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	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: Backbeat: Collector's Edition
		The narrative is hermetically sealed within the little-known but seminal time before the Beatles became the Fab Four, from the band's early days barely getting by as inchoate rock-and-roll rebels to just before their pop-chart success preceding the 1964 debut on American television that changed the orbit of the planet.
		However, this is not "a Beatles movie." Instead it's an intimate love story that strums the power chords between John Lennon (Ian Hart), his best friend Stuart Sutcliffe (Stephen Dorff), and Astrid Kirchherr (Sheryl Lee), the lovely German photographer who first captured the Beatles on film and helped shape their image and avant-garde explorations.
		Backbeat is not a "biopic" or an attempt at a history lesson.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/b/backbeat_ce.q.shtml (1108 words)

	Backbeat
		If you forget for a moment that the movie is about the Beatles, and pretend that it's a fictional story about five guys named Schlubb, there's really no solid reason to watch it, although it still has good points.
		Backbeat (1993) is a biopic of Stuart Sutcliffe, one of the five members of the original group that eventually became the Beatles.
		means the movie is not good enough to win you over if you hate the genre, but is good enough to do so if you have an open mind about this type of film.
	www.fakes.net /backbeat.htm (1157 words)

	Backbeat: Collector's Edition (1994)
		Through the movie, we constantly are told of Sutcliffe’s inadequacy as a bassist, but you won’t get that impression from the recorded material.
		This was a movie closely connected to music, however, so those flaws and the general lack of ambition led me to give the audio a “C”.
		It runs 28 minutes and 28 seconds as he covers his inspirations to make the movie, the film’s focus and storytelling choices, casting and the actors’ work, the music, reactions to the flick, and general impressions of making the piece.
	www.dvdmg.com /backbeat.shtml (2624 words)

	Backbeat: Collector's Edition - The Hollywood News
		Sutcliffe’s story is at the core of 1993’s Backbeat, a look at his tale as well as that of the early Beatles.
		Backbeat does use songs the band commonly performed, and even though the majority of the numbers come from re-recordings, we do hear the real Beatles at one point.
		Backbeat lost points due to the problematic execution of the audio.
	www.thehollywoodnews.com /dvd/backbeat.php (2560 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "Backbeat" review
		I went into "Backbeat" with high hopes -- the Beatles story from a totally different perspective should make for a good movie -- but there are just too many problems for the film to see its potential.
		The movie is full of moments that inspire a silent "Yeah, right," like when Astrid first comes into a club the Beatles are playing she and Stuart stare at each other longingly, unhindered by the fact that the lights are low and Stuart is wearing sunglasses.
		Also, the movie is being targeted at the MTV crowd, but assumes a working knowledge of Beatles history and leaves out details many college-aged kids won't know.
	www.splicedonline.com /95andbefore/backbeat.html (727 words)

	deseretnews.com - Movie review: Backbeat \| Deseret Morning News Web edition
		There are two new English-language art films in town, both concentrating on obsessive relationships, one set against the backdrop of the Beatles in the band's early days, and the other about disenfranchised souls who become too dependent on each other.
		"Backbeat" is rated R for profanity, vulgarity, sex, nudity, violence and drugs.
		Most of the rest of this very long movie (two hours, 19 minutes) has Oscar relating to Nigel the sordid story of his life with Mimi, in vividly descriptive sexual detail: A failed writer in Paris, Oscar meets and becomes obsessed with Mimi, as their affair becomes more kinky and dangerous.
	deseretnews.com /movies/view/1,1257,123,00.html (704 words)

	Backbeat - Movie Review
		Backbeat provides it, traveling back in time to the earliest days of the ‘60s, when the Fab Four were a starving band of outsiders living a fun but also fairly hellish life on the mean streets of Hamburg.
		Less than a year later, of course, the Beatles, with Best gone and Ringo in tow, are on their way to unimaginable fame, while nothing is left of Stu but a few rooms full of abstract canvases and a portfolio of photographs of him taken by his girlfriend.
		Backbeat is a tragedy for sure, but it’s a tragedy with one hell of a soundtrack.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/backbeat (387 words)

