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The Killing of Lennon
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by: Ben Barna Dec. 18, 2007

When a film is titled THE KILLING OF JOHN LENNON, it's not getting overlooked, at least not by me. I came across the poster BELOW for a film with that exact title, and curious to see if it was a documentary or a fictionalization of the Beatle's tragic death, I headed over to the film's official website. Waiting for me was the movie's trailer and a slew of other info, including some reviews, all great.

The movie is an unusual account of the days leading up to the 1980 shooting outside Lennon's NYC apartment, following his killer Mark David Chapman as his inexplicable urge to kill Lennon consumes him. The movie is indeed a drama but a voiceover taken from Chapman's own notes paints over the the action, and we're given provocative glimpse into the mind of a madman. The film looks wholly original and you can check it out in limited release on the second day of 2008.

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Extra Tidbit: Jared Leto fattened up to play Chapman as well in the upcoming CHAPTER 27.

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lsorisho
10:43PM on 12/19/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Hey Hollywood!
Well, Hollywood, you seem to make two of everything these days. In one year, you had two magician movies that involved murder: The Illusionist and The Prestige. The previous years, you had zero. In another year, you had two biopics on Truman Capote released within 6 months of each other: Capote and Infamous. I guess 2006 was THE ONLY year to show a Truman Capote movie, and you capitalized on
Well, Hollywood, you seem to make two of everything these days. In one year, you had two magician movies that involved murder: The Illusionist and The Prestige. The previous years, you had zero. In another year, you had two biopics on Truman Capote released within 6 months of each other: Capote and Infamous. I guess 2006 was THE ONLY year to show a Truman Capote movie, and you capitalized on that. And now two movies profiling Mark David Chapman, one starring Jared Leto. I guess that's the way you do things in Hollywood these days.
 
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Stratburst
1:08AM on 12/19/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
You're not going to get the hardcore John Lennon fans coming out to see this movie. They have a pact that they will never say **** ***** *******'s name because he killed John Lennon because he wanted to be famous. So no Lennon fan would want to give that turd the recognition he so desperately craved.
You're not going to get the hardcore John Lennon fans coming out to see this movie. They have a pact that they will never say **** ***** *******'s name because he killed John Lennon because he wanted to be famous. So no Lennon fan would want to give that turd the recognition he so desperately craved.
 
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JH's corpse
3:18PM on 12/18/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
this movie looks good in my opinion and "otherness" i accept your point but i'll bet it never stopped you frm watching saving private ryan. i see where you're coming from cause i felt the same way about world trade centre (still do in fact but partially cause it had nicholas cage init and was generally shit. sorry i just don't like the guy) but i definitely want to check this one out. it's less
this movie looks good in my opinion and "otherness" i accept your point but i'll bet it never stopped you frm watching saving private ryan. i see where you're coming from cause i felt the same way about world trade centre (still do in fact but partially cause it had nicholas cage init and was generally shit. sorry i just don't like the guy) but i definitely want to check this one out. it's less relaly to give cash to a horrible tragedy but rather you're second point about seeing what motivates a sicko. i mean seriously why the fuck lennon? yoko uno deserved it!

and not to poke fun but that groucho marx quote seems a bit redundant.
 
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theotherness
6:41AM on 12/18/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
This sounds...well, pretty sick, in all honesty. It sounds like either a way of cashing in on a tragedy, or an unnecessary attempt at making people sympathise with a true psycho/sicko.

To quote Groucho Marx: "Whatever it is, I'm against it!"
This sounds...well, pretty sick, in all honesty. It sounds like either a way of cashing in on a tragedy, or an unnecessary attempt at making people sympathise with a true psycho/sicko.

To quote Groucho Marx: "Whatever it is, I'm against it!"
 
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lalex81
5:52AM on 12/18/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Didn't Jared Leto shot he's movie at least 2 years ago? Any idea what happened there?
Didn't Jared Leto shot he's movie at least 2 years ago? Any idea what happened there?
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