| Imagine: John Lennon | |
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| Written by | Andrew Solt Sam Egan |
| Starring | John Lennon Yoko Ono |
| Cinematography | Néstor Almendros |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1988 |
| IMDb profile | |
Imagine: John Lennon is a 1988 documentary film about British musician John Lennon. Imagine: John Lennon, with its wealth of stock Lennon footage and self-narration, proved to be a well-received film. Bridging his two musical phases together, as a member of The Beatles and a solo artist, Imagine: John Lennon is a career-spanning collection of Lennon's many musical highlights. In addition there are a couple of heretofore unreleased recordings: an acoustic demo of "Real Love" taped in 1979 (an alternate recording of which would be finished by The Beatles for 1996' s Anthology 2) and a rehearsal take of "Imagine" in mid-1971 before the final take was captured. The project arrived at a timely juncture and was successful in thwarting the then-released The Lives of John Lennon by Albert Goldman, a controversial and reputation-tarnishing book which many dismissed as fiction, including Ono and Lennon's close friends, as well as the remaining Beatles.
