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Midas Man (La historia de Brian Epstein)

2024 · 112 min

A bittersweet, music-filled journey that balances the thrill of fame with a quiet, aching loneliness.

Directed by
Joe Stephenson
Genres
Music, Drama, History
Starring
Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Eddie Marsan, Emily Watson
Tagline
Managing The Fab Four was the easy part
Overview
When Brian Epstein set foot in the Cavern Club in November 1961 to watch The Beatles perform, he saw something no one else could – a glimmer of gold. Sharply dressed and well-spoken, Brian was hardly the most obvious radical – but being Jewish, closeted and having grown up as an outsider who had failed at pretty much everything, he was a 26-year old with something to prove and who wanted to tear up the rulebook.

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Directed by
Joe Stephenson
Genres
Music, Drama, History
Starring
Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Eddie Marsan, Emily Watson
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • ambition
  • love
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
music, drama, history
Directed by
Joe Stephenson
Written by
Jonathan Wakeham
Starring
Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Eddie Marsan, Emily Watson, Blake Richardson, Jonah Lees, Leo Harvey-Elledge, Campbell Wallace, Jay Leno
Music
Alex Baranowski
Cinematography
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Runtime
112 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
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