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The U.S. vs. John Lennon is a 2006 documentary film about English musician John Lennon's transformation from a member of The Beatles to a rallying anti-war activist striving for world peace during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The film also details the attempts by the United States government under President Richard Nixon to silence him. The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. It was released in New York City and Los Angeles, California on 15 September 2006, and had a nationwide release on 29 September. A soundtrack composed of John Lennon tracks was released by Capitol Records and EMI on 26 September 2006.
The film makes extensive use of archival footage of Lennon and Yoko Ono, and includes a famously hard-hitting interview conducted by anti-war reporter Gloria Emerson.
The U.K. release was on December 8, 2006, 26 years to the day after the death of John Lennon. The DVD was released on February 13, 2007 in the United States. The film made its cable television debut in the U.S. on August 18, 2007 on VH1 Classic.
Original Release
09/15/2006
US Release
09/15/2006
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Cast
Name | Character |
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John Lennon | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Stew Albert | Himself / Self |
Tariq Ali | Himself / Self |
Carl Bernstein | Himself / Self |
Robin Blackburn | Himself / Self |
Chris Charlesworth | Himself / Self |
Noam Chomsky | Himself / Self |
Walter Cronkite | Self |
Mario Cuomo | Himself / Self |
Angela Davis | Self / Herself |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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John Lennon | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Stew Albert | Himself / Self |
Tariq Ali | Himself / Self |
Carl Bernstein | Himself / Self |
Robin Blackburn | Himself / Self |
Chris Charlesworth | Himself / Self |
Noam Chomsky | Himself / Self |
Walter Cronkite | Self |
Mario Cuomo | Himself / Self |
Angela Davis | Self / Herself |
John Dean | Self |
Felix Dennis | Himself / Self |
David Fenton | Himself / Self |
Bob Gruen | Himself / Self |
Ron Kovic | Himself / Self |
Paul Krassner | Himself / Self |
Yoko Ono | Herself / Self |
G. Gordon Liddy | Himself / Self |
George McGovern | Self |
Elliot Mintz | Himself / Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Brad Abramson | Executive Producer |
Kevin L. Beggs | Executive Producer |
Jonathan Flom | Executive Producer |
Sarah Greenberg | Executive Producer |
Michael Hirschorn | Executive Producer |
Lauren Lazin | Executive Producer |
Nick Meyer | Executive Producer |
Erik Nelson | Executive Producer |
Tom Ortenberg | Executive Producer |
Tim Palen | Executive Producer |
Steven Rothenberg | Executive Producer |
Sandra Stern | Executive Producer |
David Leaf | Producer |
John Scheinfeld | Producer |
Terry Castagnola | Producer |
Bill Royce | Producer |
Kristina Wood | Producer |
Arlene Wszalek | Producer |
Peter S. Lynch II | Producer |