The Hours and Times (1991)

Interesting facts

The Hours and Times is a 1992 drama film written and directed by Christopher Münch. Starring David Angus and Ian Hart, it is a fictionalized account of what might have happened during a real holiday taken by John Lennon and the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein in 1963.

Background and production

Director Christopher Münch originally saw the project as a "DIY exercise", not expecting the film to secure any distribution. Münch wrote, produced and directed the film, giving him "full control over every aspect of the movie", and said he initially made it for himself. He wrote the script over a few weeks in early 1988 and traveled to England to cast it that spring. The film was made on a shoestring budget of $100,000.

The filming took about four days in Barcelona, with the hotel scenes shot at Avenida Palace Hotel, and a couple of days in London. Münch returned to California where he spent the next two years editing it. The movie's title was inspired by English playwright and poet William Shakespeare's Sonnet 57.

When asked why "this particular project sprung to mind as a film to make", Münch replied:The script came on pretty fast, arising out of a concern for John Lennon and Brian Epstein's interaction, their emotional situation. Their friendship seemed to embody what I wanted to portray, rather than my being a huge Beatles fan or something. At first I considered making it just about two guys rather than the stars.

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