Nowhere boy

A chronicle of John Lennon's first years, focused mainly in his adolescence and his relationship with his stern aunt Mimi, who raised him, and his absentee mother Julia, who re-entered his life at a crucial moment in his young life.

Facts about nowhere boy• Directed by: Sam Taylor-Wood• Producer: Robert Bernstein and Douglas Rae• Screenplay: Matt Greenhalgh• Based: Imagine This: Growing Uo with my brother john lennon by

Julia Baird• Starring: Aaron Johnson, Thomas Sangster, Anne-Marie Duff and

Kirsten Scott Thomas• Music by: Alison GoldFrapp and Will gregory• Release Date: 26th December 2009• Running time: 99mins• Country : UK• Budget: 1.2mil

Production• The film was the directorial debut of conceptual artist/photographer Sam

Taylor-Wood. The screenplay was written by Matt Greenhalgh, who also wrote the Joy Division film Control. It was shot on location in Liverpool, and at Ealing Studios in West London. Some of the interior school scenes were filmed at Sacred Heart Catholic College in Crosby. Following the announcement of the film, initial media accounts indicated that it would be based on the book Imagine This: Growing Up With My Brother John Lennon by Lennon's half sister Julia Baird. However, the credits for the completed film do not reference either the book or Baird, with sole writing credit accorded to screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh. The director consulted both McCartney and Yoko Ono about the script, with both firmly correcting the depiction of Mimi to be less strict and more loving of John.