American Justice - The John Lennon Assassination
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Actor: John Lennon, Mark David ChapmanBrand: A and E Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 50 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-03-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
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- He was a troubled man whose boyhood fascination with one of the world's greatest stars turned into a psychotic obsession. The shots he fired spelled the end to whatever innocence was left in rock and roll. Mark David Chapman was one of John Lennon's biggest fans. Before he killed the iconoclastic superstar, he made sure to get his autograph the last one Lennon ever signed. After he fired f
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DVD Review: "I'm sure the big part of me is Holden Caulfield; the small part of me must be the devil"---Mark David Chapman's confession
Summary: 4 Stars
This 1998 episode of A&E's American Justice focuses on the background and incarcerated life of Mark David Chapman--John Lennon's murderer. The documentary begins with Chapman's step-by-step plan to kill Lennon. One thing that has always bothered me about the story was that the doorman allegedly grabbed Chapman after the shooting, saw the gun fall to the ground, and told Chapman to leave. Why would he tell him to leave? Did he want a killer out on the loose? That detail is mentioned in the documentary but not elaborated upon as if it were something anyone would say under the circumstances. The efforts to save the former Beatle and the reactions to his death including the dedication of Strawberry Fields are briefly described (curiously, no mention of the Monday Night Football announcement). Those featured in interview clips include medical staff, police officers, Chapman's defense attorneys, and Lennon's friends Elliot Mintz and Bob Gruen.
Greater detail is given to Chapman's background. Stories of his mother's obsession with him are quite disturbing. Although Chapman grew up a Beatles fan, he rejected the band after a bad experience with LSD caused him to become a born again Christian. He condemned Lennon's "bigger than Jesus" quote and the verse in his song "Imagine" about there being no heaven. The main influence on Chapman, however, was the J.D. Salinger novel The Catcher In The Rye whose protagonist Holden Caulfield sees an adult world full of "phonies." Chapman began to believe Lennon was the biggest phony of them all.
After pleading guilty to his crime, Chapman was sent to Attica Correctional Facility which was the site of the bloodiest prison riot in U.S. history. Ironically, John Lennon wrote the song "Attica State" and appeared at a benefit concert for the families of the victims of the riot or, more specifically, the police retaliation during the riot soon after he emigrated to New York. The documentary includes some recordings of Chapman in prison explaining his actions. It also describes his life while incarcerated--filing his hate mail, having conjugal visits with his wife four times a year, and producing Christian videos. The film does a decent job getting into the troubled mind of Chapman to shed some light on why he murdered Lennon--as bizarre as the explanations are. It is very well-done as are all the American Justice episodes I've seen but I would have liked another episode included on this disc as it is only 45-minutes.
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