The Beatles Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatle

The Beatles - Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatle
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item number:  F529
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  • Includes gallery of Stuart Sutcliff's artwork
  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: July 25, 2006
  • Originally Released: 2006
  • Label: Kultur Video

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3 stars out of 4 -- This beautifully crafted doc tells the story of John Lennon's best friend and original Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe...
Rolling Stone
Aug 24, 2006

Description by OLDIES.com:

At art college in Liverpool in 1959, Stuart Sutcliffe met John Lennon and they soon became close -with Lennon persuading Sutcliffe to use the proceeds of a painting he had sold to buy a bass guitar and join his band, along with Paul McCartney and George Harrison. Before long, with drummer Pete Best in the line-up, they won a contract in Hamburg playing sleazy clubs in the seedy Reeperbahn area of the city, amidst the casual sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll of the era. The newly-christened Beatles were on their way.

With the band on the brink of success, Sutcliffe left the group to concentrate on his first love, art, and his new love, German photographer Astrid Kirchherr. But Stuart's health soon began to decline. On the 10th of April 1962, Stuart suffered a seizure and slipped into a coma. As Astrid cradled his head in her hands, Stuart died of a cerebral hemorrhage, cutting short the life of the promising young artist.

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.

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Former Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe was the subject of the motion picture BACKBEAT, and he comes under further scrutiny in this documentary. The ill-fated musician is discussed by many people who were close to him, including his infamous lover, Astrid Kirchherr.

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  • UPC: 032031800397
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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