In this scruffily low-budget, often scathingly witty comedy, the pair basically play themselves, i . e ., a couple of 30ish New York know-nothings who suddenly decide to make a major motion picture without funding, stars, experience, a camera or even the slightest idea of what they want it to be about.
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When Epstein first saw the Beatles perform he noticed their stage attire first, saying, " They were rather scruffily dressed, in the nicest possible way, or I should say in the most attractive way : black leather jackets, jeans, long hair of course . " McCartney said that when Epstein started to manage the Beatles they knew that he was homosexual but did not care, because he encouraged them professionally and offered them access to previously " off-limits " social circles.
