what i'm learning is that we've had enough movies with john and paul arguing and we need more movies with george and ringo having a laugh

How to make a Beatles biopic 1. Have John hating on Ob La Di Ob La Da 2. Have John and Paul fighting 3. Bad wigs 4. Bad accents 5. George and Ringo as background props

I wish there was a biopic about George Harrison instead of the same story about Paul and John. I think it would be really interesting exploring his spirituality and his point of view being labeled as the “quiet one” when in reality he wasn’t necessarily “quiet”

We need a Ringo and George biopic. They always get the short end of the stick.

Stu's dead. **dramatic violin**

If they do another Beatle biopic, I’d like to see one about when Ringo got fed up with all the fighting and left for Sardinia for two weeks to hang out with Peter Sellers, where he got the idea for Octopus’s Garden and when he returned, his drum set was covered in flowers, where the end could focus on Ringo, with the help of George writing Octopus’s Garden, providing an actual uplifting ending and allowing us to focus on the two Beatles often shoved off out of the spotlight.

It bothers me how Cynthia Lennon always gets the short shrift in these biopics. If she's not entirely sidelined then she's portrayed as a mousey little drip who was an albatross around John's neck. In truth, she was also a creative person, she had a degree of ambivalence about being a stay-at-home mom, and did her own share of partying. She was a more comparatively ordinary person compared to Yoko, but she wasn't the dimwitted bore she's made out to be these depictions, nor was she incidental to John's life.

Fun fact about "John and Yoko: A Love Story," a man named Mark Chapman was originally going to play John, but Yoko wouldn't let him because his name was the same as John's murderer. Though he did later play John in "Chapter 27"

I don't think the Beatles need a movie, what i do think they need is a tv series that depicts there whole lives.

It’s exactly as John said, “everybody loves you when you’re 6 feet in the ground”. The tragic way he died was the reason there are so many documentaries about him, obviously his legacy too, but the other Beatles lives were as interesting as John’s too. Especially Ringo. Why isn’t there a Ringo medical drama yet??

wouldn’t it be cool to see a series of 4 seasons, each season focusing and seen through the eyes of a different beatle. Or just a four episode show of like 1h each

It’s funny that despite Lennon and Macca having so much coverage, there’s still a lack of accurate portrayal imo. There’s no nuance. As said by McCartney, John had a cool, sometimes aloof and goofy exterior but he was a softie, whereas Paul seemed like the put together guy but had some simmering and strong emotions underlying. I wish we got a portrayal where we got both sides of them, plus the extremely complex George and the layers of Ringo we have yet to see. Best of all if we got to see the complex relationships between all four of them, cause really that’s what was fascinating about them. They were some sort of a family. They were four geniuses who somehow had the luck to find each other, but they were also funny, witty, complete idiots, had egos, and were proper weirdos. A tv series would obviously be best to really be able to explore both their individual journeys and their collective experiences and relationships.

I think Netflix or Amazon should do a t.v biopic thing like the Crown.

The way he says sessions has “brackets” energy.

In the special features on Backbeat, Cynthia Lennon said that felt that Ian Hart had done such a brilliant job portraying John, that she told Julian to see the movie and meet his father. If that isn't a seal of approval, I don't know what is.

Sadly, my favorite Lennon bio isn’t out on video. I saw it once on PBS & it was staged like a 4-act play. Four different actors played John Lennon at different ages (child, adolescent, young Beatle, and Lennon just before the assassination). The elder Lennon narrated. It was based on his own writing, so it was quite candid. I think it was called “John Lennon: A Journey Through a Life.”

Fun fact, my dad nearly played John Lennon in ‘in his life’. It was literally down to the actor in the film and my dad. Because the director chose this actor over him, the producer left the production 😂

"I watched every Beatles biopic so you don't have to" Too bad im still going to

George Martin was actually incredibly supportive of the Beatles' experimental work, so it's weird that the John & Yoko movie had him being so critical of it in that one scene

you've put into words so accurately why Nowhere Boy was in no way a perfect movie, but it hits so hard because it does the subtle, emotional, human bits so well. damn, now I want to watch it again

Lennon is cool, but the older i got the more I curious about the other beatles that aren't explored as much. Lets have a Harrison movie now please.

