In His Life: The John Lennon Story Movie Review 2000

Focuses on seven years in the life of John Lennon--from the purchase of his first guitar to the Beatles arrival in America. Flashbacks show a teenage John (McQuillian) in 1957 Liverpool teaming up with art school pal Stu Sutcliffe (Williams) and meeting Paul (McGowan) and George (Rice-Oxley). There's the trip to Hamburg, the group's meeting with eventual manager Brian Epstein (Glover), Ringo (Ealey) becoming the band's drummer, and the first recordings. Skims the surface but, of course, the music is excellent.

Distribution

Studio Home Entertainment, 11846 Ventura Blvd., 3rd Fl., Studio City, CA 91604, Phone: (818)762-0005, Fax: (818)762-0006, Email: SterlingHE@aol.com, URL: http://www.studiohomeentertainment.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 87 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Biopics: Musicians, Period Piece: 1950s, Period Piece: 1960s, Great Britain, Flashback, Rock Flicks

Screenplay

Michael O'Hara

Cast

Phillip McQuillan, Daniel McGowan, Mark Rice-Oxley, Lee Williams, Jamie Glover, Scot Williams, Blair Brown, Kristian Ealey, Christine Kavanagh, Gillian Kearney, Palina Jonsdottir

Cinematography

Lawrence Jones

Director

David Carson

Music

Dennis McCarthy