“The US vs John Lennon”

[mickyv]

I recently watched the documentary “The US vs Lennon” that GG has mentioned a few times, and my already high regard & respect for the Lennon, increased even further. He was so much regarded as a subversive dissident and dangerous national threat to the US Government, that his calls were bugged & he was frequently followed, often blatantly so as to intimidate him. When that didn’t work, they tried to expel him, which involved a years long legal case that he eventually won. At one point, he was due to headline an anti-war protest contest at the Republican conference, but pulled out after receiving “anonymous” death threats. Why was he regarded as such a threat ? Because he was a high profile celebrity who was against the War in Vietnam. Direct comparisons with the anti-war movements of then & now, are difficult to make, because of different times & factors (such as 9/11 for example), but I’m sure that Lennon would have been a very effective & very vocal critic of all the Bush/Blair/Brown wars; instead he got shot, and we are left with Paul, says it all really !

[faceless]

I've not seen it myself yet, but I found this clip from VH1 which tells a bit of his life.

[luke]

i'll have to look it out, i know very little really about john lennon - sounds good though

[mickyv]

Thanks Faceless for the VH1 clip, (although it ended abruptly for me ?)

Yes Luke, you should try having a good look for it, or even a second look !

[faceless]

yeah, it's only 15 minutes of it - it should be either 23 or 45 minutes in full. I'll keep an eye out for the full version

[major.tom]

mvgroup appears to have a good quality torrent of it.

See Private Downloads for the link.

[faceless]

Here's the documentary 'The Assassination of John Lennon'. It focusses more on his killer than the man himself, but it's worth seeing all the same.

http://www.humyo.com/F/69861845/EMBED