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form y separately published work icon Backbeat single work   film/TV  
Note: Co-written with British script-writer Stephen Ward and British director/script-writer Iain Softley.
Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Backbeat
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'Story of the fifth Beatle, Stuart Sutcliffe, and the two most important people in his life: John Lennon and Astrid Kirchherr. It is a passionate and tragic love story set during the Beatles' wild months in Hamburg.'

Source: BFI (http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/486566). (Sighted: 4/3/2014)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Awards

1995 shortlisted British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
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