New Film to Chart the Life of Gerry and the Pacemakers Manager
August 28th, 2009
A film based on the life of Beatles manager Brian Epstein is reportedly set to be made.
According to Variety magazine, A Life in the Day, written by Tony Gottelson, will be produced by US filmmaker David Permut, who also revealed the film, would centre on the early days of the Beatles.
Epstein, who sold records at his father’s shop, Nems, in Liverpool, became the band’s manager after hearing them play at the city’s Cavern Club.
“Everybody turned down the band, even though Brian promised they would become bigger than Elvis, and he finally got George Martin at EMI to change his mind and give them an audition,” said a BBC report.
Epstein also managed other Liverpool stars in the 1960s including Cilla Black and Gerry and the Pacemakers.
Brian Epstein died in 1967, aged 32, from a sleeping pill overdose.
Liverpool singer Gerry Marsden has launched a film documenting the rise of his band The Pacemakers. Gerry and The Pacemakers greatest hits is available now.
The DVD It’s Gonna Be All Right 1963-1965 follows the band’s explosion on to the world stage with much-loved hits like How Do You Do It? and Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying.
Gerry premiered the film at The Hard Day’s Night Hotel, on North John Street, last night.
He reminisced about the early years of the British Invasion he helped spearhead along with the Beatles.
The film features original performance footage and new interviews.
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