"The U.S. vs. John Lennon" tells the story of Lennon's transformation from loveable moptop to anti-war activist, and recounts the facts about Nixon's campaign to deport him in 1972.

With
Walter Cronkite, Gore Vidal, Mario Cuomo, George McGovern, Angela Davis, Bobby Seale, G. Gordon Liddy, Yoko Ono, and Jon Wiener-and archival footage of Richard Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover, and John Lennon.

Written and directed by David Leaf and John Scheinfeld
Historical consultant: Jon Wiener
World premiere: Venice Film Festival
North American premiere: Toronto Film Festival

Stars: John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Stew Albert

99 min - Documentary | Biography | Music - 16 April 2008 (France)

Cast
John Lennon... Himself (archive footage)
Stew Albert... Himself
Tariq Ali... Himself
Carl Bernstein... Himself
Robin Blackburn... Himself
Chris Charlesworth... Himself
Noam Chomsky... Himself
Walter Cronkite... Himself (also archive footage)
Mario Cuomo... Himself
Angela Davis... Herself
John Dean... Himself (also archive footage)
Felix Dennis... Himself
David Fenton... Himself
Bob Gruen... Himself
Ron Kovic... Himself


Production Companies
-Lionsgate (presents)
-VH1 Rock Docs (presents) (as VH1)
-Authorized Pictures
-LSL Productions

Distributors
-Filmes da Mostra (2010) (Brazil) (theatrical)
-Lionsgate (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
-RCV Film Distribution (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
-VH1 Television (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
-Xanadeux Company (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
-British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2007) (UK) (TV) (BBC2) (broadcast premiere)
-Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore (2007) (Italy) (DVD)
-Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
-RCV Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Camera
Panasonic AJ-HDC27 Varicam, Canon HD Lenses

Film negative format (mm/video inches)
Video (HDTV)

Cinematographic process
DVC Pro HD

Printed film format
35 mm

Aspect ratio
1.78 : 1