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In the world of rock and roll does it get any more iconic than Beatles founder John Lennon? I very much think not and therefore I do not envy Sam Taylor Wood the position she found herself in when she agreed to direct Nowhere Boy.
A biopic revolving around the teen years of Lennon's life, Nowhere Boy has the undeniable benefit of a legion of global fans ready to lap this up if it proves worthy. The flip side of this, of course, is that should Wood take even the smallest step wrong she will have millions of fans waiting to point out every single error. And somehow, under that sort of scrutiny she has to also make a film that provides some interesting drama.
Releasing in the UK on Christmas Day - it appears, surprisingly, to be without North American distribution so far - the first trailer for Nowhere Boy has just arrived and if the film lives up to this than Wood may now officially breath a sigh of relief. Because this looks very good indeed. The period detail is spot on and Lennon himself plays like a full, proper flesh and blood character rather than like the pop icon he has become. Check it below!
A biopic revolving around the teen years of Lennon's life, Nowhere Boy has the undeniable benefit of a legion of global fans ready to lap this up if it proves worthy. The flip side of this, of course, is that should Wood take even the smallest step wrong she will have millions of fans waiting to point out every single error. And somehow, under that sort of scrutiny she has to also make a film that provides some interesting drama.
Releasing in the UK on Christmas Day - it appears, surprisingly, to be without North American distribution so far - the first trailer for Nowhere Boy has just arrived and if the film lives up to this than Wood may now officially breath a sigh of relief. Because this looks very good indeed. The period detail is spot on and Lennon himself plays like a full, proper flesh and blood character rather than like the pop icon he has become. Check it below!
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I hate to be pedantic but Sam Taylor Wood is not only female, SHE is a photographic artist with a very big name in the British and international art world.
That said, the presence of actors like Kristin Scott Thomas does bode well (though I was disappointed to see that annoying kid from the execrable 'Love Actually' playing McCartney.)
A problem for me is that the actor playing Lennon actually looks nothing like him! Hopefully, once I am immersed in the film that will cease to be a problem. But Lennon, difficult, troubled and as dangerous as he was, is/was such a significant and iconic figure in my life (I was a UK teenager in the 60s) that I do not know how anyone could play him and really be believable. I'm sure that's true for thousands of others.
If Sam Taylor Wood surmounts that problem then she really will have achieved something special (and the trailer looks like it could be OK.)
But really, I just miss John.
Ack! I suck!