Greg Dulli ( The Afghan Whigs): vocals (John Lennon).Dave Pirner ( Soul Asylum): vocals (Paul McCartney).
All musicians were members of contemporary American rock bands: In this respect, rather than re-create the sounds of the period, iconoclastic, rebellious musicians were recruited (as a producer noted, the Beatles' pre-recording stage act was "the punk of its day") to better convey the way the music was appreciated by audiences of the time. The project was green-lit that year.ĭue to the film's focus on the early days of the band, the soundtrack includes no songs written by members of the Beatles but various songs the group performed in Hamburg, written and recorded by other artists. Ward interviewed Astrid Kirchherr and others who were close to the Beatles during their time in Hamburg. After failing to secure funding, screenwriter Stephen Ward was brought in to completely rewrite the script in 1993.
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The original script was written by Iain Softley based on a series of 1988 interviews. Williams reprised his role as Best in the 2000 television film In His Life: The John Lennon Story. Bakewell later reprised his role as McCartney in the 2000 television film The Linda McCartney Story. Hart had already played Lennon in the 1991 film The Hours and Times.
In addition, brief portrayals of other historical characters in these early days of the Beatles include Paul Duckworth as Ringo Starr, Paul Humpoletz as Bruno Koschmider, Wolf Kahler as Bert Kaempfert and James Doherty as Tony Sheridan.
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