In His Life: John Lennon Story (2/9)

[tj3688]

Though not completely accurate, this is more accurate than Nowhere Boy.

[Redhotice54]

I went on the official Magical Mystery Tour around all the Beatle sights in Liverpool and the tour guide was the guy playing John's mate with the blonde hair in this :D

[AgentXPQ]

The historic occasion where John Lennon first met Ferris Beuller.

[BeatlesBabe564]

"You know what those gates remind me of?"

"Gates?"

LOL

[mikemfd232]

eleanor rigby on a gravestone, rubbish.  besides that was paul's song.

[BeatlesBabe564]

@mikemfd232 There was a grave in Liverpool that held an Eleanor Rigby, though Paul insists he made up the name.

[amalialovesicecream]

They are actors....not clones. Give them a break on the looks.

[TheCamsmit]

The actor who plays john is great but John is known for having rather little squinty eyes.

[jentyler2001]

these guys make the beatles look rather unpleasant looking.

[elwin38]

Thank goodness for Julia in John's formative years. even though she died when he was 17, she lived long enough to teach him basic guitar, calm/cool him down when Aunt Mimi would fuss at him about everything, and let him "loosen" up and open up about his feelings. No telling how John wouldve ended up.

[HiCallMeShadow]

@elwin38 Also thank Paul that they both met! Paul taught John some chords!

[elwin38]

@HiCallMeShadow Paul also showed john how to properly tune a guitar!

[HiCallMeShadow]

@elwin38 Oh true! I forgot lol. >.<

[MegaDrumBudge3000]

the guy that plays john is crap at doing the liverpool accent

[TheLibertineFan]

Looks like they've tried to make look fat, ugly and 27 years old. Aaron Johnson actually looked like him, and looked like he was 17! I got the feeling that it was John in Nowhere Boy

[wildsmiley]

He looks more like Elvis than John, actually.

[romans52345]

@UnitedFan16 Leoono does have an irish accent

[boyscoutonacid]

@romans52345

Lennon was irish descent.

[Megaalexa92]

hhahahah this is shite compared to nowhere boy!!!!!!

[RingoStarrFan102]

Hey, this is good stuff.

[BeatlesBabe564]

When we first saw Paul, I was like "Who is that?!! Why is he relivent?!!" Then "Oh, its Paulie! Duh!"

[avalanchesuperstar]

Shut up about the actors not looking good. What is this, a beauty contest?

[Q7R43]

@avalanchesuperstar It is very importent for the movie to be good ! He is playing 17 and he look's like 37.

[avalanchesuperstar]

@Q7R43 Just be luckyYoko Ono wasn't involved in this movie or we'd have people that don't look a thing like Paul George and Ringo XD

[themusica95]

does anyone else hear the extras speaking Spanish when john meet paul and the rest of the scene

[diannee]

Dont care about all the comments!! For me it was really good!! and I've seen this movie like 4 times....and i am not getting bored...

[Mnz131]

ewww.

[oilloi123]

where the hell did they pick the actors?

In a bloody anti-goodlooking-man-land, or something?

Thank God they made the Nowhere Boy film... god

[paulmccartneyloverrr]

look the profile photo on my twitter: @beatlefotos and you see that the actor who plays paul really look like paul..

[chilibro]

the pauls pretty close by looks way better than nowhere boy

[WaltzMooreAna]

OMG Paul looks so not like paul! XD Paulie is way hotter! :P

[chilibro]

@WaltzMooreAna its pretty dang close

[EdMayberry1]

The guy who plays Pete Shotton now conducts tours on the Magical Mystery Tour bus in Liverpool -- can't remember his full name, but his first name is Neal.

[iAmFreakingBp]

@EdMayberry1 Neil Brennan

Yeah, I had him too and he told me about it.

[loverzbear]

Mimi is a bitch

[kozmicblues14]

@loverzbear Yeah she definatley wasnt very nice to him at all. John said she found his poetry he wrote and grabbed it and threw it out! She told him it was garbage! His Mom Julia is so awesome though!

[yoige933]

i love all of the song refrences

[blackspace007]

They did not pick very attractive guys to play Paul in this movie or Nowhere Boy. Now the Backbeat Paul actor, yummy

[EricN1995]

whats the name of the first song they played on stage?

