The Oscar-winning Scottish filmmaker recalls the legendary singer-songwriter’s 1972 ‘One-to-One’ benefit concert, his only full-stage performance after leaving The Beatles.
Life after The Beatles for singer-songwriter John Lennon and wife Yoko Ono in New York is the focus of Kevin MacDonald’s documentary, One to One: John & Yoko.
The Scottish filmmaker, coming off his fashion doc High & Low: John Galliano, recalls Lennon in 1972 performing his final full-stage performance, the One to One benefit concert, at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, with Ono at his side.
It is directed by acclaimed director Macdonald, who helmed Whitney, Touching the Void, The Last King of Scotland, which won Best Actor Oscar for Forest Whitaker.
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One to One features new materials like remixed concert audio produced by Sean Ono Lennon, newly restored footage and personal archives like phone calls and home movies recorded and filmed by Lennon and Ono. Besides earning an Oscar for One Day in September, MacDonald also executive produced the award-winning documentaries Senna and The Rescue.
One to One: John & Yoko, from Mercury Studios, comes over 50 years after The Beatles broke up, and Lennon was fatally shot in 1980 as he and Ono returned to their home in the Dakota building overlooking New York’s Central Park.
One to One is also the first film from Plan B/KM Films, a joint venture between Macdonald and Brad Pitt’s Plan B Productions. The producer credits are shared by Peter Worsley, Alice Webb and Macdonald, while Steve Condie, David Joseph, Marc Robinson, Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner executive produce.
“This film is ultimately a story of radical hope. It is an honest and intimate look at a pivotal year in John and Yoko’s lives – a melting pot of politics, youth culture, self-growth and spine-tingling artistry. I’m honored to bring this story to fans everywhere with the impeccable Kevin Macdonald, Sean and Peter,” Mercury Studios CEO Alice Webb said in a statement.
