They were extremely well-rehearsed by the time that show hit, but the movie shows them having to make peace with each other and get back into playing shape. The last show of the tour was just eight weeks before Live Aid. It never mentions that they released The Works in early 1984 and then toured it all over the world. In the movie, the group isn’t even on speaking terms when they get the offer to play Live Aid in 1985, and they hadn’t done a gig in years. The movie makes it seem like they didn’t speak to Freddie for years, but they actually began work on The Works in late 1983 and were never estranged. The truth is that everyone in the band was burned out in 1983 after being on the road for a solid decade. The others are absolutely livid and they all go their separate ways. There’s a dramatic scene where Freddie reveals that he’s signed a solo deal behind their back for $4 million and that he wants to take a long break from the band. The movie veers the furthest from reality in the build-up to their 1985 performance at Live Aid. In real life, Hutton was a hairdresser who worked at the Savoy Hotel. Hutton rejects him, but they talk long into the night and years later Mercury looks him up in the phone book and they begin dating. In the movie, a drunk and dejected Freddie makes a sloppy pass at a server named Jim Hutton after a particularly debauched party. Martin Scorsese’s Stunning Tribute to His Late Friend Robbie Robertsonįreddie’s boyfriend Jim Hutton didn’t begin as his servant.
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