[SuperDarthvader15]

i agree nowhere bo is better but i like this one two because it goes up until there ed sullivan appearence

[krissyjeshi]

I dont think aunt Mimi & John's mom were so fond of each other like they are here ....

[Msemospongebob]

nowhere boy is wa better cuz of the actors, and in this one the events go too fast!

[deathwish060]

paul is so tender!! ^ - ^

[100irissa]

lol, I can't watch this movie seriously, that John Lennon is old, fat and ugly and that Paul McCartney doesn´t look as a 15 year old boy, lololol.

[numanuma94]

i say nowhere boy is better but this one extends all the way to the ed Sullivan show

[guitargeek1122]

wow! i want a guitar like johns first one.

[danzzeshorty]

the one who plays john is like overdoing the accent..that's soooooooo fucking annoying!!!

[Zebonka]

Fuck this is a terrible movie.

[joriszsz]

Yeah! It really looks like Paul is singing...

[joriszsz]

Eleanor Rigby!

[Bibledigger322]

@UnitedFan16 Good point. I feel like an idiot. Sorry.

[Bibledigger322]

@UnitedFan16 John would have a slight Irish accent, as both his parents were of Irish descent.

[therealpsychomic]

''You'd think he was from the Dingle the way he looks'' lol, I'm from Dingle, how there she say that hahaha jk :)

[Johnmcartney10]

Nowhere Boy is better than this one

[MrLolipopstick]

@Johnmcartney10 nowhere boy makes john look like a douchebag. this one has the REAL facts anyway.

[philipdarby5]

@Johnmcartney10 YOU ARE WRONG

[Johnmcartney10]

@philipdarby5 WHAT?! HOW!!. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY EPIREMENECES?

[philipdarby5]

@Johnmcartney10 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

[LasgalenOsten]

And Paul looks like a bad Matthew Broderick stunt

[LasgalenOsten]

John looks like a 40 year old retired wrestler. 

[guitargeek1122]

someone please tell me do they actually play their instruments

[krispybacon2]

lmfao paul is supposed to be 15 and he has a reseeding hair line

[NaughtyKagome]

Um...At least Nowhere Boy got their looks right. And people were complaining about /that/ movie too. ..Well, Stu looks good here <3

[pozzebon]

5:57 Looks more like John Deacon (from Queen) rather than John Lennon LOL

[maeganandxzavier]

Who the bloody hell is it supposed to be at 2:13 ?

[ellyjelly101]

I believe Nowhere Boy was the most close looking actors to John and Paul and George :)

[leonpal14]

geez no offense but john sounds irish not british

[MAGICO240]

John was a major Elvis fan.  Elvis was vital for his decision to be a musician.

[wisesatyr72]

they made Paul a little weasel lol

[FuckStaub]

strange english

[starryian007]

The famous meeting of John Lennon and Paul McCartney in July 1957. A pivotal moment in rock n roll history.

[MrsTheBeatles]

the guy at 6:51 (the ones who says his mums been teaching him on a banjo) does the magical mystery tour in liverpool :)

[stellinalennon]

this john is ugly and fat -.-'''

[bradbcool]

that was a really great story

[chilibro]

did john ever build a house on strawberry feilds

[brecre]

@chilibro No, I don't think he did.

[MrsTheBeatles]

@chilibro no he didnt ,went there yesterday the guide said that its owned by the samaritans now

[starryian007]

@chilibro No, John Lennon just wrote a song about Strawberry Fields. It was a children's home and John would often watch the children at play as it was located at the back of his house. As far as I know the building has gone but the gardens remain.

[liverpoolforeve]

i don't no why u all put the film down i think it's really good and i think the john looks like him but when he gets the diffrent hair the "moptop"

[tomcat13claws]

@liverpoolforeve I think this movie is good too.

[KedmenecMartin]

this movie is also based too much on the beatles!

[wienermcpoopbut]

paul looks like he has teh downs o.O

[rockistae]

whats the name of the song quarrymen played?

[Hadeydeppio]

how much of this is actually true?

[tommytCOD]

@Hadeydeppio A little is based of thoughts and hypotheses

but Most is true

[silvergoldjewels]

John had the best mother ever!!!!

[thomasfreak5]

its amazing how the characters look almost identical!

