Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album

  • 2000

    Release Date

  • April 11th, 2000

  • Runtime

  • 63 minutes

  • Synopsis

  • An instant classic when released in September 1971, John Lennon's Imagine was the ex-Beatle's solo masterpiece, and its musical legacy is matched here by priceless footage of Lennon's creative process, independently edited from original 16-millimeter footage by producer-director Andrew Solt with the hands-off approval of Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono. Incorporating footage from John and Yoko's original film Imagine (clips of which were previously included in the 1988 documentary Imagine: John Lennon), Gimme Some Truth presents Lennon, Ono, coproducer Phil Spector, and a host of gifted musicians in a fluid context of conflict, community, and craftsmanship. Bearing witness to every stage of the recording process, this 63-minute documentary succeeds as a visual diary, a study of familiar music in its infancy, and a revealing portrait of the then-30-year-old Lennon--from witty clown to confrontational perfectionist--at the peak of his post-Fab Four inspiration.

  • CAST

  • John Lennon - Self,   Yoko Ono - Self,   George Harrison - Self,   Phil Spector - Self,   Andy Warhol - Self,   Miles Davis - Self,   Nicky Hopkins - Self,   Jim Keltner - Self,   Klaus Voormann - Self,   Alan White - Self,   Mal Evans - Self     

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