MANAGING THE BEATLES WAS THE EASY PART
When Brian Epstein (JACOB FORTUNE-LLOYD) 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.
MIDAS MAN is the emotional, heartfelt and often funny story of how Epstein polished four scruffy lads who were going nowhere and in a matter of months turned them into a global phenomenon; of his unwavering belief in his artists and his tenacity in the face of getting turned down by every big record label; and of the style, guile and charm that allowed him to ‘break’ America and fundamentally change popular culture forever.
From director Joe Stephenson, and also starring Emily Watson, Eddie Izzard, Ed Speleers, Eddie Marsan and Jay Leno as Ed Sullivan, MIDAS MAN is the origin story that audiences have been waiting for since the 1960s.
For a chance to win a double pass to MIDAS MAN, simply email
competitions@filmink.com.au with your favourite Beatles moment is and why you love it. Most creative entries win.
Australian Competitions Club
