Yesterday | Ed Sheeran's Songwriting Competition in 4K HDR

Can Ed Sheeran write a better song than The Beatles' "The Long and Winding Road"? After just hearing "Back in the U.S.S.R." for the first time? He certainly thinks so in this 4K HDR clip from Yesterday!

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Jack Malik was just another struggling songwriter...but that was yesterday. After a mysterious blackout, Jack (Himesh Patel) discovers he is the only person on earth who remembers The Beatles! As he rockets to fame by passing off the Fab Four's songs as his own, Jack risks losing Ellie (Lily James) – the one person who has loved him and believed in him from the start. Before the door to his old life closes forever, Jack must decide if all he needs is love, after all. Kate McKinnon and Ed Sheeran also star in this romantic rock 'n' roll comedy from Academy Award®-winning director Danny Boyle and Academy Award®-nominated screenwriter Richard Curtis.

© 2019 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Cast: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Ed Sheeran, Kate McKinnon
Produced By: Danny Boyle, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Matthew James Wilkinson, Bernard Bellew, Richard Curtis
Directed By: Danny Boyle

[Aaron-ejql]

Daniel Day Lewis killed it as Ed Sheeran. He is truly the greatest actor of our time.

[TonyLovell]

I don't know Sheeran's music, but his willingness to appear in this film as the person who is able to sustain the humiliation of someone flying in unbelievable work, and admitting it, shows that he is a huge fan of the Beatles and not too stuck on himself. It is a highly commendable signal.

[MadameTamma]

"Hm, I could maybe pull out out 'Yellow Submarine' or 'Octopus's garden'
"Soon to be defeated Jack Malik!"
"Long and Winding Road it is"

[l_a_d]

You know, I genuinely felt bad for Ed during this scene, there was a lot of honest feeling in his voice. . . But then he suggested Hey Dude and my pity left me

[MalcolmStenersen]

I like how Jack finishes singing and there is dead silence because everyone realises they've just heard one of the greatest songs ever written, and it was written (as far as they know) effectively before their eyes.

[GabrieleSantoro]

The most touching thing about this scene is Jack's look at the end, the guilt he feels towards Ed.

[SouLuva]

The actor who plays Ed Sheeran really looks like Ed Sheeran. Great casting!!!

[milogarcia]

Gotta love how Ed’s attitude is so humble… man no one can compare himself to The Beatles, plain and simple

[jurassicblaster]

I like Ed Sheeran, but the long and winding road is a masterpiece, he straight up ended Ed right there

[Frankiechannel]

Man. Ed Sheeran did a GREAT acting job here. You felt his pain but also his humility.

[johnjim]

I like how Ed Sheeran delivers this mixture of hurt artist's vanity and spot-on instinct that something isn't right here. Genius is supposed to show in a person, right, so how can it be that this Jack guy who seems so slow and uninpired when you talk to him just gives out epic songs as if he were handing out pizza leaflets at a street corner? Great scene.

[BoutThatMarathonLife]

Ed Sheeran once entered an Ed Sheeran Look-Alike Contest in Monte Carlo and he came in third. The winner got this role.

[thGenNativeTexan]

A bit understated in these clips, but I love how powerful the Russian guy's emotions were, just his facial expression, realizing that no, he's not crazy... that the Beatles must have actually existed.

[phantelm]

I love Ed's humbleness, I think he himself wouldn't compare his own writing ability to Paul's even though he's a genius himself

[penguinking]

It is taken for granted how great these versions are. The composition and the singing wasn't something just thrown together. It isn't a simple knock off. These are beautifully crafted versions. Himesh Patel is fantastic. I love these more simplistic versions. Patel has the voice to pull them off without the full orchestras and back up singers. He makes it believable that the songs are great enough to transcend time and trends. The original storyline was that Jack still doesn't achieve success even with these songs. That was realistic; but I love this fantasy.

[kalyana]

There is absolutely no shame in comparing yourself to the best of Beatles and losing.
But it was really cool that Ed agreed to playing this role.

[steelcity_fan]

Ed taking this role brought me great respect for him. He’s not comparing himself to the Beatles, because, well, no one can.

[buscem]

I love the salieri and Mozart comparison. Having watch Amadeus movie over and over brings back quite a memory

[leeh]

There's so much going on in these six-or-so minutes that is really subtle (in addition to the straighter lines of the scene). Extremely well-written. Yesterday was almost instantly on my list of favorite movies.

[replayarchive]

theres such a tragic tone to this scene. i havent seen the movie, but just the image of ed sheeran, a phenomenal songwriter in his own right, seeing this kid with what he believes is an incredible talent for the very same thing, and feeling threatened. to the point that he challenges him, almost to prove to himself that he has nothing to worry about. he goes out and performs his song with great songwriting, but then just gets absolutely demolished by jack. playing a song he didnt even write. and feeling so completely defeated and doubting himself because of it. its just so sad to me, and incredibly well acted by ed sheeran.