"oh what's your favourite genre of music?" "Paul music"

Can I just say, Cate Blanchett did a freaking amazing job portraying Bob Dylan?!

For someone with 5 videos and 11k ish subs, the editing, audio and camera quality were all top notch

Ringo`s life after Beatles (which wasn`t very good time for him actually) has been very interesting, very intriguing, there is fun, sadness, absurd, depression, tragedy, everything. And now he is the MOST VITAL 80 year old ever! This is material for whole series.

The reason why Lennon Naked has so many Beatles songs in it is because it's a BBC production who have a big audio library that can be used on most of their productions. So it would seem expensive, though for the BBC, it wouldn't be.

Going back to this now after having watched Get Back is like suddenly having the lights turned on for a Beatles fan. That series really changed so much about how I view the band and just makes everything make a bit more sense, even when it comes to things like these biopics. It is seriously a must-watch series.

John talked openly about his attraction to his Mother. The film wasn’t taking “artistic license,” they were basing it off of instances he discussed in his diaries.

“the beatles were a pretty famous band” huh never heard of them

The Beatles need a Netflix series to fully do it justice. A movie isn't long enough.

You know something i've noticed between in his life: The John Lennon story and Nowhere boy?is that when they show the quarrymen perform and Paul Mccartney watching them for the first time they always get the song that Paul heard John sing wrong. In Nowhere boy he sings Maggie may and in the John Lennon story he sings Be-bop-alula when in real life it was come go with me by The Del-vikings. I find that pretty weird since both these manage to show the exact songs paul and George played him when they met. hmm

John and yoko: distracted Paul: trying to play Paul music George: pissed off at everyone

The BEST Beatles biopic is OBVIOUSLY Eric Idle/Neil Innes' "All You Need Is Cash" (The Rutles Mockumentary)!

“Paul’s wig looks so cursed” got me

My favorite was The Linda McCartney Story. I cried my eyes out at her death scene! I remember I was a senior in high school when I heard that Linda died from breast cancer. I had worried that Paul would lose his will to live because he lost the love of his life. Thankfully he did find love again.

I think an 6 episode HBO miniseries of the Fab Four would be great. Enough time to flesh out the stories and give all four time to shine. They could have both the good and bad of their relationships and musical collaborations.

I love that in nowhere boy the actors don't look like or imitate the real life people and they still add a great essence of them

I really need a proper Ringo Starr biopic. We've had so many of Lennon that I could dream his life, McCartney already gets all the attention and Harrison at least had the great Martin Scorsese documentary. When is it Ringo's time?

Fantastic video, brother. Reignited my love for the Beatles’ story. Looking forward to your future projects, I will be watching your other videos.

"McCartney! Who the hell do you think you are" *throws rock at window*

“Nowhere Boy” made Aaron Taylor Johnson a star and I’m very, very happy about that. And I’m sure his mother is very happy she cast him too...OOPS! his wife I mean his wife

I guess there's another reason to love The Yellow Submarine. It puts Ringo in the spotlight and makes him a hero. "I've got a hole in my pocket."

Despite the occasional strident timbre of the voice, I think Ian Hart does the best at capturing young (and angry) John Lennon. Hart is able to capture John’s deep insecurities, desperate need for acceptance, even to touch upon his love of Stuart that has some homoerotic tinges to it. Also, Hart looks pretty uncannily like a young John Lennon (although with brown eye contacts, since Ian has blue eyes). Ian’s Liverpudlian, so that helps not making his accent sound like a Scouse robot! P. S. - The Oedipal interpretation of John Lennon’s relationship with his mother Julia is not unique to “Nowhere Boy”. Lennon did admit his “regret” of not having sex with Julia and admitted to multiple people (Maureen Cleeve, Arthur Janov, Yoko Ono) how he wished that happened. Also, Julia was know to be an incessant flirt with men, and could have been that way with John as not a mum, but a besotted friend. Considering Lennon’s loss of so many crucial people in his life prematurely (his father’s absence, his mother’s abandonment as a toddler, the death of his Uncle George, the tragic death of his mother at a time where he was re-establishing a bond) certainly leaves so much dramatic potential for movies. It’s probably the reason why so many films focus on him, notwithstanding Lennon as a cultural phenomenon along with the Beatles.

