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Cast
| Credited cast: | |||
| John Lennon | ... | Himself / Narration (archive footage) | |
| Yoko Ono | ... | Herself | |
| Paul McCartney | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| George Harrison | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Ringo Starr | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| David Bowie | ... | Himself | |
| Phil Spector | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
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Cynthia Lennon | ... | Herself - John Lennon's first wife |
| Julian Lennon | ... | Himself | |
| Sean Lennon | ... | Himself | |
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Al Capp | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
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May Pang | ... | Herself |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Dick Cavett | ... | Himself | |
| Salvador Dalí | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
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Gloria Emerson | ... | Herself - New York Times Reporter (archive footage) |
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This "biography" evolves around the nearly 240 hours of film and videotape fortuitously taken by Lennon of his life. The archive footage is transformed into a fascinating life story of one of the most complex and fascinating men of the modern music era. This effort includes a 36 song soundtrack. Includes some very personal and insightful footage, never before made available to the public. Written by Todd Tidyman
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Discover John...the angry youth, the musician, the radical, the husband, the father, the lover, the idealist...through his own words and personal collection of film and music.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
7 October 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Imagine See more »Filming Locations:
London, England, UKEdit
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$3,753,977Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Published by SBK Blackwood Music Inc.
under license from ATV Music (Maclen)
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The movie's soundtrack album was the first to combine songs John Lennon performed with The Beatles with his solo work. It also marked the first appearance, in demo form, of his song "Real Love", which the surviving Beatles used as the basis for a new single for the "Beatles Anthology" series. See more »Soundtracks
Give Peace a ChanceWritten by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Published by SBK Blackwood Music Inc.
under license from ATV Music (Maclen)
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"Imagine" is an excellent look at John Lennon, as a young boy, a rocker, a Beatle, an advocate, a husband, a father, and finally, as a legend.
For those (like my sister) who dislike Yoko Ono and blame her for breaking up the Beatles, Yoko is present, but there is plenty else here.
John Lennon isn't an easy man to figure out, and I don't think this documentary tried to. Rather, it attempted to show all sides of him - the Beatle, the drug side, the sketch artist, his attempt to distance himself from the Beatles, stating that he had grown up, his musical journey, his hard-headedness, demands as a musician - the whole thing. One of the nicest scenes is one in which he speaks with a vagrant about his music and then has him come in for a meal. So with all his preaching about peace and being one in the world, he walked the talk.
Lennon provides a lot of the narration, which is taken from hundreds of interviews. There are also interviews with Yoko, Sean, Julian, his ex-wife Cynthia, and others.
If you grew up with the Beatles as I did and mourn the death of John Lennon as I do, or even if you just like his contribution to music, this is a very good look at the Beatles' most off-beat and possibly most brilliant member - a man who continually searched for an identity that kept changing.