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The U.S. vs John Lennon / VH1 rockDocs ; Authorized Pictures ; Lionsgate and VH1 present a film by David Leaf & John Scheinfeld ; written and directed by David Leaf & John Scheinfeld ; produced by David Leaf & John Scheinfeld.
LIBRA DVD 002 900
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Lennon, John, 1940-1980--Political activity.
- Lennon, John.
- Lennon, John, 1940-1980.
- Rock musicians--Biography.
- Rock musicians.
- Pacifists--Biography.
- Pacifists.
- Political participation.
- Mass media and peace.
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- United States.
- United States--Social conditions--1960-1980.
- Social conditions.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Peace.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Peace.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Documentary films.
- Biographical films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen presentation.
- Other Title:
- US vs John Lennon
- United States vs. John Lennon
- United States versus John Lennon
- Place of Publication:
- [Santa Monica, Calif.] : Lionsgate, [2007]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue, optional English or Spanish subtitles.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1, Dolby Digital.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- The story of John Lennon's evolution from beloved Beatle to an outspoken artist and activist to iconic inspiration for peace, and how, in the midst of one of the most tumultuous times in American history, Lennon stood his ground, refused to be silenced and courageously won his battle with the U.S. Government.
- Contents:
- Setting the stage
- Growing up
- Unpopular war
- Total communication
- Honeymooners
- Bed peace
- Give peace a chance
- Impacting the White House
- War is over, if you want it
- A dreamer
- John and Yoko in NYC
- Tools against the government
- Song for John Sinclair
- Monitoring the opposition
- Aggressive steps
- Harassing the Lennons
- Nutopia
- Challenging case
- Facing forward
- Improper interference
- Great news
- Beautiful boy
- Sudden tragedy
- Worldwide message.
- Participant:
- Appearances by John Lennon, Carl Bernstein, Walter Cronkite, Mario Cuomo, John Dean, Ron Kovic, Yoko Ono Lennon, G. Gordon Liddy, George McGovern, Bobby Seale, Gore Vidal ... [et al.].
- Credits:
- Editor, Peter S. Lynch II ; director of photography, James Mathers ; music, John Lennon, Yoko Ono.
- Notes:
- Aspect ratios 1.78:1, 16x9.
- Orginally released as a motion picture in 2006.
- Special features: "Becoming John Lennon" documentary footage; "Dissent vs. disloyalty" documentary footage; "The 'Two virgins' album cover" documentary footage; Yoko Ono Lennon's "Letter to the parole board" documentary footage ; "Power to the people" documentary footage; "Then and now" featurette; Walter Cronkite meets The Beatles; "Sometime in New York" documentary footage; "Imagine" documentary footage; One to One benefit concert; theatrical trailer, DVD-ROM link.
- OCLC:
- 76971527
- Publisher Number:
- 031398209119 80
- 20911 Lionsgate
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