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Nowhere Boy (2009)
Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson
“As a boy all John Lennon needed was love.”
Drama · 1h 38m
A rebellious teenager, future Beatle John Lennon lives with his Aunt Mimi in working-class mid-1950s Liverpool, England. Mimi's husband suddenly dies, and John spies his mother Julia at the funeral. Despite Mimi's misgivings, John intends to have a real relationship with his mother. Julia introduces him to popular music and the banjo and, though a family conflict looms, young John is inspired to form his own band.
Cast
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
John Lennon
Anne-Marie Duff
Julia Lennon
Kristin Scott Thomas
Mimi Smith
David Threlfall
George Toogood Smith
David Morrissey
Bobby Dykins
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Paul McCartney
Josh Bolt
Pete Shotton
Ophelia Lovibond
Maria Kennedy
Andrew Buchan
Michael Fishwick
J
James Johnson
Stan Parkes
J
James Jack Bentham
Rod Davis
Jack McElhone
Eric Griffiths
Crew
- Director
- Sam Taylor-Johnson
- Screenplay
- Matt Greenhalgh
- Director of Photography
- Seamus McGarvey
- Original Music Composer
- Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory
- Editor
- Lisa Gunning
- Producer
- Robert Bernstein, Kevin Loader, Douglas Rae
Details
- Release date
- 2009-12-25
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Lipsync Productions, Ecosse Films, UK Film Council, Film4 Productions, Northwest Vision and Media, HanWay Films
- Budget
- $1,500,000
- Box office
- $6,577,779