An
early project today; we’re going back in time to when PC played one of the Fab
Four in what I think is pretty middling made-for-TV film. Despite some good performances (and of course
some good music,) it’s too long and too much of a by-the-numbers biopic.
The
film begins shortly before John Lennon meets Yoko Ono and depicts the ups and
downs of their relationship until John’s assassination. There’s art and music, there’s religion and
politics, and there are drug-hazed love nests and family outings. Events just sort of meander by, with the
songs and the hair letting you know where we are in history.
PC
plays George Harrison, who obviously doesn’t need an introduction. George seems concerned chiefly with the
music, and more importantly, with the quartet’s camaraderie that comes from their music. He’s the first to side-eye Yoko and the first
to complain when the group starts drifting from their center.
It’s a
role that’s nice to have on you résumé, but there’s not a huge amount for PC to
do. All non-John Beatles are essentially
window-dressing for the first part of the film and pretty much disappear for
the latter part. PC’s main jobs are as
follows: pretend to sing/play guitar,
wear all sorts of fake wigs and mustaches, and look dissatisfied. Not really a tall order.
John
Lennon, I should tell you, is played by Mark McGann. I don’t think I’ve seen him in anything else,
but he looks so much like his older brother, Paul McGann, that I had to run to
IMDb and make sure I wasn’t watching the Eighth Doctor.
Accent Watch
What
could generously be called a Scouse accent.
I can tell he’s shooting for that Scouse cadence, but it’s pretty rough.
Recommend?
In
General
– Nah. Overly long and not terribly
exciting.
PC-wise – Not necessarily. Even though he has an okay amount of screentime,
PC just doesn’t get to do much.
Warnings
References
to sex and drugs, brief violence.
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