Yesterday Movie: Danny Boyle & Richard Curtis on The Beatles and Editing
WithYesterdaynow playing in theaters, I recently got to talk with directorDanny Boyleand screenwriterRichard Curtisabout the film in Liverpool (the real home town of The Beatles). As you’veseen in the trailers, the film follows Jack Malik (Himesh Patel), a struggling singer-songwriter who, after a bus accident during a global blackout, awakens in a world where he’s the only person who remembers the songs of The Beatles. By performing some of the greatest music ever written, Jack is capitulated to fame, but at the risk of losing his Ellie (Lily James), his closest friend....