A look at the period of time musician John Lennon and his family spent living in New York City during the 1970s.A look at the period of time musician John Lennon and his family spent living in New York City during the 1970s.A look at the period of time musician John Lennon and his family spent living in New York City during the 1970s.
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John Lennon
- Self
- (archive footage)
Jerry Rubin
- Self
- (archive footage)
Abbie Hoffman
- Self
- (archive footage)
Rennie Davis
- Self - Activist
- (archive footage)
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Did you know
- GoofsWhen critic Robert Hilburn describes how he saw John a few rows over at the Troubadour he says "I'm sitting there drinking my Diet Coke..." This incident happened in 1974. Diet Coke was not introduced till 1982, two years after Lennon had passed away.
- Quotes
Self - Keyboards: This is what we had been building to. And we were, we were playing with John Lennon and were on a tour of the universe.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Imagine: Lennon: The New York Years (2011)
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Even if you aren't a fan, there's plenty here to see and enjoy.
I should mention up front that I am not particularly a John Lennon fan. I don't dislike him but am somewhat indifferent to his work...especially his work post-Beatles. However, I watched this film because I am a huge fan of PBS documentaries...and in "American Masters" is one of my favorites.
The film is about John Lennon and his life when he moved from London to New York in the early 70s. Among the many topics covered in the film is his marriage to Yoko, his anti-war work, the Nixon administration's attempts to deport him, his separation from Yoko (with his subsequent spiral into drinking and being a jerk), his studio work as well as his later years and, once again, fatherhood. The way I see the film, it's a gradual evolution until he became a person most of us could really like...at which point he was murdered.
The documentary is made up of the usual interviews and film clips but what makes this one really neat (and a tad spooky) is that so much audio of Lennon talking and recording and outtakes are spaced out throughout the film. It's interesting to hear alternate versions of his songs, his commentary or even his saying goodnight to his young son. All in all, a very compelling, well made and interesting portrait of the guy from about age 30-40. Well worth seeing.
The film is about John Lennon and his life when he moved from London to New York in the early 70s. Among the many topics covered in the film is his marriage to Yoko, his anti-war work, the Nixon administration's attempts to deport him, his separation from Yoko (with his subsequent spiral into drinking and being a jerk), his studio work as well as his later years and, once again, fatherhood. The way I see the film, it's a gradual evolution until he became a person most of us could really like...at which point he was murdered.
The documentary is made up of the usual interviews and film clips but what makes this one really neat (and a tad spooky) is that so much audio of Lennon talking and recording and outtakes are spaced out throughout the film. It's interesting to hear alternate versions of his songs, his commentary or even his saying goodnight to his young son. All in all, a very compelling, well made and interesting portrait of the guy from about age 30-40. Well worth seeing.
- planktonrules
- Jan 4, 2016
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- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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