The U.S. vs. John Lennon

The U.S. vs. John Lennon is a 2006 documentary film about English musician John Lennons transformation from a member of The Beatles to a rallying antiwar 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 Film Festival. It was released in New York City and Los Angeles, California onSeptember 2006, and had a nationwide release onSeptember. A soundtrack composed of John Lennon tracks was released by Capitol Records and EMI onSeptember 2006.

The film explores the political activism that Lennon became strongly involved in with the Beatles, and after the band ended.John Lennon is established as being a potential political threat to the American government, and therefore much of the film covers the theme of silencing him and other popular figures that became involved in antiwar activism. Throughout the film the audience can see both sides of the situation the audience sees the protests and events Lennon and Yoko Ono organised, such as the famous Give Peace a Chance rally and concepts such as bagism and bed peace. ........

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