (miscellaneous crew), Mykelti Williamson (actor), Greg Nutcher (actor), Ronald Guttman (actor), William Sadler (actor), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (actor), Robin Williams (actor), Terrence Howard (actor), Jennifer Scott (miscellaneous crew), Howard Samuelsohn (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: This is a story of a music prodigy. Lyla is a renowned and beautiful cellist and Louis is a guitar player and vocalist at a club. Lyla and Louis fall in love once they meet each other following the music. Since they have different lives, they have to separate without seeing each other again. However, Lyla has had their baby - Evan, a prodigy born to music. Lyla has an accident and bears the baby but Lyla's father gives the baby to an orphanage without telling her, for fear of affecting her career. After that, both Louis and Lyla give up their music careers. Eleven years later, poor little Evan believes that his parents are waiting for him and goes to New York to find them. In New York, his musical gift leads him to success but also gives him some trouble. A monger uses Evan to make money and prevents him from achieving success. He escapes and runs into a church and people there are surprised by his gift and send him to the best music school, Juilliard. There he receives an education where his genius is recognized, and he creates his composition - August Rhapsody in C major. At the same time, Lyla and Louis both begin to play music again and Louis returns to New York. Because of his perfect performance, Evan is granted an opportunity to play his music in Central Park in front of thousands of people. There are three composers featured, of which he is the last; his mother is the cellist in the preceding performance. As Evan is conducting the orchestra in his rhapsody, Lyla and Louis come to the concert following the music again. The family finally get together!
Keywords: 1980s, abandoned-theatre, absent-father, absent-mother, african-american, baby, band, basketball, beer, biological-motherI first heard your stuff when disco was lame
And your band played pose punk in some new way
I made my first beats on an eight o eight
and you had a copy of my first mix tape
Backbeat, all the sounds in the streets
we meet, everyone that you know
We go, to the parties and disco oh oh oh oh ohs
Backbeat, all the sounds in the streets
we meet, everyone that you know
We go, to the parties and discos
I ran into you at the Black Crash show
You had some time booked at the studio
I plugged my machines through guitar echo
and you plugged your guitars into my machine
Backbeat, all the sounds in the streets
we meet, everyone that you know
We go, to the parties and disco oh oh oh oh ohs
Backbeat, all the sounds in the streets
we meet, everyone that you know
We go, to the parties and discos
We go, we go, we go to the parties and discos
We go, we go, we go to the discos
We go, we go, we go to the parties and disco
We go, we go, we go to the disco
Backbeat, all the sounds in the streets
we meet, everyone that you know
We go, to the parties and disco oh oh oh oh ohs
Backbeat, all the sounds in the streets
we meet, everyone that you know