[MrMusicHero9]

hey does anyone know the name of that song the marching band starts playing at 2:59? it kinda sounds like Stand By Me

[afterrx3glow]

Prob some of the worst acting of John Lennon i've seen IMO.

[The1superbeatlefreak]

wow um just goes to show there will never be any other look sexy john :(

[wellitstrue102]

TIME OUT why is the stuart fellow better looking than the john guy?

and why does the paul look so mousey?

[millypants1]

ok...paul did meet john on this day...john loved elvis....pre army...press conference in japan whilst he was on holiday with yoko.....on the event of elvis's death he said elvis died the day he went into the army...paul was in the audience when john was singing come go with me they did'nt meet till later in the day........paul had seen john around before but they had never met

[nafruito]

There are some times when Paul looks absolutely adorable but others when he just looks weird. D:

[kkissk]

Is there anybody know the song what paul sings after he tuned up john's guitar?

[frazer954]

@kkissk It was " Twenty Flight Rock " by Eddie Cochran :)

[monkpie101]

@kkissk he played Twenty Flight Rock

[elevatordudedave97]

i mean ''come go with me'' was the song John was singing when he met Paul

[elevatordudedave97]

i mean ''come go with me'' was the John was singing when he met Paul

[elevatordudedave97]

The song John was singing was ''come and go with me'' not ''Be-Bop-A-Lula'', still looks like a great movie!

[money0395]

Hey ! Its the Paper Boy from ( 8 - 9 ) at 4 50

[joelro79]

This is a fat John Lennon don't you think?

[wellitstrue102]

@joelro79 yes he should've lost some weight for the role his face is too round it bothers me

[jimpurdie]

john met paul at primary actually!

[money0395]

@jimpurdie No.

[MrAu009]

i thought john hated elvis...wasn't there an interview where he said elvis sucked or something like that?

[rendersen23]

Hey guys, for those of you who is looking for Backbeat the movie, it's been posted on youtube.

[Scoob505]

wasn't john lennons dad irish?

[UkuleleJarr]

3:29 is that the tardis in the background?

[MrPets30]

Paul was 15, John was 16 years old, when they met

[jpbrawler2]

5:36 If you feeze at this time. The guy in the back is related him. Awsome he has been on a DVD. Neil.

[TheMaeve2009]

Paul is meant to be 14 here, he looks about 28!

[fragnard]

acshly he would be 17 because paul is born in 1942 and this takes place in 1959

[missgibbdreamer]

@fragnard No, 1956 /57. John s mother July died in July 1958 and John turned 18 that Oct

[viceisthename]

No, 15 but yeah i agree he looks like 28

[DanyNicola]

You can see his beard if you look closely

[Alice555foxylady]

@TheMaeve2009

at least Paul looks more like himself in this movie than in Nowhere boy

[MsBobohj]

@TheMaeve2009 and john nlooks like in his 40sn

[furie1]

@TheMaeve2009 yeah really not many 14 year olds have 5 o clock shadows

[Eskimop16]

@TheMaeve2009

dnt u mean 16? its 1958?

[TheAmazingstarman]

@Eskimop16 Also wrong, he was 15 and it was in 1957

[iSkitbros]

@TheAmazingstarman you are right, its 15

[numanuma94]

@TheMaeve2009 15 actualy, this is july of 1957, and his birthday is june 18 1942

[hildiguru]

@TheMaeve2009 Actually, Paul is supposed to be 15, he is born 18th of June 1942 and he first met John Lennon on the 6th of July 1957, you do the math :)

[ChurchillCigar]

@TheMaeve2009 15, not 14 !

[Sunshineyness1027]

I like the Strawberry Fields bit because that was authentic and WHY he wrote the song... but, ugh, Eleanore Rigby? I know the grave is in that cemetery but why bother throwing it in? That's a McCartney number for pete's sake... I *might* think it cool if this were a McCartney biopic but not a Lennon one.

[fragylevic1]

they got stu to look like pete\

[joefixit14]

god they did paul better then john

[gorrionalvuelo]

well the world should make a building with the name of Ivan Vaughan because he introduce John to Paul man!

History isnt?

[iSkitbros]

@gorrionalvuelo heck yes!!!!!

