Director
Danny Boyle
Starring
Himesh Patel, Lily James, Ed Sheeran, Kate McKinnon
Run Time
116 mins
Release Year
2019
Country of Origin
UK
Language
English
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Matthew James Wilkinson, Bernie Bellew, Richard Curtis, Danny Boyle
Screenplay by: Richard Curtis
Yesterday
This delightful musical comedy, directed by Danny Boyle from a script by Richard Curtis, is fresh and funny with a wonderful cast and – most importantly – plenty of wonderful music. Himesh Patel stars as struggling singer-songwriter Jack Malik, who has an accident during a mysterious global blackout and wakes to a world where the Beatles never existed. With help from his tough-as-nails US agent, Mandi (Kate McKinnon), he becomes a star, but risks losing his childhood best friend, Ellie (Lily James). Will he let it be, or go back to where he once belonged? [12A]
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