2. Nowhere boy
A chronicle of John Lennon's first years, focused
mainly in his adolescence and his relationship
with his stern aunt Mimi, who raised him, and
his absentee mother Julia, who re-entered his
life at a crucial moment in his young life.

3. Facts about nowhere boy
• Directed by: Sam Taylor-Wood
• Producer: Robert Bernstein and Douglas Rae
• Screenplay: Matt Greenhalgh
• Based: Imagine This: Growing Uo with my brother john
lennon by Julia Baird
• Starring: Aaron Johnson, Thomas Sangster, Anne-Marie
Duff and Kirsten Scott Thomas
• Music by: Alison GoldFrapp and Will gregory
• Release Date: 26th December 2009
• Running time: 99mins
• Country : UK
• Budget: 1.2mil

4. Production
• The film was the directorial debut of conceptual artist/photographer Sam
Taylor-Wood. The screenplay was written by Matt Greenhalgh, who also
wrote the Joy Division film Control. It was shot on location in Liverpool,
and at Ealing Studios in West London. Some of the interior school scenes
were filmed at Sacred Heart Catholic College in Crosby. Following the
announcement of the film, initial media accounts indicated that it would
be based on the book Imagine This: Growing Up With My Brother John
Lennon by Lennon's half sister Julia Baird. However, the credits for the
completed film do not reference either the book or Baird, with sole
writing credit accorded to screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh. The director
consulted both McCartney and Yoko Ono about the script, with both firmly
correcting the depiction of Mimi to be less strict and more loving of John.