Sunday, October 8, 2006
THE U.S. VERSUS JOHN LENNON
Documentary
FEATURING
Beatle John Lennon
His wife Yoko Ono
Journalist Carl Bernstein
Noam Chomsky, political activist
Walter Cronkite, retired CBS television news anchor
Black Panthers Bobby Seale and Angela Davis
U.S. Senator George McGovern, outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War
Tom Smothers, half of the musical comedy televison showThe Smothers Brothers
President Richard Nixon
Social activitsts Jerry Rubin and Abie Hoffman
Gore Vidal, famous American writer
Mario Cuomo, former Mayor of NYC
G. Gordon Liddy, Chairman of the Committee to Re-Elect the President
H.R. Haldeman, White House Chief of Staff under Nixon
Geraldo Rivera, a Fox News correspondent
REVIEW
Although the soundtrack includes some of Lennon’s songs this movie is not about his song-writing career. Instead it’s about his post-Beatles involvement in the peace movement back in the ‘70’s. Not surprising, this caused him some difficulties with the authorities with many people displeased by his unconventional methods.
To many the movie will be an overview of those times. To some it will be an insight to what really happened.
CLASSIFICATION
for some strong language, violent images and drug references.
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