Chapter 27 is an independent film depicting the murder of John Lennon by Mark David Chapman, starring Jared Leto. It was written and directed by J. P. Schaefer. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2007 and the Berlin Film Festival in February. It received mostly negative reviews, although it did receive positive notices in Salon, The Hollywood Reporter, and Entertainment Weekly.
The film initially failed to land a U.S. dis...
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Chapter 27 is an independent film depicting the murder of John Lennon by Mark David Chapman, starring Jared Leto. It was written and directed by J. P. Schaefer. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2007 and the Berlin Film Festival in February. It received mostly negative reviews, although it did receive positive notices in Salon, The Hollywood Reporter, and Entertainment Weekly.
The film initially failed to land a U.S. distributor. The film was leaked onto the internet on March 23, 2007. The film saw US theatrical release in March 2008 and won the Debut Feature Prize award for Schaefer at the Zurich Film Festival. In Entertainment Weekly's 2008 Spring film preview for Chapter 27, the film was finally listed for release on March 28, 2008.
The film takes place from the 6th to the 9th of December, 1980, and is intended to be an exploration of Chapman's psyche. The title "Chapter 27" suggests a continuation of J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, which has...
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