Loved this video (seen all but two of these Beatles biopics), but was surprised you made no mention of "Two Of Us", a look at what (possibly) transpired when McCartney paid Lennon a surprise visit at the Dakota in 1976 and how they both bonded again and rehashed old issues and opened old wounds. It even touches upon their near drop-in on "Saturday Night Live" when Lorne Michaels jokingly offered them $2K if they would reunite on his show. Loved the chemistry and interaction of this actual real-life reunion.

Most of the films completely ignore John's relationship with his first wife, wonderful Cynthia Lennon, which must have been a major influence on his life.

6:41 Wait, Peter Capaldi? THE Peter Capaldi? Damn, there are two Doctors who play Beetles

Yes, #justiceforgeorgeandringo. It would be nice a four part mini series, maybe a little bit more, but each part will be focused on a Beatle in particular, including George and Ringo, course. And instead of aaaaaall the Biography (that everybody knows), it could be focused on a particular important story of each and ond one of them. For example, George frustrated with being all the time in the back burner and sad and empty within his fame, fortune and marriage goes to India. Ringo, still loving them considering leaving them amidst a movie carrier work, and remembering he was considering migrating even when he was the most successful musician when they started. Paul and John in their Paris trip, when John’s uncle won the Lottery and gave ask these pounds to John to spend, that is the real moments where they drunk cry for their lost mothers (The “what about the night we cried...” Paul sings in If You Were Here Today”). IAll with back and forth, but concentrated in the time of the story. I don’t know, something like that.

It'd be interesting to go back and see these older Beatles biopics after the release of the new four Beatles biopic movies in 2027, just to see how these hold up

I had an idea to make one big movie editing all the Beatles movies available. Too much work, not worth it.

Tbh, sometimes I don't know if I want another biopic of them, because I feel like nobody's ever gonna do them justice. But if someone chooses to do that, then maybe a mini series would be a wiser choice.

Mate thanks so much for this... I had no idea about "nowhere boy" and it looks amazing for the characterisation between Paul and John in particular which after seeing the Peter Jackson "Get Back" movies, I am I love with the way Paul and John looked at eachother sometimes when working out songs. Also when George is with John working out "Something"... I hope one day we get proper biopics based on the creative process as well for all four. Totally agree with you that I prefer when actors to do it in the style of nowhere boy instead of focusing on the vocal impression and give us the spirit of the relationship and the character instead. As a guitarist I love how they showed John learning the guitar and the dedication and callouses that last for weeks and the reverence for that first guitar never goes away. Thank you for this!

A high-budget mini-series sounds like the right idea. It might also be better to use a Beatles tribute band (Like the Fab Four) as the Beatles considering the fact that 1. They play the songs, know them and usually learn a lot of their quirks and traits (people like Gavin Pring and Adam Hastings for example) 2. They already have the chemistry the roles need, they play the Beatles on a daily basis 3. Tribute artists (If they're dedicated enough) do a whole lot of research into the people they impersonate in order to get it right and sometimes even talk to the actual people (See Navi as Michael Jackson in "Searching for Neverland", the guy nails little aspects most actors would fail to notice)

I think that if I would made a Beatles biopic, I would go for Ringo's POV. It seems like an obvious dessidion: 1) Ringo would be the best norator, cause he's more neutral than Paul and John, and more extravertic than George. 2) We will be sure, that we're not making another movei set in 1957-1962 (Like half of these). 3) Ringo seemse less egocentric than John (It's not John critisism), so by making a movie from his point of view we are making sure to get pretty much eaquel screen time for all 4 Beatles. 4) Ringo was, kind of, main character in 4 Beatles movies, so I think he will do:) Ps: This is probably terribly illiterate

"Nowhere Boy" is a great film and I've seen it many times, but it has some bizarre inaccuracies, such as the circumstances of Uncle George's death.

To be fair, even in Scorsese's dedicated George Harrison doc "Living in the Material World", you can tell even Scorsese was struggling to find that much to say or observe about George in the Liverpool/Hamburg days. I think the truth is, George wasn't that strong of a personality in the early days and didn't fully discover himself until the mid-60's.

