Rent Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatle (2005)
4.2 of 5 from 46 ratings
0h 50min
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- Synopsis:
"Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatle" explores the mystique surrounding the Beatles' original bassist, who left the band to follow a different muse and died from a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 22. Told via interviews with an impressive array of Sutcliffe's family and friends - and through uniquely descriptive quotes from his letters - this hour-long documentary reveals a lot of intimate detail about Sutcliffe's transition from promising art-school student in Liverpool (and best friend of John Lennon) to reluctant musician (pressed into service by Lennon) to determined painter within the German avant-garde scene. A lot of Stu's story, as Beatles fans know, is set in Hamburg, during and after the days the group was a house band in the city's red-light district. Familiar tales of friction between Sutcliffe and Paul McCartney abound. But these are offset by a tremendous amount of fresh insight and detail offered by such important Beatles-saga figures as rocker Tony Sheridan, Klaus Voormann and - most crucially - Astrid Kirchherr, the photographer who influenced the Beatles' look and who became Sutcliffe's lover until his death. Interviewees include Stuart's fiancee and Beatles stylist/photographer Astrid Kirchherr, early Beatles manager Allan Williams, Stuart's sister Pauline Sutcliffe, Liverpool flatmate to Sutcliffe and Lennon, Rod Murray and esteemed American art historian and writer Donald Kuspit. - Actors:
- Horst Fascher, George Harrison, Astrid Kirchherr, Donald Kuspit, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Rosie McGinnity, Paul Morley, Rod Murray, Tony Sheridan, Ringo Starr, Pauline Sutcliffe, Stuart Sutcliffe, Ben Towell, Klaus Voormann, Allan Williams
- Directors:
- Steve Cole
- Producers:
- Chris Hunt
- Voiced By:
- Ben Towell, Paul Morley
- Narrated By:
- Paul Morley
- Studio:
- DCD Publishing
- Genres:
- Documentary, Music & Musicals, Special Interest
- Collections:
- The Beatles in Film
