Birth of The Beatles

Genre: biography

Year Published: 1979

Creator: Richard Marquand

Credits: Cast: Stephen MacKenna, Rod Culbertson

Description: The film is set in 1961, when the Silver Beatles (as they were called then) consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Stuart Sutcliffe. They need a drummer and a manager, and although Sutcliffe can sing, he cannot play an instrument. When they reach Hamburg, they discover they are playing in the Indra Club on the Reeperbahn, Hamburg's notorious sex district. They play long, grueling hours (up to 8 hours a night, seven days a week) and have to stay active by taking Preludin, a slimming drug. The Beatles finally get accepted by record producer

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