A Magical Mystery Time

A Magical Mystery Time

Screenplay written by Brooke Halpin and Frank Thurmond
Based on the book by Brooke Halpin

Synopsis

Tommy, an imaginative teenager in early 1960's New England, becomes so infatuated with the Beatles that he believes he is a Beatle. His speech, his clothes and his music look and sound like the Beatles. He dreams and receives “messages” from John Lennon and Paul McCartney that guide and shape his life. The Beatles change his name to "Trevor" and tell him he's one of them.

A victim of a dysfunctional family, he tries to avoid his raging father and builds a series of rock bands that bring local success, visions of fame, and more girls than he can handle. Even the girls believe he is a Beatle! When Jenny comes into his life, Trevor has to face a new problem: how to truly love her— something he has not learned at home. Trevor and Jenny endure a rocky engagement and eventually marry, despite dire warnings from her mother. As his band gains a following and a promise of a New York recording deal, things begin to unravel. Jenny tires of Trevor’s fixation on the Beatles. Unscrupulous people steal Trevor’s music. Temptation leads him astray, and Jenny kicks him out and divorces him.

His real watershed moment arrives when he meets John Lennon—and is shocked to find out that John doesn’t know him. This event turns out to be the jolt Trevor needs most and sends him down to earth. He finally realizes that he has to become his own person.