	Backbeat
		Needless to say, This movie is about Stuart Sutcliffe who is a member of Beatles in the begining and short time but influenced very much on their fashon and appearance.
		"Backbeat" is an excellent portrayal of the Hamburg phase of the early Beatles, and succeeds on every level.
		In all, "Backbeat" is an entertaining journey through the world of the early Beatles, and is well worth purchasing for repeat viewings.
	www.dvdvan.com /info/B00005JM2R/Backbeat.html (973 words)

	Backbeat (1994) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		There's no doubt in my mind that 'Backbeat' is the best movie ever made about the Beatles.
		The musical performances are fine, too, done by a band including Mike Mills of R.E.M. No Beatle originals are used in the movie but that's OK because at the time they were mostly playing powerful cover versions of American rock and soul.
		This movie is a triumph for all involved and even though it's not "official" it will only add to the great legacy left by the Beatles.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0106339 (766 words)

	Backbeat (1994) Movie Review
		Writer and director Iain Softley was able to do that with his 1994 film Backbeat by telling the story of the early days of the Beatles in a way that the Fab Four are only supporting characters in their own saga.
		Sadly, it turned out that he would not have had the chance to become a part of the band's stardom, anyway, but that just adds to the dramatic effect of the story.
		In fact, after a decade of subpar work in really bad films since this movie was released it is refreshing to remember he actually is a talented actor.
	www.popentertainment.com /backbeat.htm (617 words)

	Movieman's Guide to the Movies - Backbeat (1994) - Special Edition
		Backbeat tells the story of what many call the "Fifth Beatle," Stuart Sutcliffe (played by a very young Stephen Dorff) and his relationship with his best friend John Lennon (Ian Hart) and his new love Astrid Kirchherr (Sheryl Lee).
		This is a very fascinating film to watch because everyone knows about The Beatles and their massive success, but people know little about Sutcliffe and the integral part he had in the formation and foundation of the legendary group.
		Overall, die-hard Beatles fans as well as moderate Beatles fans (like me) are sure to enjoy this Collectors Edition DVD of Backbeat for its good performances, lively musical sequences and the very interesting story behind the group before they became international icons.
	www.moviemansguide.com /reviews/DVD/backbeatDVD_gladiator.php (1442 words)

	Backbeat Movie Discussion
		The movie is really about their original bass player Stu Sutcliffe, a proto-punk rocker and artist.
		He died at the age of 21 as the Beatles band was adapting their style from the raw heavy rock to mainstream pop rock.
		I watch the movie for this aspect, although for the average movie goer, the storyline about original bassist Stu Sutcliffe and photographer Astrid getting together, with John getting jealous, should hold them in between the recreated concert scenes.
	www.gnovies.com /discussion/backbeat.html (384 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Backbeat (xhtml)
		There is a lot more to the story than that, of course, and "Backbeat" makes the most of it.
		The story of the early days of the Beatles is the stuff of folklore; how they discovered their sound in the smoky dives of Hamburg, how the producer George Martin masterminded their early great records, how they become the most famous performers in the world, almost overnight.
		Well, unless the filmmakers had brought their own imaginations to the material, and seen something valid and original in the story of five young men in a rock band, trying to break loose from the crowd, while one of them thinks he would rather be a painter.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19940422/REVIEWS/404220301/1023 (892 words)

	Backbeat - DVD Movie Central
		For the unfamiliar, Backbeat is an entertaining gem of a film that will fill you in on a piece of pop music history.
		I can't say how much non-Beatles fans might care for this movie, but being that I don't think a whole lot of them exist, this is probably one I can recommend with minimal reservation.
		Backbeat works because it captures the essence of a soon-to-be pop phenomenon in their pre-Fab days, as well as bring to life a part of the story many might not have been familiar with.
	www.dvdmoviecentral.com /ReviewsText/backbeat.htm (1012 words)

	Backbeat Movie: Backbeat DVD is available from Bestprices.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Backbeat Movie: Backbeat DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		This hard-driving, energetic drama chronicling the Beatles' ascendance to fame in Hamburg's club circuit centers on "fifth Beatle" Stu Sutcliffe and his close relationship to John Lennon.
		The "Backbeat Band," which recreates the Beatles' music, consists of Greg Dulli and Dave Pirner on vocals, Don Fleming on guitar and vocals, Thurson Moore on guitar, Dave Grohl on drums and Mike Mills on bass.
	www.bestprices.com /cgi-bin/vlink/025192543920IE?source=InktomiDVD (404 words)