Surely in Liverpool they could find 4 lads why look like the beatles and make a real biopic about them.

Back beat and Nowhere Boy were the best upto now for me..a new biopic should be a Netflix miniseries in which all eras of beatles history is cover and not just a 1:30 hr movie.

Why does this have so little views?!

Just because John officially made the decision to leave, it doesn't mean that the tension between the band and Yoko didn't motivate his decision. I'm not blaming her I just know that new relationships can be hard on even mundane friendships. I can't imagine how hard it must be when your in an iconic band.

Awesome video! Well made and good commentary 🙂 About 'Nowhere Boy': there has actually been some reports/interview bits etc. that suggests that John might had had some strange feelings about his biological mom. I'm not sure theese sources were ever confirmed, but the movies take on this wasn't just taken out of the blue

I’d like to mention ‘The Rutles’ because it’s a movie about the Beatles and it’s friggin hilarious

I think all of the actors that portray the older John in these films would have made a better Geddy Lee from Rush. 😂

Well well well, seems like we will have 4 new films to discuss in a few years

I'm totally there with you about everything you said about Nowhere Boy - the Julia and John thing is bizarre and kind of creepy, but beyond that, I think Aaron Johnson did a phenomenal job playing John. And I also totally agree with you about the portrayal of John and Paul's friendship in the film - so good. I'm a Paul girl through and through, and would LOVE for a film of this quality to be made about him someday.

ive always wondered this. i wonder why the biggest bands like the beatles, floyd, nirvana and zepellin havent had a big studio released movie like queen has.

backbeat john lennon looks more like john deacon and i don't even know why all paul look alikes look like Billie Joe Armstrong .

This is one of the best first videos on KZfaq, they're usually very low quality as if it was recorded on a camera used in the 19th century, but this one has good quality footage and editing, props bro

And now they are getting four biopics each...

7:50 That sudden dramatic pan on John's face with music playing would make a great meme template.

A lot of people have asked me why I didn't include the 2000 film 'Two Of Us.' Despite being a better film than many on this list, I didn't include it as it's less of a biopic and more of a dramatisation of a meeting between John and Paul one day in 1976, six years after they had well and truly broken up. To make this list, each film must have portrayed (at some point) a period between The Beatle’s beginnings right up to their final days as a band. And they had to attempt to tell a true story. I do examine review it in my ‘Beatle’s Tribute Films’ Video. Below is an excerpt of the statement that opens the film 'Two Of Us': "Legend has it that in 1976 - six years after the bitter breakup of The Beatles - Paul McCartney paid a surprise visit to John Lennon at his apartment in New York City. This film makes no attempt to document what may have occurred at such a meeting. Rather, it is a work of fiction in appreciation of two blokes from Liverpool, and the gifts they gave us."

Looking forward to seeing more from this channel, these videos are so well put together

the best beatles biopic is the animated intro from The Beatles Rock Band

If they ever make a true Beatles biopic, I would love it to be an adaptation of the book "Here, There, and Everywhere: My Life recording the music of the Beatles". It was written by Geoff Emerick, who had been an assistant engineer at EMI from the very beginning (He was there when they recorded Love Me Do when he was just 15) but who was promoted to head engineer in 1966 when the band recorded "Revolver". The book contains many hilarious and heartbreaking stories I had never heard before about the band (Particularly during the White Album sessions which Emerick walked out of halfway) but lots of great insight to music engineering. The chapter about him having to mix Lennon's two vocal takes of "Strawberry Fields Forever" sticks out in my mind. I think it would be very interesting, but probably not what the mainstream audience want to see (They're portrayed pretty negative during the White Album and some of the Abbey Road chapters)

Really cool of Syd Barrett to watch all those movies for us

Anybody here after the news? I'm honestly intrigued by the idea of 4 films, but hopefully they don't shine away from some of the stuff that really developed these men.

here after you hit 100k, proud to be here since october 2020. great job, elliot.

"I want a divorce"- John Lennon

I really wish they'd made a sequel to Nowhere Boy - showing their days in Hamburg. Nowhere Boy had the right slightly dark tone which would've really suited the next phase of the band. Such a strong cast too - Aaron Taylor Johnson, Thomas Sangster, David Morrissey, Kristin Scott Thomas...