[scales57]

poor Mimi.....all could think of was raising John proper...lol....and all John wanted to do was rock 'n roll....

[kinolek18]

he's talking in annoying a bit for me. i'd prefer him talking normally (actor playing John)

[superblooperman]

@kinolek18 yeah he could have loosened up on the accent but still a good movie

[adamkincaid1234]

Don't forget, though, mon amis, that the Beatles sang about these places because they were part of their everyday life growing up. It seems trite and corny but, (Apart from the face in a jar by the door) these place names would've come up a lot. John looks stupidly old, though, you nuns, you damn nuns! Desist! desist I say!

[TonyTyler]

Too many "blatent" beatle references I think. Like Strawberry Fields and E.R. Cool all the same, but kinda corny

[badtown88]

True. The movies not very accurate, but still I keep watching haha

[jasonchico]

strawberry fields was based on john going hanging out at strawberry fields but it is a bit corny

[Alex43733]

this is a good movie in all but doesn t follow the real expectations for the beatles

[labitajojo]

Well, Strawberry Fields isn't a "blatent" reference, John really did spend a Lot of time there, so it's normal it appears on a film on his childhood. But Eleanor Rigby was too much, indeed. :)

[Alex43733]

yeah there was to many beatles references like strawberry fields elanor rigby and abbey road

[Alex43733]

hey there was okay

[animeleader45]

Paul! ^^ I love this John, and the one in Birth Of The Beatles. both are fantastic! I understand it's hard to find someone who can sound and look like Paul McCartney. I mean, no one can be cutier then Paul McCartney(i honestly like Ringo tho^^)

[nerdygrl64]

The guy playing john in this video looks way too old to be a teenager. He looks like a 28 year old trying to be 17!

[getlow94]

yeah he looks kinda old xD

[scandalouzmegz]

My only issue with the actor who plays John is that he sounds like the frequency of his voice has been turned up to "turbo."

[watchspring]

This is a potentially great story and anyone who tries to portray one of the Beatles is always in for criticism. Tough to do. So this story and these actors had a tough road. Good effort. Script is kind of lame but the actors hold their own.

[imatwatinlove]

doesnt talk like john!

[xXTheSharpestLifeXx]

I met Neil, the guy that plays Pete (the guy playing the washboard) yesterday. In liverpool, he runs the Magical Mystery Tour. Love him! <3

[BlueHatBabe]

"You know what those gates remind me of?"

"Gates...?"

xD

[skydogjp123]

im not gonna lie....the actress that plays johns mom is hot

[beatleman98]

no offense, but Birth of the Beatles is a better movie

[beatlebassmania]

and the actors are a little weird. i agree with u on this one. but i like the skiffle scenes in this

[chitos95]

no it is not

[sadnaruto523]

yea i know

[tafytr]

whats the name of the song john and his band play when paul came?

[DrummerBoy922]

That would be "Be Bop A Lula". It was first recorded in 1956 by Gene Vincent.

[Monkeybuttlove9]

I love the part where their at the Elanor Rigby gravestone lol "Asleep?"

[TerminatorX101]

wat song was that wen paul played for lennon?

[Monkeybuttlove9]

20 flight rock

[guitar999beatlesrule]

hows paul playing with no amp its not an acoustic

[hellxhamster]

it is an acoustic. it just doesnt have a hole in the middle..

[badtown88]

That grave scene is so b.s. He didn't even write that song.  Fucking Brits can never get their facts straight.

[guitar999beatlesrule]

Yeah, but he wrote Penny Lane

[badtown88]

No he didn't, Paul wrote that.

[guitar999beatlesrule]

He contributed.

[RockerSabysira]

Thanks for uploading!

[tripshaker]

Ugh. They've made great films about Johnny Cash, Ray Charles and Tina Turner. Why don't they make a great one about The Beatles? This one isn't bad considering its budget, but the John character sounds like Lennon after inhaling helium, and he is way heavier than John ever was. NOT convincing me to be Lennon, anyway. C'mon Hollywood!! Give us a big budget Beatles movie that focuses on ALL the Fabs, not just Lennon...

[britgonewild34]

God Bless The Beatles! I love you John, wayyyyyyyy more than "Cynthia" LoL!

[whatchukno100]

the actor they got for paul looks like his twin

[whatchukno100]

john was my favorite beatle