	Chris O'Neill (Paul McCartney) Backbeat Beatles
		It was the film 'Backbeat' that inspired Chris to form the Backbeat Beatles in 1994.
		Chris is an accomplished musician who has turned his hand to the acoustic, electric and bass guitar as well as keyboards, as well as being a very talented singer/songwriter.
		From in-your-face jokes, to subtle phrases that are truly classic, this movie has it all.
	www.backbeatbeatles.com /chris.htm (668 words)

	Backbeat: Special Edition, starring Ian Hart, Stephen Dorff (Film - Movie Review)
		Crafting a movie about the Fab Four is undoubtedly a daunting task, especially considering that director Richard Lester did such an exquisite job of capturing the early days of Beatlemania in his masterpiece A Hard Day’s Night, which placed the group itself in a starring role.
		Despite a convincing bit of acting by Sheryl Lee, the script only partially develops Kirchherr’s persona, and for such a pivotal role to be handled via a series of fleeting, cliché-riddled snapshots serves to undermine some of the tension necessary for making the movie an unmitigated success.
		Through several interviews, including a full-length commentary with director Softley as well as a brief segment with Kirchherr herself, the impetus for the film is further revealed, but it’s Hart and Dorff that truly make the picture worth viewing.
	www.musicbox-online.com /mov-back.html (301 words)

	Amazon.com: Backbeat: Video: Iain Softley,Marcelle Duprey,Stephen Dorff,Ian Hart,John White (II),Bernard ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Iain Softley's movie tells the story of Stuart Sutcliffe (Stephen Dorff), who was John Lennon's best friend at the Liverpool College of Art and, for a short time, the bass player of the Beatles.
		In the period that the screenplay covers-roughly, from August, 1960, when the group played its first night-club gig in Hamburg, to April, 1962, when Sutcliffe dies of a brain hemorrhage-the Beatles were unambiguously John Lennon's band.
		The "Backbeat" script was based on her recollections; it focuses on the couple and jealous guy John Lennon.
	www.amazon.com /Backbeat-Iain-Softley/dp/6303213782 (2535 words)

	'Backbeat'
		And might have remained history, or at least a bizarre little historical footnote, if not for "Backbeat," a wonderful film that focuses on the Sutcliffe/Kirchherr story but in the process fleshes out the Beatles' early, crazy days.
		Before long Astrid's leaving behind Klaus and Stu is leaving behind John and the two are sneaking off to see French art films, reading Rimbaud to one another and making messy love with tubes of oil paint.
		But what comes through in "Backbeat," along with the amphetamine-fueled adrenalin of Hamburg, is confusion, bruised feelings and the dawning understanding that life isn't just fun and games -- and neither is rock 'n' roll.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/backbeatrkelly_a09e0b.htm (584 words)

	The Beatles Tribute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		BACKBEAT was formed in 1992 by the producers of Paramount Studios HARD COPY for a segment of the highly rated "I ELVIS" television mini-series.
		BACKBEAT members own copies of every single guitar used (worth over $50,000) by the Fab Four during their career.
		Celebrating the historic 1967 "Summer of Love", BackBeat performs the Sgt. Pepper set wearing exact full color military replica costumes from the famous album cover (The costumes were made and tailored by a seamstress from Paramount Studios' wardrobe/costume department).
	www.classique-productions.com /pages/PAGE101K.HTM (795 words)

	dorffmania_characters
		For example you may choose to play Roy Egan, Skip's enemy from the film 'City Of Industry' So here is a list of some of the characters that you may want to choose and their status.
		You are allowed to claim TWO Stephen Dorff Characters and TWO characters related to him or his movie.
		Stephen Dorff will be will be played by Vicky Stardust However, he will not be played very often and played only when needed for certain things, to get things going, as this game is meant to be based on Fictional Characters.
	www.geocities.com /rpg_groups/dorffmania_characters.html (128 words)