Man I'm grateful for finding your channel. Very introspective

Great run down and commentary throughout here mate. You really are doing the Lord's work sitting through some of these really drab tv movies. I gotta say I really resonated with the idea of doing a trilogy of movies on their story as with all these movies there's a missing chunk of their career that just never gets adapted here. Unlike say a Queen or Elton John, I feel the fab four being trailblazers and at the forefront of 60s culture there's such a massive and complex story that can't be contained in 2 hours. While in hindsight a streaming mini series may be more practical in fleshing out ideas I got a nostalgia for sitting in a theater and just escaping. And well of course a love for Star Wars and Lord of the Rings Anyways As someone who's been back and forth with the Beatles, my recent reading of the iconic 1968 Hunter Davis bio recaptured my passion for these guys. Even if you feel like they were overrated, Lennon was a blank, it would just be another boring biopic... even if you don't like the band I feel their story as a cultural phenomenon is so fascinating objectively. That there's a intimate story there with these four guys, seriously its not just John and Paul for fs, but there is also a slew of supporting characters that made their story all the more special. I understand you can't cover everything in a movie but besides the glaring issue of all of these basically tossing George and Ringo to the curb, there's no look at George Martin, Derek Taylor, the road crew of Neil Aspen or Mal Evans, the story of Cynthia and Julian, Patti Boyd, and so on. All of which are a mix of tragic, loss, love, betrayal, exploitation and all of that complex stuff that make stories compelling. While Davis I think really put the focus on the band unit, his writing also really painted a great impression of these people in their lives and the massive influence they had on them. One of my genuinely favorite chapters of the book was the one where it was focused on the parents/guardians of them all and how the fame affected their lives. That could be a real heartwarming sequence seeing John visit his Aunt Mimi, the one sequence where she feels guilty for still wanting him to be a little boy is especially a tearjerker, or George's mom answering the fan letters. There's something there to explore, and that's why I feel these movies can feel very empty, they focus on the bullet point milestones and gloss over the subtlety and nuance. John and Paul argue, but like "Two of Us" shows it was a friendship where there were those moments of genuine love and anger like any strong friendship. Bust still there's so much more as others point out. the worst of all of most of these has to be how they literally reduce George to a dude with a mustache and Liverpool accent which is such a disservice as he was arguably the most compelling arc of all them all. From going to being "the kid" of the group in the shadows of John and Paul to becoming an independent spiritual guide for the others, who introduced the rest of them to India and wrote some of the most iconic songs of the later years. The fact that "Here Comes the Sun" is the most played song on Spotify I think says a lot about him and their legacy. And, even as someone who for the longest time never gave Ringo the light of day, he was so important. He was in the bloody band!! There's a story there, from how he spent his time in hospitals growing up, to his marriage to Maureen and their tight relationship, his spending of his fortune on cameras as his own creativity outside of the music, and just overall strong work ethic in the studio. Even then there's that story of him quitting the band being fed up during the White Album, there's a real story there! It's not black and white, there was in fact ugliness with the story like Allen Klein, and just tragedy when it came to family lives of them all as many hardcore fans would know. Still, as the new Get Back project will highlight, these were still guys who shared a love for their craft and themselves I don't think we can ever understand as outsiders. There was the magic in the studio and levity that came from their music. And that's something I would really love to see get a proper biopic series treatment.

To quote John Lennon and Paul McCartney from the Revolver press conference; Asking about artists who cover their songs Reporter: Who plays your music best? John: “Us.” Reporter about their image. Paul: “We’re nothing like our image.” I love Nowhere Boy so much I watched it at least 30 times when it was on Netflix and at least twice a week when I found it on You Tube. For a successful biopic we would need a supernatural collaboration of writers and directors along with almost impossible casting to recreate profoundly interesting and poignant lives of each of these four men and their inner circle. There may have to be a time to tell stories we don’t know about them. Are we ready?

I agree, justice for George and Ringo, as they're a tie as my favourite Beatle. Having said that, George always liked to keep his cards close to his chest, though he led a very interesting life indeed - we have him to thank for Monty Python's Life of Brian coming to fruition. And Ringo has always preferred to keep his public persona as Ringo Starr separate from his private life as Richie Starkey, plus he's always been typically happy-go-lucky and enjoying his blessings way too much to ask for more, so I think he would still die happy if he never saw a biopic where he features prominently.

