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John & Yoko's Year of Peace

Jan 1, 2000 · 52m
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Documentary

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The year: 1969. Headlines blare war and civil unrest while John Lennon and Yoko Ono are in love. The eccentic rock 'n' roll couple has just gotten married, and more than happy to be together, they want to change the world. Lying in a hotel bed surrounded by journalists, they announce their mission for peace and invite the rest of the world to symbolically climb into bed with them and share their dream. People call them silly, naive, even ridiculous, yet one famous couple's bed-in spread new hope that there really could be an end to war, hate and violence. Here is rare footage from that amazing time, including footage from John and Yoko's wedding, the infamous bedside confrontation between John and conservative cartoonist Al Capp, Lennon debating media expert Marshall McLuhan, and meeting Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Now twenty years after Lennon's murder, Yoko and others involved in the peace mission reflect on the events of that magical, mystical year.

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CAST

Laurie Brown
Narrator
John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
Yoko Ono
Self
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Self
Timothy Leary
Self (archive footage)
Little Richard
Self
Ronnie Hawkins
Self
Directed by Paul McGrath

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Released
Original language
EN
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Production
CBC
Country
US, CA
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