Backbeat

About Backbeat

Chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. The film focuses primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe, John Lennon, and Sutcliffe's girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr.

Iain Softley's Backbeat is a 1994 music film. It runs 100 minutes and was released in April 1994.

Sheryl Lee appears as Astrid Kirchherr, Stephen Dorff as Stuart Sutcliffe, Ian Hart as John Lennon, and Gary Bakewell as Paul McCartney. Written by Iain Softley and Michael Thomas.

Shelv files it under boyfriend girlfriend relationship, guitar, photo, and red-light district.

The Golden Glove make useful companions to Backbeat. It scores 6.2 out of 10 from 115 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.