Nowhere Boy
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| Directed by | Sam Taylor-Wood |
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| Screenplay by | Matt Greenhalgh |
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Imagine This: Growing Up With My Brother John Lennon by Julia Baird |
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| Cinematography | Seamus McGarvey |
| Edited by | Lisa Gunning |
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97 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ₤1,235,500 |
| Box office | $6,413,733 |
| Nowhere Boy: Music from and inspired by the Motion Picture | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | 14 December 2009 |
| Genre | Rock and roll |
| Length | 75:46 |
| Label | Sony music |
Nowhere Boy is a 2009 British biographical musical drama film about John Lennon's adolescence, his relationships with his guardian aunt and his mother, the creation of his first band, the Quarrymen, and its evolution into the Beatles. The film is based on a biography written by Lennon's half-sister Julia Baird. The film received its US release on 8 October 2010, coinciding with that weekend's celebrations of the 70th anniversary of Lennon's birth (9 October 1940).
The drama tells the story of John Lennon's teenage years from 1955 to 1960.
John was separated from his mother, Julia Lennon, when he was five. He was brought up by his aunt and uncle, Mimi and George Smith, as their own son. He learns the truth at George's funeral, becomes curious and seeks out his mother. John becomes obsessed with rock 'n' roll music during a visit to Blackpool with Julia.
When John is suspended from school, Julia offers to let him stay at her house during school hours so that Mimi won't discover his suspension. Julia teaches John how to play the banjo. Mimi discovers their arrangement and demands that it stop, but John refuses and moves in with Julia. A week later, John overhears an argument between Julia and her husband, and he decides to return to Mimi.
John tells Mimi that he wants to start a rock 'n' roll band and she buys him a guitar. John organizes some of his friends into a band which he names the Quarrymen. They play their first gig at a village fete. After the show, John meets Paul McCartney, who auditions for the band with the song "Twenty Flight Rock". Paul is accepted into the band and he and John begin writing songs together. The Quarrymen soon become very popular. John meets Paul's friend, George Harrison, who also auditions. George is accepted into the band as lead guitarist.
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