Yesterday

Year

2019

Duration

116 minutes

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Musicals

Language

English

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Jack is a struggling musician whose dreams of pop stardom are slowing disappearing despite the support coming from his childhood best friend and manager, Ellie. After riding his bike home from a gig one night, a power outage occurs across the world and he is struck by a car. Upon waking up in hospital, he soon discovers that the world has forgotten one of the most famous and influential bands of all-time, The Beatles, and he sets about recreating their songs, soon becoming a music sensation across the world. However, he soon realises that fame and fortune might mean losing Ellie, the one person who always believed in his talent. Yesterday is a hugely entertaining fantasy about the joy that music brings to people, respecting intellectual property and the cost of super-stardom.

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Danny Boyle

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infrequent strong language, drug references, moderate sex references

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Music

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Language & Creativity (Secondary)

Activities to support engagement, debate and reflection for secondary titles in the Language & Creativity strand of the Into Film Festival.

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Yesterday: Film Guide

A film guide that looks at Yesterday (2019), exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion.

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Duration

Genres

Language

Synopsis

Director/s

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Also available with this film on Into Film+

3 RESOURCES

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Classification

Engaging for ages

This film is part of the following theme

Also available with this film on Into Film+

3 RESOURCES

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Language & Creativity (Secondary)

Yesterday: Film Guide

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Almost Famous(2000)

A Hard Day's Night(1964)

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