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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Beatles fans blast outrageous fiction Nowhere Boy
A film detailing the early life of John Lennon has been condemned as "outrageous fiction" by Beatles experts. Nowhere Boy, directed by artist Sam Taylor-Wood, and premiered at the London Film Festival, depicts Lennon's famous Auntie Mimi as a domineering harridan. The screenplay by Matt Greenhalgh - who wrote the script for the 2007 Joy Division film 'Control' - is accused of distorting Lennon's childhood and adolescence. [read more]
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