DID YOU KNOW?

Without glasses, John Lennon was legally blind.

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FILM 1407: DANNY COLLINS

TRIVIA: Inspired by the story of singer Steve Tilston, who learned of the existence of a letter that John Lennon had written to him 34 years after the letter was written.

The "Danny Collins" concert footage at the beginning of the film was shot at a Los Angeles concert by the band Chicago.

Dan Fogelman had Pacino in mind to play Danny Collins while writing the script. Pacino agreed, with only one request, that Bobby Cannavale play his son.

The key song in the film is written by Ryan Adams, and the version playing in the background actually features Adams singing.

The pictures on the wall of Collins' house (around 10 mins in), are all pics from previous Pacino roles; The Godfather, Serpico etc.

Michael Caine was originally cast but dropped out due to scheduling conflicted and replaced by Christopher Plummer

FILM 1321: NOWHERE BOY

TRIVIA: Although the film is about John Lennon, best known for being the founding member of The Beatles, the film doesn't mention the bands name throughout the whole film.

In the scene where John looks himself in the mirror after he asked Mimi for his birth certificate it can be seen an actual photo of John Lennon as a youngster right on the fireplace.

Director Sam Taylor-Johnson consulted her friend Sir Paul McCartney about the script. McCartney told that John Lennon didn't really ride on the top of the double-decker bus like he does in the script. He also revealed that the character of Lennon's aunt, Mimi Smith, wasn't as mean and vitriolic like she was written in the script. Furthermore, the song "In Spite of All the Danger" wasn't written as an ode to Lennon's mother as the script suggests. In the end they agreed that it's a film rather than documentary so Taylor-Johnson made inferences that weren't always there.

In this film David Threlfall plays Anne-Marie Duff's brother-in-law. In the series Shameless (2004) he played her father.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson first met Sam Taylor-Johnson, the director, while shooting. In spite of the 23 years age difference the two fell in love, married and became parents to two children.

Title of the film is a reference to a famous Beatles' song "Nowhere Man"