Guest Donald Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Might interest some of you....The U.S. vs. John Lennon (12A)Director: David Leaf, John Scheinfeld Origin: United States Year: 2006 Duration: 109 Starring: Gore Vidal, Yoko Ono, Noam ChomskyThe evangelical storm that greeted The Beatles in America after Lennon observed that they were bigger than Jesus might have made him think twice before making provocative statements again. Yet, after the mop-tops split and Lennon married artist Yoko Ono, he indulged in bed-ins and bagism, moved to New York and hung out with self-proclaimed revolutionaries, and openly criticised America's military campaign in Vietnam. The American establishment was so worried about his popularity and influence that it initiated a campaign to silence him. With fantastic archive footage and insightful interviews with those who knew Lennon well, THE U.S. VS. JOHN LENNON tells the story of how the FBI and Nixon's government were so rattled by an iconic advocate for peace that they sought to have him deported.The U.S. vs. John Lennon (12A)Contains strong language, moderate war images and soft drug referencesShowing at the Belmont.Monday 19:00 then 13:00 eveyday till Thursday.For ticket prices and other info phone 01224343536 or go to Picturehouse Cinemas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Meant to be good, but I've given up on going to see documentaries at the cinema given that they all seem to end up on More 4 within 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Yeah,I've seen one too many depressing documentaries lately and I'm all US-Bashed out at the mo. Like Dusty, I'll watch it on telly.Does look like a story worth telling tho' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted March 24, 2007 Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 Well, BBC 2 rather than More 4, and two months rather than six:BBC - BBC TWO - WHATS ON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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