Based on the memoir Imagine This: Growing Up With My Brother John Lennon by Julia Baird, Lennon's half-sister, the film was directed by Sam Taylor-Wood, scripted by Matt Greenhalgh (Control) and was filmed in Liverpool.

Nowhere Boy, which stars Aaron Johnson as Lennon, details the Beatle's early life when he was raised by his Aunt Mimi, portrayed by Kristen Scott Thomas. Anne-Marie Duff plays Lennon's mother Julia, who gave him to Mimi when he was four years old. - more including the trailer here

Preview and Purchase John Lennon CDs