Photo: Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as Brian Epstein | By Aidan Kelley, Collider | Midas Man attempts to tell the ambitious tale of one of the greatest rock bands ever to exist, The Beatles, which, surprisingly enough, is not as prolific a feat as you might think. As any Beatles fan knows, the music, rights, and image of the “Fab Four” are fiercely protected and preserved to this very day, with even the most powerful movie studios and production companies struggling to get even one of their songs included let alone half a dozen. Some movies like Across the Universe and Yesterday have managed to break through the mold largely thanks to their creative takes on the music rather than the people behind them. In regards to an official big-budget biopic, it’s failed to come to fruition for decades, but it may finally become a reality should Sam Mendes’ ambitious quadrilogy of Beatles films become a reality.
While there may be eager anticipation for Mendes’ expansive project, another one has flown a bit under the radar with Midas Man, which is now available on the platform Olyn. As the title implies, this is not a movie so much about John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, but rather the man who managed them — Brian Epstein. Based on the concept alone, it’s a refreshing change of pace from the usual installments in the ever-expanding world of music biopics, as the manager is almost always depicted as an antagonistic force in just about all of them. Despite this, Midas Man does occasionally fall into familiar biopic pitfalls, but it still manages to tell a decently admirable tale even without your favorite songs.
In Midas Man, Brian Epstein (Jacob Fortune-Lloyd) starts his life as a humble music shop manager who yearns for something more substantial to come into his life. That substantial something would end up being a then-unknown rock band called The Beatles, which consisted of John Lennon (Jonah Lees), Paul McCartney (Blake Richardson), George Harrison (Leo Harvey-Elledge), and Pete Best (Adam Lawrence). Ringo Starr (Campbell Wallace) wouldn’t join the band until a later date. Despite having zero experience in managing a music band, Epstein takes on the challenge of launching The Beatles into superstardom, all while keeping close-kept secrets away from the rest of the world.
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Photo: Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as Brian Epstein