Editing Brian Epstein (section)

==Legacy==
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[[File:Brian Epstein.jpg|upright|thumb|The statue of Brian Epstein in Whitechapel, Liverpool]]

Epstein was upset that he was not honoured along with Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr when they received the [[Member of the Order of the British Empire|MBE]] in 1965, though Harrison once said that the MBE stood for "Mister Brian Epstein";<ref name="MBEChronicle">{{cite web |url=http://www.brianepstein.com/news.html |title=MBE Chronicle |publisher=Springtime! |date=1 September 1999 |access-date=27 May 2011}}</ref><ref>Ellis, Geoffrey, I Should Have Known Better; A Life in Pop Management, p.&nbsp;55–56</ref> The Beatles were among the earliest entrants into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], but Epstein was not included in the Hall's "Non-Performers' Section" until 2014, and not without controversy as he was inducted alongside Rolling Stones manager [[Andrew Loog Oldham]] who refused to attend, in part in protest at what he perceived as the indignity of a joint induction.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-rock-hall-boycott-rolling-stones-manager-andrew-loog-oldham-20140407-story.html|title=Rolling Stones' ex-manager explains Rock Hall induction boycott|date=7 April 2014|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Randy|last=Lewis|access-date=12 March 2020}}</ref> [[Martin Lewis (humorist)|Martin Lewis]], previously Taylor's assistant, created the official Brian Epstein website, which included a petition that Epstein be inducted into the Hall of Fame.<ref name="EpsteinCom" /> Lewis also organised the 1998 re-publication, in the United States, of Epstein's 1964 autobiography ''[[A Cellarful of Noise]]''.<ref name="EpsteinCom" />

McCartney summarised the importance of Epstein when he was interviewed in 1997 for a BBC documentary about Epstein, saying: "If anyone was the [[Fifth Beatle]], it was Brian."{{sfn|Geller|1999|p=49}}<ref name="Fifth Beatle">{{cite web |url=http://www.brianepstein.com/cellarful.html |title=McCartney's comments about the fifth Beatle |publisher=brianepstein.com |access-date=27 May 2011}}</ref> In his 1970 ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' interview, Lennon commented that Epstein's death marked the beginning of the end for the group: "I knew that we were in trouble then&nbsp;... I thought, 'We've fucking had it now.{{'"}}<ref>"The Beatles Anthology" DVD 2003 (Episode 7 – 0:20:35) Lennon talking about the death of Epstein and its effect on the Beatles.</ref>{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=406}} In 2006, [[Cynthia Lennon]] said: "I think Brian's one of the forgotten people. It's almost as if he's been written out of the [Beatles] story. I don't think they'd have got anywhere without Brian."<ref name="NowhereMan" /> The first contract between the Beatles and Epstein was auctioned in London in 2008, fetching £240,000.<ref name="The Beatlesfirstcontract">{{cite web |first=Alan |last=Weston |url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/09/05/the-beatles-first-contract-sells-for-240-000-64375-21679293/ |title=The Beatles' first contract sells for £240,000 |date=5 September 2008 |access-date=27 May 2011}}</ref>

Epstein's influence on the Beatles and his complicated personal life continue to provoke controversy. In 2013, author [[Vivek Tiwary]] released the graphic novel [[The Fifth Beatle (graphic novel)|''The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story'']]. A film of the same name was scheduled for release in 2014, originally to be produced by [[Bruce Cohen]] and directed by [[Peyton Reed]]. Tiwary said about that project that the film would "be less a music bio and more of an inspirational human-interest story about an outsider".<ref>{{cite news |title=IAR Exclusive Interview: Producer Vivek Tiwary talks 'The Fifth Beatle' |url=http://www.iamrogue.com/news/interviews/item/4175-iar-exclusive-interview-producer-vivek-tiwary-talks-the-fifth-beatle.html |quote=Broadway theater producer Vivek Tiwary stated that his project: 'will be less a music bio and more of an inspirational human-interest story about an outsider.' |work=[[I Am Rogue]] |date=8 July 2011 |access-date=22 January 2013 |archive-date=1 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601080729/http://www.iamrogue.com/news/interviews/item/4175-iar-exclusive-interview-producer-vivek-tiwary-talks-the-fifth-beatle.html }}</ref> Tiwary and named co-producers [[Stuart Ford (film producer)|Stuart Ford]] and [[Simon Cowell]] originally set the film for release in 2016, but in March 2016 it was announced that the project would be a television series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/the-fifth-beatle-the-brian-epstein-story-the-beatles-novel-series-sonar-entertainment-1201715561/|title='The Fifth Beatle' Graphic Novel To Be Developed as Event TV Series By Sonar|last=Petski|first=Denise|website=Deadline|date=7 March 2016|language=en-US|access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref>

Another biopic about Epstein, ''[[Midas Man]]'', premiered at the 32nd [[Toronto Jewish Film Festival]] on 30 May 2024.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2023/06/beatles-movie-midas-man-third-director-finish-production-jacob-fortune-lloyd-1235412691/ We Can Work It Out: Beatles Manager Movie ‘Midas Man’ Gets Third Director To Finish Up Turbulent Production]</ref><ref name="TJFF2024">{{Cite web |title=Toronto Jewish Film Festival - Midas Man, Opening Night Film, Canadian Premier |url=https://tjff.com/films/midas-man/ |website=Toronto Jewish Film Foundation |language=en-US |accessdate=1 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524073351/https://tjff.com/films/midas-man/ |archive-date=24 May 2024}}</ref>

As well as [[Jacob Fortune-Lloyd]] in ''[[Midas Man]]'', Brian Epstein has been portrayed by other actors such as [[Ed Stoppard]] in ''[[Cilla (2014 TV series)|Cilla]]'', and Andrew Games in The Moondogs from 2022 to 2024.

Epstein was once asked about the future of the Beatles and their "fresh honesty" (as he put it), which the interviewer thought could be "corrupted by time". He replied by saying, "I think they will go in the reverse direction, and become more honest."<ref name="FranklyBrian0820">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/mersey/5184.shtml |title=Frankly Speaking: Brian Epstein (time: 08.20) |publisher=BBC |date=23 March 1964 |access-date=2 July 2011}}</ref>

On 27 August 2022, the 55th anniversary of his death, a bronze statue of Brian Epstein was unveiled near the former site of his family's NEMS record shop in Liverpool.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/nostalgia/lost-world-liverpools-record-shops-16313778|title=The lost world of Liverpool's record shops: how a huge part of our city's musical history faded from view|first=Alan|last=Weston|date= 25 May 2019|website=Liverpool Echo}}</ref> One of the statue's sculptors, Jane Robbins, is a cousin of McCartney.<ref>{{cite news |title=Brian Epstein: Statue of Beatles manager unveiled in Liverpool |work=BBC News |date=28 August 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-62685817 |access-date=28 August 2022}}</ref>