A film about Mark David Chapman in the days leading up to the infamous murder of Beatle John Lennon.A film about Mark David Chapman in the days leading up to the infamous murder of Beatle John Lennon.A film about Mark David Chapman in the days leading up to the infamous murder of Beatle John Lennon.
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- TriviaJared Leto gained 67 pounds for the role. At times he was confined to a wheelchair due to so much added weight.
- GoofsChapman offers to take Paul Goreshs photo with John Lennon saying "I bet you've never had that!" Paul confirms this saying "No, I've never had that!" In real life Paul Goresh had his photo taken with John Lennon on the 17th November 1980.
- Quotes
John Lennon: [Signing an album for Mark David Chapman] Is that all?
Mark David Chapman: [Stunned and shaky] Yeah. Thanks.
John Lennon: You sure? That's all?
Mark David Chapman: Yes. That's all. Thanks John.
John Lennon: You're welcome.
[Turns and leaves]
- Crazy creditsIn the credits, all of the people are credited for their characters, however the final listings are as follows: John Lennon..................Mark Lindsay Chapman and Jared Leto
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: 21/Chapter 27/Flawless/Stop-Loss/Run Fatboy Run (2008)
- SoundtracksRun Rudolph Run
Written by Marvin Brodie and Johnny Marks
Performed by Chuck Berry
Published by St. Nicholas Music Inc. (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
I saw this at the Waterfront Film Festival in Saugatuck, Michigan.
Starring Jared Leto as Mark Chapman, it follows him over the course of a few days until December 8, 1980 when he killed John Lennon.
It was pretty good, but nothing special. Jared Leto did a nice job as Chapman and was in virtually every frame of the film. Lindsay Lohan played a minor role as one of the fellow Lennon fans, but she's barely in the film. The film could really work as a one man show on stage.
The problem with the film is that it's very repetitive. At 84 minutes, it's pretty much 84 minutes of Chapman narrating, "I have to meet John Lennon,I have to kill John Lennon." I don't know much about the real Mark Chapman, and I don't know if this film is extremely accurate, but there could have been a better way to tell the story.
Overall, I was pretty disappointed with this film, it's an okay movie but it could have been so much better.
Starring Jared Leto as Mark Chapman, it follows him over the course of a few days until December 8, 1980 when he killed John Lennon.
It was pretty good, but nothing special. Jared Leto did a nice job as Chapman and was in virtually every frame of the film. Lindsay Lohan played a minor role as one of the fellow Lennon fans, but she's barely in the film. The film could really work as a one man show on stage.
The problem with the film is that it's very repetitive. At 84 minutes, it's pretty much 84 minutes of Chapman narrating, "I have to meet John Lennon,I have to kill John Lennon." I don't know much about the real Mark Chapman, and I don't know if this film is extremely accurate, but there could have been a better way to tell the story.
Overall, I was pretty disappointed with this film, it's an okay movie but it could have been so much better.
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Box office
- Budget
- CA$5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $56,215
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,910
- Mar 30, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $187,488
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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