BackBeat

Director: Iain Softley

Writers: Iain Softley, Michael Thomas

Stars: Stephen Dorff, Sheryl Lee, Ian Hart, Gary Bakewell, Chris O'Neill, Scot Williams

Sebuah cerita mengenai pra-ketenaran Beatles. Seperti kita ketahui memang kesuksesan Beatles diawali dengan tour mereka di beberapa pub kumuh di Hamburg Jerman.

Suatu sudut pandang yang menarik -redline dari film ini fokus pada bassist awal Beatles yaitu Pertemanan antara Stuart Sutcliffe (yang diperankan secara apik oleh Stephen Dorff) dan John Lennon (Ian hart). Band ini bertemu dengan sekelompok beatniks Jerman trendi, salah satunya (Astrid Kircherr) bass gitaris Stuart Sutcliffe jatuh cinta dengannya, Sutcliffe harus memilih antara rock n roll 'dan kehidupan baru di Jerman ...

Di film ini juga ada satu scene yang menarik yaitu ketika Harrison muda (Chris O'neill) yang masih sekolah tp jenius soal gitar, dibujuk oleh Lennon untuk ikut tur di jerman. Karakter Paul Mccartney diperankan oleh aktor yg tdk terkenal (Gary Bakewell) dan Drummer Pete Best (yup bukan Ringo Starr) oleh Scot Williams.

Sempat pula dimunculkan Karakter Tony Sheridan (James Doherty) dan Ringo Starr (Paul Duckworth)

Format LaserDisc ini saya dapatkan sewaktu salah satu toko musik di Mal Ambasador jakarta melakukan Clearance Sale beberapa tahun yg lalu. Used product but worthy to me...

Soundtrack film ini didukung oleh deretan musisi sebagai berikut:

Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum): vocals

Greg Dulli (The Afghan Whigs): vocals

Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth): guitar

Don Fleming (Gumball): guitar

Mike Mills (R.E.M.): bass guitar

Dave Grohl (Nirvana): drums

Henry Rollins (Rollins Band): vocals on "Love Me Tender"

Beberapa quote dari film ini:

John Lennon: Hello, Ladies and Genitals. We're the band. You'll be happy to know we keep our clothes on. On drums, Mr. Pete Best! On guitar, Mr. Paul McCartney. On bass, recently arrived from the dark side of the moon, Mr. Stuart Sutcliffe. And on guitar, Mr. George Harrison. He's only just on solid food. My name is Lennon, John Winston Lennon. My parents named me after Churchill, John Churchill, the wet fish man. They were thinking of naming me after my father, but Dad's such a stupid fuckin' name, don't you think?

Astrid: Tell me something, John Lennon. When you are rich and famous, when you are number one, when your name is in lights and everybody wants to be your friend, when somebody asks you, "Do you remember Astrid in Hamburg?" what will you say? 

John Lennon: I'll say she was the girl I always wanted. The girl of me dreams, like Brigitte Bardot with better manners. I might have fallen in love with her. But she fell in love with me best friend. And that was the end of that. 

Astrid: I love him, John. 

[pauses] 

Astrid: I do. 

John Lennon: Yeah. Don't we all?

Stuart Sutcliffe: Ahhh, Liverpool. 

John Lennon: Home of... 

Stuart Sutcliffe: ...Liverpudlians. 

John Lennon: You know what it is I like about Liverpool, Mr. Sutcliffe? 

Stuart Sutcliffe: No, what is it you like about Liverpool, Mr. Lennon? 

John Lennon: I was hoping you'd tell me. 

John Lennon: You don't say much, do you? 

Pete Best: Drummers don't talk. You must have noticed that. Just might as well be deaf and dumb, drummers. When was the last time you heard a drummer say anything? 

[John looks at Pete, then turns away] 

Pete Best: See? You know why, don't you? I'll tell you why. 'Cause nobody ever fuckin' listens.

John Lennon: You alright, Stu? 

Stuart Sutcliffe: How do I look? 

John Lennon: Put it this way - you'll get better. I'll always be ugly