John and Yoko: A Love Story
| John and Yoko: A Love Story | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Biography Drama Music Romance |
| Directed by | Sandor Stern |
| Starring |
Mark McGann Kim Miyori Kenneth Price Peter Capaldi Mike Myers |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | John J. McMahon |
| Producer(s) | Aida Young Terance T. Power (associate producer) |
| Cinematography | Alan Hume |
| Editor(s) | Ralph Sheldon |
| Running time | 146 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Carson Productions |
| Distributor | CBS |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | December 2, 1985 |
John and Yoko: A Love Story is a 1985 television drama that chronicles the lives of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, beginning just before they met in 1966 and concluding with Lennon's murder in 1980. The movie was made with the co-operation of Yoko Ono, who controlled the song rights.
The film opens on August 19, 1966, where just before The Beatles begin their next American concert in Memphis, Tennessee for their fourth American tour, people gather with the Ku Klux Klan to burn their Beatles material including records, and much more merchandise, due to John saying that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus. After a firecracker is thrown onto the stage during the performance of the song "Help!", the group decides to stop touring, and for a second reason it is because they are fed up with not hearing any music they perform on stage due to the fans' constant screaming.
The band returns to England, where three months later John meets a Japanese artist named Yoko Ono, who is married to American Tony Cox and has a daughter named Kyoko. She is not pleased by John's personality when they meet, especially when he begs to hammer a nail into one of Yoko's art displays, and she says he can do it if he gives her five shillings, but instead John pretends to give her five shillings and pretends hammer in a nail, before proceeding to eat a Granny smith apple, without knowing it was for the exhibition. Yoko seems to be disgruntled by John's personality until John Dunbar tells her he is one of The Beatles.
Later on, John and Yoko develop a fast friendship despite them being married to others and get to know each other more and even visits her house. He even brings her to the studio with him, much to the disgust of the other Beatles. Meanwhile, Brian Epstein, who is the Beatles' manager, dies of an accidental overdose of sleeping pills. Because of this The Beatles are left with no manager, and begin to show more sign of strain. In the meantime, John develops an immediate crush on Yoko.
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