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2007 Crime Drama 1h 54m

The Killing of John Lennon

"I was nobody until I killed the biggest somebody on earth."

The film follows the travels and accounts of Mark Chapman (Jonas Ball) and gives the watcher an insight into his mind. It starts with him in Hawaii and how he does not fit in with anyone including his job; family; friends etc. He says he is searching for a purpose in his life and that it has no direction. He seeks refuge in the public library where he finds the book, 'The Catcher in the Rye'. He becomes obsessed with the book and believes that he himself is the protaganist in the book, Holden Caulfield. He believes the ideas in the book reflect his own personal life and how he does not fit in anywhere and he reads it constantly. He then finds another book in the library about The Beatles singer John Lennon and begins a personal hatred for him.

5.6 TMDB RATING
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Principal Cast

Jonas Ball

Mark Chapman

Joe Abbate

Taxi Driver

Gail Kay Bell

Psychiatrist

J. Francis Curley

Security Guard

Nicole Delorey

Record Shop Girl

Sofia Dubrawsky

Jude

Krisha Fairchild

Chapman's mom

Vera Felice

Prostitute

James Hadde

Scientologist

Robert C. Kirk

Det. John Sullivan

Thomas A. McMahon

Spiro

Mie Omori

Gloria Chapman

Joe Rosario

Police Inspector

John Sierros

Reporter (as John Sierros)

Anthony Solis

Gun Salesman

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