Gary Bakewell as Paul McCartney in Backbeat

[marcomaurizi]

he looks like Eric Idle in the Rutles!

[bwing55543]

lol His face at 1:17.

[LasgalenOsten]

Gary is plain AMAZING and does a GREAT Paul in both films. He made Backbeat enjoyable to a certain degree. And he's great in The Linda McCartney Story as well.

[willygilly101]

the movie is sopposed to be about Stuart Sutcliffe more than the rest of them.

[turricaned]

Agree 100% with Prismgap. Iain Softley himself said that he was deliberately trying to soft-pedal the fact that the band became The Beatles as we know them. I think if the real-life Paul thought about it, he'd recognise that the character in the movie is based on him as he was when he was an 18 year old lad - a bit insecure, occasionally insensitive but clearly bright, funny and incredibly driven.

[prismgap]

The movie was not about Paul. It was about John Stu and Astrid. That's why they kept the movie from being about the Beatles. Too much Paul and it would've suddenly become The Beatles movie. I mean Ringo is in the movie for what? 5 seconds?

[secondeagle]

Let's be honest, Paul might well have been the one to stop John from making a scene or embarrassing himself in front of Bert Kaempfert. That doesn't take away from his rock'n'roll self.

[innerlightmarin]

I think the only actor that looks even CLOSE to the beatle he portrayed was the actor they chose for stu sutcliffe

[leatherfaze03]

whats the song "george" is playing?

[JoviSoul27]

Haha I love the "air punch" bit ;) Very nice.

I too have a huge crush on Gary Bakewell. He's too cute!

[daanixDynamite]

i have a huge crush on gary bakewell, too xD

he's so hot. guys just don't look like him anymore...

[alphadogstudio]

None of these Beatle movies ever capture Lennon's humor which was a HUGE part of their appeal

[riffraffteddyboy]

la cancion que supuestamente canta harrison es I Remember You pero le falta la harmonica, estoy seguro que la version que sale en el album Live at the Star Club la canta Mccartney, su voz es inconfundible, pero obviamente que en esos dias cualquiera de ellos podia cantar la que quisiera porque hacian covers de sus canciones favoritas

[maccaobsessed]

I have a HUGE crush on Gary!

He looks just like Paul and actually played him in another movie.....The Linda McCartney Story which is also on Youtube

[beatriz182]

this actor really acts like paul !!!

really good!!

[peligro1010]

como se llama the song que canta george harrison

[blackspace007]

He wasn't bad as Paul. I believe Paul was really laid back and not excitable even in his younger years. But they did have him too soft spoken. I've heard some stories about Paul and that he was passive aggressive but not a pushover.

[Iggy87]

the knock knock part was funny

[feelthejoy]

this person should have just put of some clips of backbeat without the stupid commentary that makes no sense

[Vison2008]

the only thing I can see Paul actully doing is the "Air Punch"

[Vison2008]

vey pointless.

[JGTMTE]

I agree that it was pointless, but it was still brilliant. I liked Gary Bakewell in this movie... it was the only part of the movie I liked :-P

[blance22]

pointless

[williby27]

indeed!