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6.4
IFC Films | Release Date: January 2, 2008
Summary: The Killing of John Lennon is a chilling insight into the mind of Mark David Chapman, the 25-year-old narcissist who gunned down John Lennon outside his Dakota apartment in New York in 1980. Meticulously researched and filmed on actual locations where events occurred, the film is a gritty, imagistic examination of a celebrity stalker's mind leading up to the kill, as well as his descent into madness and exorcism. Independently financed and filmed over three years in Hawaii, Georgia, and New York, the film is unflinching in its presentation of the truth. It does not set out to condone or exonerate the shooting death of Lennon or his killer's desire for fame. Its theme of bomb-ticking loneliness and, by extension, the notion that America is a nation of angry strangers who vent paranoid resentment toward public figures couldn't be more resonant today. (Picture Players Ltd.)

Details

Runtime: 114 min
Production: Picture Players Productions
Genres: Drama, Crime
Country: UK
Language: English
Director Credit
Andrew Piddington Director
Writer Credit
Andrew Piddington Writer
Principal Cast Credit
Jonas Ball Mark Chapman
Cast Credit
Gail Kay Bell Psychiatrist
I.N. Sierros Reporter
J. Francis Curley Security Guard
James Hadde Scientologist
Joe Abbate Taxi Driver
Joe Rosario Police Inspector
Krisha Fairchild Chapman's Mom
Mie Omori Gloria Chapman
Nicole Delorey Record Shop Girl
Robert C. Kirk Det. John Sullivan
Sofia Dubrawsky Jude
Thomas A. McMahon Spiro
Zero Kazama Scientologist Leader
Producer Credit
Rakha Singh Producer
Sabrina Tubio-Cid Line Producer