Watch the trailer for this documentary One to One: John & Yoko on the legendary John Lennon and Yoko Ono distributed by Magnolia Pictures.
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 Yoko Ono. Oscar®-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald’s riveting documentary takes that legendary musical event and uses it as the starting point to explore eighteen 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 riotous mélange of American TV to conjure the era through what the two would have been seeing on the screen: the Vietnam War, The Price is Right, Nixon, Coca-Cola ads, Cronkite, 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 a Geraldo Rivera 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.
One to One: John & Yoko stars John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Jerry Rubin, Andy Warhol, and more. The film is directed by Kevin Macdonald and executively produced by Sean Ono Lennon, Marc Robinson, David Joseph, Steve Condie, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner.
One to One: John & Yoko is releasing exclusively in IMAX on April 11.
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 Yoko Ono. Oscar®-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald’s riveting documentary takes that legendary musical event and uses it as the starting point to explore eighteen 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 riotous mélange of American TV to conjure the era through what the two would have been seeing on the screen: the Vietnam War, The Price is Right, Nixon, Coca-Cola ads, Cronkite, 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 a Geraldo Rivera 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.
One to One: John & Yoko stars John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Jerry Rubin, Andy Warhol, and more. The film is directed by Kevin Macdonald and executively produced by Sean Ono Lennon, Marc Robinson, David Joseph, Steve Condie, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner.
One to One: John & Yoko is releasing exclusively in IMAX on April 11.
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00:008-0-7-1?
00:01Uh, is Howard there, please?
00:02Did you tell him John Lennon called?
00:03L-E-N-N-O-N.
00:04Yeah.
00:05Well, you remember the Beatles?
00:06That's right, yeah.
00:07Good morning, folks.
00:08Have you had your breakfast yet?
00:09The flyer generation is over, but we can start all over again, right?
00:37I just got to see the village for the first time.
00:40I really feel at home there.
00:43I was considered a bitch in this society.
00:47Since I met John, I was upgraded into a witch.
00:52I fell in love with an independent, creative genius.
00:56I started waking up.
00:59Why would you do a concert for free?
01:04To change the apathy that all the youth have.
01:08Speak to them.
01:11Sing to them.
01:14And do anything to get them alive again.
01:17Vive la revolution.
01:18You may say I'm a dreamer.
01:19But I'm not the only one.
01:21I hope someday you'll join us.
01:38How would you like to be remembered?
01:41Just as two lovers.
01:50I hope someday you'll join us.