Taglines: The extraordinary untold story Of John Lennon.
Imagine… John Lennon’s childhood. Liverpool 1955: a smart and troubled fifteen year-old is hungry for experience. In a family full of secrets, two incredible women clash over John: Mimi, the buttoned-up Aunt who raised him, and Julia, the prodigal mother. Yearning for a normal family, John escapes into the new and exciting world of rock n’ roll where his fledgling genius finds a kindred spirit in the teenage Paul McCartney. Just as John begins his new life, tragedy strikes. But a resilient young man finds his voice – and an icon explodes into the world.
“Nowhere Boy” tells the never before seen story of John Lennon’s (Johnson) childhood. John Lennon is an ordinary fifteen year old boy on the streets of Liverpool. Funny, smart, naughty, a real edge to him. But life is not simple for John – he grew up in a family of secrets and was raised by his Aunt Mimi from the age of five.
When he is suddenly reacquainted with his mother, Julia, they form an unbreakable bond. A bitter war rages between the two sisters for John’s love. Faced with bringing it to an end, he learns the secret heartbreak of his past. But his mother gives him one great gift – music. A wayward boy finds his voice, and walks into The Beatles.
Nowhere Boy is a 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).
Nowhere Boy (2010)
Directed by: Sam Taylor Wood
Starring: Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne-Marie Duff, David Threlfall, Josh Bolt, Ophelia Lovibond, Kerrie Hayes, Angela Walsh, Richard Syms, Angelica Jopling, Abby Greenhalgh
Screenplay by: Julie Baird
Production Design by: Alice Normington
Cinematography by: Seamus McGarvey
Film Editing by: Lisa Gunning
Costume Design by: Julian Day
Set Decoration by: Barbara Herman-Skelding
Art Direction by: Charmian Adams
Music by: Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory
MPAA Rating: R for language and a scene of sexuality.
Distributed by: The Weinstein Company
Release Date: October 8, 2010
