John lennon movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. John lennon, written and directed david leaf and john scheinfeld, is remarkable mainly for being so tepid, given its charismatic protagonist and its setting during one of the most turbulent periods in modern american history. A documentary on the life of john lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when. Though it glosses over anything negative about lennon, this documentary offers a lot of fascinating archival footage, plus its political issues still. It also will run on vh1, which helped with financing, as part of its rock documentary series. Fandango fanalert sign up for a fanalert and be the first to know when tickets and other exclusives.
The story traces john lennon s life from the period 1966 to 1976, where lennon transforms into an antiwar activist, one in constant conflict with the u. With john lennon, yoko ono, stew albert, tariq ali. The compelling and provocative documentary of john lennon s evolution from beloved beatle to outspoken artist and activist. John lennon is a soundtrack album of popular music compiled for the 1988 documentary film imagine. The compelling and provocative documentary of john lennons evolution from beloved beatle to outspoken artist and activist. John lennon 2006 pg documentary, biography, music, romance.
Bridging his two musical phases together, as a member of the beatles and a solo artist similar to george harrison s earlier the best of. Filmmaker david leaf believes most people under the age of 40 know only that john lennon was one of the beatles, that he wrote imagine. The film starts slowly, with a familiar look at the former beatles troubled. John lennon is a 2006 documentary film about english musician john lennon s transformation from a member of the beatles to a rallying antiwar activist striving for world peace during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Even at 99 minutes, it feels padded, repetitious and unfocused, with too much time spent establishing.
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