John Lennon and Yoko Ono are depicted in a new light by director Kevin Macdonald in the documentary “One to One: John & Yoko,” which gets an exclusive IMAX release on April 11. The film is produced by Sean Ono Lennon.
The expansive inside look at the lives of Lennon and Ono in Greenwich Village in the early 1970s, “One to One: John & Yoko” delivers never-before-seen material and newly restored footage of Lennon and Ono’s only full-length concert. Featuring newly remixed music produced by Sean Ono Lennon, the film could challenge pre-existing notions of the iconic couple.
On August 30, 1972, in New York City, John Lennon played his only full-length show after leaving The Beatles, the One to One benefit concert at Madison Square Garden, a rollicking, dazzling performance from him and wife Ono. Oscar-winning filmmaker Macdonald’s documentary takes that legendary musical event and uses it as the starting point to explore 18 defining months in the lives of John and Yoko.
By 1971 the couple was newly arrived in the United States— living in a tiny apartment in Greenwich Village and watching a huge amount of American television. The film uses a mélange of American TV to conjure the era through what the two would have been seeing on the screen such as the Vietnam War, “The Price is Right,” Nixon, Coca-Cola ads, Cronkite, and “The Waltons.”
As they experience a year of love and transformation in the US, John and Yoko begin to change their approach to protest — ultimately leading to the One to One concert, which was inspired by an exposé they watched on TV.
Filmed in a meticulously faithful reproduction of the NYC apartment the duo shared, “One to One: John & Yoko” offers a bold new take on a seminal time in the lives of two of history’s most influential artists.
Check out the trailer for ‘One to One: John & Yoko’ here:
Exclusively in IMAX April 11
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Directed by KEVIN MACDONALD
Produced by PETER WORSLEY
Edited & Co-directed by SAM RICE-EDWARDS
Producers: KEVIN MACDONALD, ALICE WEBB
Executive Producers: SEAN ONO LENNON, MARC ROBINSON, DAVID JOSEPH, STEVE CONDIE, BRAD PITT, DEDE GARDNER, JEREMY KLEINER
Music Produced by SEAN ONO LENNON
The film is presented by MAGNOLIA PICTURES, HBO DOCUMENTARY FILMS & MERCURY STUDIOS; A PLAN B/KM FILMS & MERCURY STUDIOS PRODUCTION