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The Killing of John Lennon
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Directed by Andrew Piddington Written by Andrew Piddington Produced by Rakha Singh Starring
Robert C. Kirk
Thomas A. McMahon
Mie Omori
Krisha Fairchild
Cinematography Roger Eaton Edited by Tony Palmer Music by
Makana
Production
Picture Players Productions
Distributed by
IFC Films (United States)
Release dates
2 January 2008 (2008-01-02 ) (United States)
Running time
114 minutes Countries United Kingdom Language English Box office $6,975[1]
The Killing of John Lennon biographical film about Mark David Chapman 's plot to kill musician John Lennon . The film was written and directed by Andrew Piddington and stars Jonas Ball, Robert C. Kirk and Thomas A. McMahon.
A British-American co-production, it was not released in the United States until 2008 and received much less attention than the similarly themed American-produced independent film Chapter 27
Premise [ edit ]
The film follows Mark David Chapman three months prior to the Lennon assassination and contains flashbacks to Chapman's earlier life and upbringing, while also exploring his infatuation with J.D. Salinger 's 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye
Richard Sherman/Tom J. Raider as John Lennon
Joe Abbate as Taxi Driver
Gail Kay Bell as Psychiatrist
J. Francis Curley as Security Guard
Nicole Delorey as Record Shop Girl
Sofia Dubrawsky as Jude
Krisha Fairchild as Diane Pease Chapman, Chapman's Mother
Howard Bishop as David Chapman, Chapman's Father
Jane Fox as Prostitute
James Hadde as Scientologist
Zero Kazama as Scientologist Leader
Robert C. Kirk as Det. John Sullivan
Thomas A. McMahon as Spiro
Mie Omori as Gloria Chapman
Joe Rosario as Police Inspector
John Sierros as Reporter
Anthony Solis as Gun Salesman
Tom Zolandz as Goresh
Yuka Sanabe/Yan Xi as Yoko Ono
John Lennon, George Harrison , Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr appear as themselves in archive footage from the 1960s. Ted Koppel appears as himself, a news anchor from ABC News , on 9 December 1980. President Ronald Reagan also appears as himself in archive footage from the assassination attempt in 1981 .
Reception [ edit ]
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes , the film holds an approval rating of 39% based on 36 reviews, with an average rating of 4.9/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Despite a committed performance by newcomer Jonas Ball, The Killing of John Lennon is ultimately a flimsy character study."[2] On Metacritic , the film has a weighted average score of 49 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[3]
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References [ edit ]
^ "The Killing of John Lennon Reviews" . Metacritic . Retrieved 7 October 2020 .
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