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* CreatorKiller: This was Peter Webb's first and final attempt at moviemaking after directing television beforehand. After it flopped badly, his sole production credit since was as part of the engineering department on an episode of ''Series/TheTwoRonnies''.



* StarDerailingRole: Music/PaulMcCartney wouldn't act in a film again until 2017's ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'', though he did make several concert films.
* ThrowItIn: Perhaps half of Music/RingoStarr's lines, and possibly some of Music/PaulMcCartney's responses.

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* StarDerailingRole: Music/PaulMcCartney wouldn't act in a film again until 2017's ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'', though he did make several concert films.
* ThrowItIn: Perhaps half of Music/RingoStarr's Ringo Starr's lines, and possibly some of Music/PaulMcCartney's Paul [=McCartney=]'s responses.
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* BreakawayPopHit: Casual fans are, or were in the 1980's at least, far more likely to know and care about "No More Lonely Nights" (with its great guitar solo provided by [[Music/PinkFloyd David Gilmour]]) than about the film it's a theme for.

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* BreakawayPopHit: Casual fans are, or were in the 1980's at least, far more likely to know and care about "No More Lonely Nights" (with its great guitar solo provided by [[Music/PinkFloyd David Gilmour]]) than about was a huge hit, to the film it's point that many listeners probably weren't even aware that it was from a theme for.movie, let alone one starring Paul.


* WagTheDirector: Okay, we don't ''know'' this happened. But we suspect Paul may have done this.
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"No More Lonely Nights" and this movie are from the 80's and not the 90's


* BreakawayPopHit: Casual fans are, or were in the 1990s at least, far more likely to know and care about "No More Lonely Nights" (with its great guitar solo provided by [[Music/PinkFloyd David Gilmour]]) than about the film it's a theme for.

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* BreakawayPopHit: Casual fans are, or were in the 1990s 1980's at least, far more likely to know and care about "No More Lonely Nights" (with its great guitar solo provided by [[Music/PinkFloyd David Gilmour]]) than about the film it's a theme for.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $9 million. Box office, $1.4 million.
* BreakawayPopHit: Casual fans are, or were in the 1990s at least, far more likely to know and care about "No More Lonely Nights" (with its great guitar solo provided by [[Music/PinkFloyd David Gilmour]]) than about the film it's a theme for.
* TheDanza: Most of this movie's lead cast have character names the same as their real first names. This included Music/PaulMcCartney, Music/RingoStarr, and Linda [=McCartney=] as Paul, Ringo, and Linda respectively.
* DoingItForTheArt: The film was financed entirely by Music/PaulMcCartney, prompting one critic to say that "At least he wasted his own money on it and not the bank's."
* EnforcedMethodActing: Any time you ''[[RuleOfPerception see]]'' music being played, that music was being played ''as it was filmed.''
* RealLifeRelative:
** Linda [=McCartney=] is seen in this movie playing the keyboards, and as a photographer, two of her favorite pastimes, as well as riding a horse briefly.
** Creator/BarbaraBach appears alongside Ringo.
* StarDerailingRole: Music/PaulMcCartney wouldn't act in a film again until 2017's ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'', though he did make several concert films.
* ThrowItIn: Perhaps half of Music/RingoStarr's lines, and possibly some of Music/PaulMcCartney's responses.
* WagTheDirector: Okay, we don't ''know'' this happened. But we suspect Paul may have done this.
* WrittenByCastmember: Paul wrote the screenplay.
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