ABC's "At the Movies" reviewer's both gave four (out of five) stars to, "The US vs. John Lennon", the film to be screened by the Magnetic Island Film Society this Saturday. It's a doco, "tracing John Lennon's metamorphosis from lovable Beatle, to anti-war activist," and "the true story of how and why the US government tried to silence him..." David Stratton writes, "It's a fascinating chapter in the popular culture of the late 20th Century that John Lennon, soon after the immensely popular group, The Beatles, imploded, quickly became, in the eyes of the Nixon Administration, an enemy of America. "This very comprehensive and informative documentary, by David Leaf and John Scheinfeld, concentrates on the post-Beatles period....more...
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