Nowhere Boy [2009 film] (2009)

by Sam Taylor-Wood (Director), Matt Greenhalgh (Screenwriter)

Other authors: Julia Baird (Original book), Sam Bell (Actor), James Jack Bentham (Actor), Robert Bernstein (Producer), Christian Bird (Actor) — 20 more, Josh Bolt (Actor), Andrew Buchan (Actor), Anne-Marie Duff (Actor), Goldfrapp (Composer), Lisa Gunning (Editor), James Michael Johnson (Actor), Angelica Jopling (Actor), Jessie Phoenix Jopling (Actor), Ophelia Lovibond (Actor), Jack McElhone (Actor), Seamus McGarvey (Cinematographer), David Morrissey (Actor), Douglas Rae (Producer), Paul Ritter (Actor), Thomas Sangster (Actor), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Actor), Kristin Scott Thomas (Actor), David Threlfall (Actor), Colin Tierney (Actor), Sam Wilmott (Actor)

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Set in Liverpool in 1955, the adolescent years of John Lennon are chronicled. Raised by his Aunt Mimi, his world is turned inside-out when his free spirited mother re-enters his life, opening up old wounds that release pain, anger, frustration, and his artistry.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Taylor-Wood, Sam	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Greenhalgh, Matt	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Baird, Julia	Original book	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bell, Sam	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bentham, James Jack	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bernstein, Robert	Producer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bird, Christian	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bolt, Josh	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Buchan, Andrew	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Duff, Anne-Marie	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Goldfrapp	Composer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gunning, Lisa	Editor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Johnson, James Michael	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jopling, Angelica	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jopling, Jessie Phoenix	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lovibond, Ophelia	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McElhone, Jack	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McGarvey, Seamus	Cinematographer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Morrissey, David	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rae, Douglas	Producer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ritter, Paul	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sangster, Thomas	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Taylor-Johnson, Aaron	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Thomas, Kristin Scott	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Threlfall, David	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Tierney, Colin	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wilmott, Sam	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Imagine This: Growing Up with My Brother John Lennon by Julia Baird

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Set in Liverpool in 1955, the adolescent years of John Lennon are chronicled. Raised by his Aunt Mimi, his world is turned inside-out when his free spirited mother re-enters his life, opening up old wounds that release pain, anger, frustration, and his artistry.

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