	Stephen Dorff - Win copies of Backbeat with signed film posters - Uncut.co.uk
		Backbeat, the critically acclaimed 1994 movie chronicling the relationship between John Lennon and forgotten fifth Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe during their pre-Fab Four tour of Hamburg, is released this week.
		Directed by Iain Softley and starring Stephen Dorff as tortured artist Stuart Sutcliffe and Ian Hart as a passionate, albeit somewhat cynical John Lennon, this compelling 1994 Beatles flick is re-released as a DVD format Collectors Edition, featuring retrospective interviews, deleted scenes and a directors’ commentary.
		Uncut have got five copies of the DVD and framed Backbeat movie posters signed by Director Iain Softley to give away.
	www.uncut.net /film/stephen_dorff/special_features/8626 (314 words)

	All-Reviews.com Movie/Video Review: Backbeat
		In theory the new movie BACKBEAT is about the early days of the Beatles in Hamburg and Liverpool before they became famous.
		At least this is the movie I went to see.
		The film known as BACKBEAT is actually about Stuart Sutcliffe (Stephen Dorff) who dropped out of the group to paint and about his girlfriend and photographer Astrid Kirchherr (Sheryl Lee).
	all-reviews.com /videos-3/backbeat.htm (278 words)

	Stoned Movie Review - Stoned Movie Trailer - The Boston Globe
		Instead, Woolley and his screenwriters (Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who wrote the last two Bond movies and "Johnny English") press their case that Brian was murdered, dramatizing the climactic event with sudden conviction.
		(The same can't be said for the terrific 1994 early-Beatles movie "Backbeat," which Woolley produced.) Instead of Jagger-Richards classics, the soundtrack bulges with cuts by Robert Johnson, and that makes sense: Brian was the blues-freak purist of the Stones.
		The songs are mere ornaments, though, and you never sense how they speak to the man at the center of this movie.
	www.boston.com /movies/display?display=movie&id=8426 (772 words)

	Yahoo Chat Transcript
		My character is obsessed with making his movie and he'll do anyting to complete it.
		Be it "Blade" where it reaches action fans, or this movie, which might be more limited in its audience, but hopefully it gets to everyone's town.
		In the Watters movie I'm sort of his hero because his heroes are often demented.
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	eBay - VHS: Backbeat (UPC: 780063177139) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Backbeat was recommended to me by a fellow Beatlemaniac.
		I was expecting to view some so so attempt to capitalize on the resurgence of interest generated by the release of the 3 double albums of Beatle outtakes and rare recordings.
		And while only one song is actually a Beatles song, BackBeat does manage to make your toe tap at this emerging bit of musical history.
	product.ebay.com /Backbeat_UPC_780063177139_W0QQfvcsZ1178QQsoprZ3208650 (832 words)

	STONED ... A BIOPIC ON BRIAN JONES - Rolling Stones - tribe.net
		I've imagined in the past that inevitably a movie like this would be made, it's just that I've always been intrigued as to how they might pull such a project off.
		It's the same point I made about Backbeat : Backbeat worked because essentially, all of the actors were up and coming nobodies and so.....
		The release of this movie is an intriguing prospect indeed.
	rollingstones.tribe.net /thread/b44e9017-af12-4760-ac19-f1954e2dfa73 (776 words)

	Days between stations - the making of the soundtrack album of 'Backbeat,' a movie about the Beatles - Column Interview ...
		Set in 1960 through 1962, lain Softley's Backbeat is a swift little film about the Beatles' early labors in the Augean stables of brutal Hamburg dives: five-hour sets of jukebox hits offered up to drunken sailors, brawling locals, and strippers on a break or cruising the bar.
		Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs, Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Don Fleming of Gumball, Dave Grohl of Nirvana, and Mike Mills of R.E.M. cut the performance soundtrack that producer Don Was contrived for Softley's Beatle actors to mime.
		Their music is full of tiny thrills, surprises, trips, and falls, but it's from some other movie.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1285/is_n3_v24/ai_15409043 (813 words)

	Official Foo Fighters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Backbeat Soundtrack Soundtrack for the movie backbeat on which Dave plays drums on all tracks.
		The backbeat band appeared once on the mtv movie awards with Dave on drums.
		The video was filmed at a drive-in movie theater near San Bernadino, CA.
	www.foofighters.com /dictionary.php?letter=B (294 words)

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