Imagine (Deluxe Edition)

Imagine (Deluxe Edition)
by Andrew Solt

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Actor: George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono
Director: Andrew Solt
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Andrew Solt
Writer: Andrew Solt
Producer: Bud Friedgen
Producer: David L. Wolper
Producer: Kevin Lee Miller
Producer: Kevin Miller
Writer: Sam Egan
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-12-06
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video

Movie Reviews of Imagine (Deluxe Edition)

Movie Review: A Great Documentary Film
Summary: 5 Stars

David Wolper and Andrew Solt did an excellent job with This Is Elvis and an even better job with John Lennon:Imagine. As a viewer, fan and non-fan alike, you grow to know him, agree and disagree with him, listen to him and ultimately cry when the music ends. The first time I watched this, I did all of the above even knowing how the story ends. The movie is that powerful. Seeing John and Yoko in Central Park walking past a bunch of guys playing basketball, I wish it had been me who saw them.

Unfortunately, the film is not without it's flaws. The other three (Paul, George, and Ringo) went asked to participate. Who better to talk about John than three other men who knew him best? The "Lost Weekend" period is glossed over. This period would make an interesting movie by itself, but here it's treated as a footnote.

All of the emotions come back when I watch Imagine. John Lennon was my first celebrity I lost. You always remember the first. For fans and non-fans, this is a good overview of his life.

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Summary of Imagine (Deluxe Edition)

Imagine John Lennon comes from a treasure trove: the legendary musician's own collection of more than 240 hours of film and videotape, much of it never seen by the public. With cooperation from Yoko Ono in its creation, producers David L. Wolper and Andrew Solt (partners on This Is Elvis) transform the archival footage - and a monumental 36-tune soundtrack - into a spellbinding account of a complex, fascinating man. Lennon's own voice narrates "a classic film biography" (Roy Leonard, WGN-TV/Chicago).

DVD Features:
Additional Scenes:Never Before Seen Footage of the Island House (Lake House at home of John and Yoko, Tittenhurst Estate in Ascot, England)
Audio Commentary:John Lennon Trivia Track (subtitled, not audio)
DVD ROM Features:John Lennon Music Guide
Featurette:Tribute to John Lennon: The Man, The Music, The Memories (w/ the Filmmakers David L. Wolper, Andrew Solt, Sam Egan, Editors Bert Lovitt and Bud Friedgen)
Interviews:John & Yoko: Truth Be Told (BBC Radio Interview with John and Yoko) William Ernest Pobjoy Interview (Headmaster Quarry Bank High School - John Lennon's Grammar School)
Other:Acoustic IMAGINE - never before released performance at the Apollo Theatre in New York City, Dec. 17, 1971
Theatrical Trailer:James Dean Trailer

It can hardly be a coincidence that this "deluxe edition" of John Lennon - Imagine should be issued in late 2005, a couple of months after what would have been the former Beatle's 65th birthday and mere days before the 25th anniversary of his death. Whether that's cynical, poignant, or just good marketing is moot; what matters is that Lennon's impact, not just as a musician but as a public figure, remains largely undiminished. The film, released theatrically in 1988, will already be familiar to many fans. "Narrated" by Lennon himself and culled from hundreds of hours of footage, much of it home movies shot by John and Yoko Ono, Imagine is a substantial, reasonably illuminating portrait of the man, warts and all, from childhood through the Beatle years, his solo career, and his life with Yoko straight up to his fatal encounter with Mark David Chapman. It's the new bonus features that are the principal draw here; but whether or not they qualify as "deluxe" is arguable. The Lennons' radio interview with a BBC reporter is notable mostly for John's patience in the face of idiotic questions like "Is love very important to young people today?" The ten or so minutes spent with Lennon's school headmaster, William Ernest Pobjoy (love the name), yield little insight, especially considering that the two were at the school at the same time for just one year, half a century ago; likewise, a new "making of" documentary with Ono, writer-director Andrew Solt, producer David Wolper, and others isn't exactly ground-breaking. However, a previously unreleased performance of "Imagine," with Lennon and some unknown accompanists on acoustic guitar, is nice, as is some heretofore unseen footage of the Lennons at home on their Tittenhurst Estate. Add to that a fine transfer and Dolby digital sound, and you have another addition to the filmed legacy of the Beatles--a subject that, for many of us, will never be old news. --Sam Graham

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