The Beatles Bible - Topic: Lennon Naked

MrBig on Lennon Naked

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:15:05 +0100

Joe said:

It was OK, but Lennon's accent wasn't always so harsh. I don't know, I'd have to watch it again. Certainly Christopher Eccleston's was better than the other Beatle actors.

Sure, not ALWAYS, but it was most of the time.

Joe on Lennon Naked

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:05:38 +0100

It was OK, but Lennon's accent wasn't always so harsh. I don't know, I'd have to watch it again. Certainly Christopher Eccleston's was better than the other Beatle actors.

Marcelo on Lennon Naked

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:15:02 +0100

I'm not an expert in british accents at all, but the accent and tone of the actor who played John was OK, right?

Joe on Lennon Naked

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:54:00 +0100

He was OK. It was a very minor role at the start, 1964, when Brian takes John to a hotel room to meet Alf Lennon. That bit was done fairly well actually.

skye on Lennon Naked

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:04:18 +0100

Interesting. Keeping it in the family. How did he do as Mr. Brian?

Joe on Lennon Naked

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:17:54 +0100

Incidentally (and I've probably mentioned this before) Brian Epstein was played by Rory Kinnear, son of Roy Kinnear who was in Help!.

Marcelo on Lennon Naked

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:26:55 +0100

I've just downloaded it from torrent. I'm sorry to confess I rely a lot on piracy, there's no way I can see BBC from here. Firstly, I don't have a telly.

Anyway, I'm watching it tonight, but I checked it up this morning and I have to say Brian was very fat and John hitted very hard with the ugly stick...

skye on Lennon Naked

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:08:39 +0100

The positive reviews weren't from super fans, I'd bet. I'll probably still watch it when it comes on BBC America. At least there's still Nowhere Boy to look forward to.

MrBig on Lennon Naked

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:54:11 +0100

Joe said:

And the guy who played Paul McCartney (Andrew Scott) had a terrible accent.

He did indeed. Terrible terrible terrible.

Joe on Lennon Naked

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:44:43 +0100

Yeah, I did. I found it quite disappointing. It began in 1964, with Lennon and Epstein meeting Alf Lennon in a hotel room, and ended with the announcement of The Beatles' split in 1970. In between was the panning of MMT, John and Yoko getting together, a couple of acid trips, heroin, returning the MBE, the recording and cover shoot for Two Virgins (and yes, you did get to see most of C Eccleston and Naoko Mori), and Primal Scream therapy.

Some of the dialogue was a bit laboured, with well-known quotes being shoehorned into people's lines. Also Christopher Eccleston portrayed ...

skye on Lennon Naked

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:39:53 +0100

So? Did anyone watch it?

HammerDealer on Lennon Naked

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:07:20 +0100

... Which ones the real naked couple?

MrBig on Lennon Naked

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:19:29 +0100

Am I the only one who completely misread the subject?

Joe on Lennon Naked

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:28:08 +0100

BBC page here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sv451

Joe on Lennon Naked

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:59:09 +0100

Right. I've finally got a TX date for this: Lennon Naked, BBC Four, 9.30pm, June 23. And here's some info I managed to get from a BBC source.

He is one of the iconic musicians of the 20th century, founder of the Beatles and an advocate of primal therapy. And his story is well known, so John Lennon is perhaps a surprising choice for a film made for BBC Four.

But instead of charting the controversial Liverpudlian's rise to fame or his tragic murder in 1980, Lennon Naked examines the star as a family man and his ...