Before Iraq, before the Bush Administration, before the Dixie Chicks, Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam... there was John Lennon, the celebrated musical artist who used his fame and fortune to protest against the Vietnam War and advocate for world peace. Filmmakers David Leaf and John Scheinfeld trace Lennon's metamorphosis from .. Read more
| Starring | John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Walter Cronkite, Mario Cuomo |
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| Director | John Scheinfeld, David Leaf |
| Genres | Documentary |
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Richard Nixon was no Lennonist. And Lennon wasn't crazy about Tricky Dick either. In the politicized climate of the early 70s he went much further into the radical fringe than his Beatles brethren, hanging out with the Black Panthers and key figures in the anti-war movement, like 'yippie' Jerry Rubin. These associations did not go unnoticed. The FBI opened a file on him, and soon John began to notice strange clicking sounds whenever he picked up the phone. Put together in the by-the-numbers VH- Read more