Chapter 27
| Chapter 27 | |
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| Directed by | Jarrett Schaefer |
| Produced by | Naomi Despres Alexandra Milchan Robert Salerno |
| Written by | Jarrett Schaefer |
| Based on |
Let Me Take You Down by Jack Jones |
| Starring |
Jared Leto Judah Friedlander Lindsay Lohan |
| Music by | Anthony Marinelli |
| Cinematography | Tom Richmond |
| Edited by |
Andrew Hafitz Jim Makiej |
| Distributed by | Peace Arch Entertainment |
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Running time
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84 minutes 100 minutes (Sundance) |
| Country | Canada United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $187,488 |
| Actor | Role | |
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| Leto, JaredJared Leto | ... | Chapman, Mark DavidMark David Chapman |
| Friedlander, JudahJudah Friedlander | ... | Goresh, PaulPaul Goresh |
| Lohan, LindsayLindsay Lohan | ... | Hanson, JudeJude Hanson |
| Chapman, Mark LindsayMark Lindsay Chapman | ... | Lennon, JohnJohn Lennon |
Chapter 27 is a 2007 biographical film depicting the murder of John Lennon by Mark David Chapman. It was written and directed by Jarrett Schaefer, based on the book Let Me Take You Down by Jack Jones, produced by Robert Salerno, and stars Jared Leto as Chapman. The film takes place in December 1980, and is intended to be an exploration of Chapman's psyche.
As an independent production, it was picked up for distribution by Peace Arch Entertainment and premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival where it received polarized reactions from critics. It later went into limited theatrical release in the United States on March 28, 2008. Chapter 27 was cited as one of the most controversial films of 2007. It won the Debut Feature Prize for Schaefer at the Zurich Film Festival, where Leto also received the Best Performance award for his portrayal of Chapman.
The similar film The Killing of John Lennon was released the previous year, produced in the United Kingdom, and dealt more extensively with Chapman's life prior to the shooting than Chapter 27.
On December 8, 1980, Mark David Chapman shocked the world by murdering 40-year-old musician and activist, John Lennon, outside The Dakota, his New York apartment building. Chapman's motives were fabricated from pure delusion, fueled by an obsession with the fictional character Holden Caulfield and his similar misadventures in J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. In one instant, an anonymous, socially awkward and mentally unstable 25-year-old fan of The Beatles, who had fluctuated between idealizing Lennon and being overcome with a desire to kill him, altered the course of the history of music.
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