Lennon Naked
| Lennon Naked | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Robert Jones |
| Directed by | Edmund Coulthard |
| Starring | Christopher Eccleston |
| Theme music composer | Dickon Hinchcliffe John Lennon The Beatles |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Edmund Coulthard Katherine Lannon |
| Cinematography | Matt Gray |
| Editor(s) | Philip Kloss |
| Running time | 82 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Blast! Films |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Four |
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Lennon Naked is a 2010 television biographical film focusing on the life of John Lennon between 1967 and 1971. It stars Christopher Eccleston as John Lennon and was directed by Edmund Coulthard.
The film was first broadcast on 23 June 2010 on BBC Four, and received its US premiere on PBS on 21 November 2010 as part of Masterpiece Contemporary, airing the day before the American Masters documentary LennoNYC, which begins where Lennon Naked ended. The film premiered in Australia on 5 December 2010.
In 1964, in the peak of Beatlemania, a reluctant John Lennon (Eccleston) is persuaded by manager Brian Epstein (Rory Kinnear) to meet Freddie Lennon (Christopher Fairbank), the father who abandoned him seventeen years earlier, with the press in attendance. When they meet, John accuses his father of abandoning him, but his father says that he left it up to John. He and Brian quickly leave the meeting.
The movie then jumps to 1967, after Brian Epstein has died. The Beatles are giving a press conference about their new film, Magical Mystery Tour. John is sceptical about the film, but Paul (Andrew Scott) convinces him to go through with the idea. John then invites his father to his mansion to live with him. Freddie Lennon arrives and meets his grandson, Julian.
Sitting with his wife, John reads the criticism of Magical Mystery Tour, while comparing his wife to Brigitte Bardot, whom he says he will meet after he returns from India. John finds a letter addressed to him, with the word "Breathe" written on it. Later, after finding his father in a neighbour's house, Freddie reveals that he has a 19-year-old girlfriend named Pauline, with whom he wants to live. Lennon accuses his father of leaving him again, and then leaves, after telling his father that he won't live with him any more.
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