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Trailer For John Lennon Film 'Nowhere Boy' Released

John LennonThe trailer for 'Nowhere Boy,' a new film based on John Lennon's tumultuous teen years, has been released. Based on the memoir "Imagine This: Growing Up With My Brother John Lennon," written by the late rock icon's half sister, Julia Baird, the film will be released in UK theaters on Dec. 25.

Shot in Liverpool by director Sam Taylor-Wood, 'Nowhere Boy' stars Aaron Johnson as the young Lennon and
depicts his childhood, having been raised by his Aunt Mimi, played by Kristin Scott Thomas , from the age of five after being given to her by his mother, Julia. The film documents Lennon's discovery of rock 'n' roll and shows his Julia, played by Anne-Marie Duff, teaching him chords on a banjo, which he later used to learn the guitar.

Although the dramatic film chronicles Lennon's first meetings with Paul McCartney, it largely focuses on John's tangled relationships with Mimi and his mother, who died in a car crash in 1958 when Lennon was just 17.

It's still unclear if any actual Beatles songs will be featured in the film. A release date for the US has yet to be announced although Rolling Stone reported last March that the Weinstein Company had picked up the rights.

Check out the trailer below.

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robo

well this person playing john lennon looks nothing like him cant the people that make movies see this im not interested in a movie when the person playing a famous person looks nothing like them this sucks

July 21 2010 at 8:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
celebijmg

(1) Filmmakers use creative license all the time. It's annoying, but to be expected.

(2) The actor playing John at least has some facial features that resemble the real John, and his voice-over in the beginning of the trailer sounds kind of like the audio clips of John I've heard. I think he's a pretty good match. "Paul", however, does not resemble his real counterpart in any way, except maybe big eyes. His voice is off, too. This bothers me a lot because Paul's my favorite Beatle. But this movie's about John, anyway, and like I said before, it's creative license, and maybe it turns out he's a really good actor.

(3) Overall, I'm excited about this, if for no other reason than for pure curiosity. We'll see... Hopefully there won't be too long of a delay before the film comes out in the US.

November 01 2009 at 10:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
John Rosenfelder

looks fantastic. i just finished the phillip norman book which details this fascinating period where john lennon became a songwriter and musician. great topic for a movie... are there any other rock films that are similarly focused on teenage/development years? maybe "la bamba"?

October 31 2009 at 9:12 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
J.M.

They at least could have got actors who even slightly resemble the real people. People say things like that are minor but not to me.

October 30 2009 at 2:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ian McCarn

You'd have thought that they might have got the details right. This trailer shows John meeting Paul in school when in fact, as everyone knows, they met outdoors at the famous fete. Why go to the bother of filming in Liverpool if they can't even get the basics right?
And as for the accent...No! All over the place.
If the trailer is so far off I dread to think what license they've taken everywhere else.
I hope to eat my words on Christmas day.

October 30 2009 at 12:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Estella Carol Wyatt

AWESOME! GIMME MORE!!

October 29 2009 at 11:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply