Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
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Having written the music and screenplay for this film, Paul McCartney also plays himself in the leading role. When the sole copy of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk losing his recording company to the lowlife Mr. Rath (John Bennett). McCartney performs three new songs, along with a number of classic Beatles' tunes. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi
Oct 23, 1984 Wide
Feb 8, 2005
Cast
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Paul McCartney
Himself -
Bryan Brown
Steve -
Ringo Starr
Ringo -
Barbara Bach
Journalist -
Linda McCartney
Linda -
Tracey Ullman
Sandra -
Ralph Richardson
Jim -
Ian Hastings
Harry -
John Bennett
Mr. Rath -
Anthony Brown
Police Inspector -
Jeremy Child
Record Company Executiv... -
Christopher Ellison
Rath's Minder -
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Mark Kingston
Terry -
Robert Longden
Tape Operator -
Amanda Redman
Office Receptionist -
Gordon Rollings
Monster -
Gary Shail
Apache Dancer -
John Burgess
Chauffeur -
Philip Jackson
Alan -
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Richard Kane
Record Company Executiv... -
Ruby Buchanan
Bag Lady -
Frank Duncan
William -
Leonard Fenton
Company Accountant -
John Salthouse
Tome the Roadie -
Leslie Sarony
Gatekeeper -
Nicholas Askew
Teacup Child -
Anthony Bates
City Banker -
David Easter
Apache Dancer -
James Wynn
Assistant Director -
Trevor Jones
Roadie -
George Martin
Producer -
Donald Douglas
Police Detective -
John Murphy
Wino -
John Harding
Ernest
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All Critics (13) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (10) | DVD (5)
Token attempt at street cred: if Paul doesn't get the tapes back, he'll be taken over by a sunglasses-wearing business shark.
Give My Regards to Broad Street is about as close as you can get to a nonmovie, and the parts that do try something are the worst.
A lot of effort has gone into this film's production values, but continuity seems, at best, to have been a secondary concern.
You could call it a self-serving film, were McCartney's complacency not so all-embracing: self-flattery requires at least a hint of self-doubt, but there's no trace of anything remotely that unsettling on McCartney's placid, Buddha-like brow.
The acting here is weaker than the slender story, but intermingled with all the silliness are some fine performances of McCartney-Beatle standards as well as three new songs.
Great music can't compensate for underdone plot and self-indulgent staging,
It's nice to McCartney and Starr making music together again, but the film mostly flops.
Average story but great songs and set pieces.
A really bad movie that exists solely to showcase McCartney's new tunes.
Vanity project for McCartney. Director Webb has lots of style -- none of it his own.
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