Yesterday
World Premiere

Yesterday

Gala
| UK | 116 MINUTES | English
Yesterday, everyone knew The Beatles. Today, only Jack remembers their songs. He’s about to become a very big deal. From Academy Award®-winning director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) and Richard Curtis, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually and Notting Hill, comes a rock-n-roll comedy about music, dreams, friendship, and the long and winding road that leads to the love of your life.

Jack Malik (Himesh Patel, BBC’s Eastenders) is a struggling singer-songwriter in a tiny English seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and support of his childhood best friend, Ellie (Lily James, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again). Then, after a freak bus accident during a mysterious global blackout, Jack wakes up to discover that The Beatles have never existed … and he finds himself with a very complicated problem, indeed.

Performing songs by the greatest band in history to a world that has never heard them, and with a little help from his steel-hearted American agent, Debra (Emmy winner Kate McKinnon), Jack’s fame explodes. But as his star rises, he risks losing Ellie — the one person who always believed in him. With the door between his old life and his new closing, Jack will need to get back to where he once belonged and prove that all you need is love

Cast & Credits
Directed by
Danny Boyle
Director
Danny Boyle
Producer
Time Bevan, Eric Fellner, Bernie Bellew, Matthew James Wilkinson, Richard Curtis, Danny Boyle
Screenwriter
Richard Curtis
Cinematographer
Christopher Ross
Editor
Jon Harris
Story
Jack Barth, Richard Curtis
Cast
Himesh Patel, Lily James, Kate McKinnon, Ed Sheeran

Contacts
Print Source
Rita Silverman
NBCUniversal
rita.silverman@nbcuni.com
Press Contact
Peter Dangerfield
NBC Universal
Peter.Dangerfield@nbcuni.com

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