Loved this video so much. Love your editing and humor. Can't wait to see more videos like this. Would love to see a best Beatles Documentary video too. But keep doing what you're doing. Can't wait to see more stuff from you.

Every now and then I’ll rewatch this video to give me some positivity and good laughs when needing it. I’m freaking addicted to your content, Elliot!!

When you watch the roof top concert, you can see that that connection is still alive at the end. They didn't plan to be the legends when they were teenagers and there just comes a time when it's time to move apart and move on. It may not have been an easy breakup but it's a shame they always seem to be portrayed as just annoyed with each other.

The best thing I've seen exploring The Beatles is Martin Scorcese's Living In The Material Wolrd. 3 hours and a half of pure joy about my favorite Beatle, George Harrison.

I completely agree with you on Nowhere Boy. Yes, it helps to be a disciple of the Beatles to appreciate it, but in spite of the events which may or may not have ever taken place, the vulnerability that's explored in John and his relationship to Paul is very moving. Also, there was so much (supposed) antipathy between them after the Beatles broke up, it's really refreshing to see a film that reminds us that these two men really loved each other and grew up together. It brought me back to being the fan I was as a kid.

Over all of my years on youtube, I have never found a channel that 100% interested me and now I have. I am so happy I found your channel and I cant wait to watch every single one of your videos haha, keep up the good work man. Also ngl your John impression sounds ALOT like George and thats awesome haha

They need to do their own take on Ringo’s hungover walk and bring George’s hinduism to light, that would be beautiful

There's been a lot of (well deserved) films that focus on themes built around John Lennon's mental health, but not enough of themes built around the friendship between John and Paul. A biopic centered around that friendship would also be a good vehicle to show their creative process.

Great job! Birth ofthe Beatles hit when i was about 13 and i. The new throws of fandom. Still holds a soft spot. Had just read the Hunter Davies book and it was a kick watching it come to life.

A movie about George Harrison and Eric Clapton and the woman they both loved And how that led to the writing of “Layla” And a movie about Ringo’s post Beatles career and the writing of “it don’t come easy”

5:00 fun fact, my mom actually met some of the guys in Rain. After their gigs in the city we live in (Reno) they would head for a night on the casinos and my mom was a cocktail waitress at one of them. So she got to serve them whenever they showed up. Eventually they for some reason didn’t have time for that anymore, but whenever they come here me and mom still go see them.

Would love it if you talked more about love and mercy its so underappreciated

I absolutely love your editing on this video, the comedic bits are clean and genuinely made me laugh

The guy playing Ringo in the Linda movie really looks like him at least

Let's not forget that Mike Myers has a small part in 'John & Yoko: A Love Story' , he plays a kid in Lennon glasses delivering a telegram to John, i think it was his first adult acting gig.

Mike Myers makes an appearance as a deliveryman in John and Yoko : A Love Story.

Loved this video. I love watching nowhere boy and backbeat back to back. Must do that again!

Your video came up in my Y/T feed by chance & as a (very!) long time Beatle fan, I decided to watch it. The first film - THE BIRTH OF THE BEATLES - has very sweet memories for me as I was a kid when it came out and saw it and it was sheer Heaven at the time. I still watch it occasionally and enjoy it, partly from nostalgia . I also think the Carl Davis score is excellent, I liked the drama od it personally. NOWHERE BOY is brilliantly reviewed by you- I want to watch it again now! I am very privileged because I work as Custodian of The Beatles' childhood homes here in Liverpool. I get to spend my days in the two places where everything began! We do public tours (National Trust) and we recreate the late 50s'/early 1960s'. I was very impressed that you included the US 1990s' era film JOHN LENNON IN MY LIFE because it is indeed the only film ever actually filmed at 'Mendips'! It is true about the wall- I saw the glass doors back in 2002, the wall was re-built and you wouldn't know it ever happened.I wondered how you have such authentic knowledge when you are Aussie or Kiwi. Very impressive- you're clearly a huge Fabs' fan. Hope to catch some more Fabs' content some time!