The Killing of John Lennon

Mark David Chapman's obsession with and murder of John Lennon is cinematically reconstructed in Andrew Piddington's dramatic study, a first-person dive inside the disturbed mind and deluded motivations of the convicted killer. "Anchored by a fearless, commanding lead performance by newcomer Jonas Ball as deranged assassin Mark David Chapman, 'The Killing of John Lennon' is a harrowing, impressionistic, wide-screen tour de force that unfolds with the propulsive urgency of a scrapbook thrown into a howling wind," writes Variety critic Eddie Cockrell. Piddington shot the film in a quasi-documentary style in many of the locations where real-life events occurred. Krisha Fairchild, Mie Omori and Robert Kirk co-star. The DVD features commentary by writer/director Piddington and deleted scenes.