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26 September
2000
 I
have pretty much stayed away from the MDC controversy on his upcoming
parole hearing on October 3rd... but in the heart of keeping an accurate
up to date account of all that involves Julian I really should post
something about it.
I find it somewhat ironic that MDC is now saying that
he feels part of the reason he murdered John Lennon was because his
father did not show him any love... I also find it appropriate that
Chapman says he has nothing to say to Yoko, Sean or
Julian. "What I did was despicable. I don't have any rights
to tell anyone what or how to think. I lost my rights to all of that.
If they want to talk about me staying in here, they are perfectly
in their rights to do so. I have nothing to say about that. This is
the family we're talking about here, you know. If someone hurt my
family, I would hope I had the right to say what I felt about the
damage. Who am I to say anything to these people? It's their right
to express rage and horror and anger and bitterness: lock him up for
ever. That's absolutely their right." - Sept 26, 2000
Daily Express
Also in the words of the Daily Express who had exclusive
interview rights to MDC "To the millions who mourned the loss
of the former Beatle, 'despicable' does not begin to touch on the true
nature of such a violent crime."
I'm not a John Lennon fan and never mourned his loss but
it would have been nice for Julian if his father would still be alive
and would have given Julian a chance to get to know him and right the
wrongs of his past...
26 September
2000
The
"Pop & Me" DVD to be released
to Blockbuster and other video rental stores nationwide on December
19th, 2000 will have 8 additional minutes of Julian Lennon footage
as an extra bonus section on the DVD. A lot of the original footage
was removed from the film because of feedback from the test screenings...
the documentary type film done by father and son duo Richard and Chris
Roe discusses father and son relationships via father and sons around
the world.
Julian was interviewed for the documentary in Monaco in
1996. He discusses how his father really wasn't a father to him and
how he feels his father was a hypocrite for preaching peace and love
but having none for his own family - specifically Julian himself.
So be sure to keep asking your local video stores about
getting it in!!
Previous news bits on "Pop & Me"
Visit
the "Pop & Me website...
21 September
2000
There
was an article recently in London's "Daily Express"
regarding Yoko Ono's recent 'cease and desist' to a charity event
previously advertised as "Lennon 2000" being held to
commemorate the 20th anniversary of John Lennon's death due to the use
of the trademarked names "Lennon" and "John Lennon."
Yoko Ono has also forbidden the use photos of John Lennon or his likeness
in promotion of the event.
In light of that... the event has been changed to "L2K:
All you need is..."
The event is scheduled for December 10th at the Palace
Theatre in London. 8% of the proceeds will be split between BCC Children
in Need Appeal & Greenpeace. As noted in the article,
Julian has been invited to speak on his feelings towards his
father... (Note I have highlighted the invited part... Julian has
not said he will speak at this event.) Knowing Julian's feelings
that John was a failure as a father and a hypocrite as a person I do
not see that happening...
Mean while... the article also mentions Julian's disgust
of Yoko's blatant commercialism of his father for her own interests
including her latest decision to sell some of John Lennon's art as "limited
editions etched into small slabs of marble."
Read
the entire article on the Daily Express website
11 September
2000
Some
more dates for seeing the "Pop & Me" documentary...
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Bangkok Film Festival: September
21-October 1 (date & time TBD), Bangkok, Thailand
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Pennsylvania Film Festival: September 20-24
(date & time TBD), Scranton, PA
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Hot Springs Documentary Film
Festival: OPENING NIGHT SHOWCASE (attended by Richard &
Chris Roe): 7PM Friday, October 13, other showings to be announced,
Hot Springs, AR
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Marco Island Film Festival:
9PM Saturday, October 14 & 12:30PM Sun, October 15, Marco Island,
FL (Richard "Pop" will be attending)
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City of the Angels Film Festival:
November 10-12 (date & time TBD), Los Angeles, CA (Richard &
Chris Roe attending)
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SPECIAL: The
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science, in association with
the UCLA Film and Television Archive, has selected "Pop &
Me" as one of the outstanding documentaries of 1999 and is
presenting a special screening on Tuesday evening, January 23,
2001. The screening will take place in UCLA's James Bridges
Theater and is free to the public. Richard & Chris Roe will
most definitely be attending.
Previous news bits on "Pop & Me"
Visit
the "Pop & Me website...
7 August 2000
More on the "Pop & Me" video... the video and DVD release
date is still set for December 19th, 2000. It currently will only be
available at Blockbusters and other video stores... the video will be
available for rent and the DVD will be available for rent as well as
purchase. It is expected that the video as well as the DVD will be available
at Amazon.com and Walmart during a second release in spring of next
year...
Chris and Richard have recently finished recording an
audio commentary for the DVD as well as edited together some of the
additional footage with Julian Lennon which did not make the film cut.
MGM will be marketing the film to video stores next month!
So encourage your local store to get copies by asking them if they
have the "Pop & Me" video yet the next time you go in...
and encourage friends and family to do the same!
Previous news bits on "Pop & Me"
Visit
the "Pop & Me website...
31 July 2000
I
have recently received some more information from Chris Roe about the
documentary "Pop and Me"
done with his father Richard.. As mentioned before the documentary covers
the relationships between fathers and sons around the world and contains
a segment on Julian talking about his relationship with his own father...
From Chris:
We are now in the process of creating
an audio commentary and gathering additional footage for the DVD that
didn't make the film cut - and it looks like we will be featuring
more of the Julian interview....
More specifics: on December 19 the film
will be available for rent on VHS and for sale and rent on DVD - hopefully
in Blockbusters and video stores nationwide (we'll see, it hasn't
been sold yet). Then the plan is the video should be available for
sale retail (Wall Mart, etc.) in the Spring, and on TV somewhere next
Father's Day (June 2001).
As more information is known it will be posted here in
the news as well as in the Upcoming Section on Hey Jules
For addition information on the films check out the previous
news item on Pop & Me as well as the official "Pop
and Me" website.
21 July 2000
 Kandalyn
Hahn recently went to the Chicago Historical Society recently to look
at an exhibit of Harry Benson's photographs. She shares the following
with Hey Jules...
"He photographed the Beatles on their
first trip to America, followed them touring, etc. In the exhibit
there was one photograph of Julian, taken in 1984. He is standing
against a wall with his 80s hair, jeans with holes in the knees,
looking serious.
There are several photographs of Sean
Lennon, taken in 1990 and later as well as some earlier ones of Sean
with Yoko in the Strawberry Fields section of Central Park.
If you get a chance, check it out.
Kandalyn"
July 1-October 8, 2000
Chicago Historical Society
Clark Street at North Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60614-6099
Phone 312.642.4600 Fax 312.266.2077
info@chicagohistory.org
Thanks Kandalyn
12 July 2000
The
four portraits of John Lennon which Cynthia Lennon painted as a gift
for Julian can be viewed and purchased at http://www.cynthialennon.com
For more info see the May
28, 2000 Hey Jules News entry.
3 July 2000
Part
1 of the Julian Lennon Interview with Retro Rewind hit number one on
the MP3 interview charts today!
Part 1 is also available as a free download for a limited
time only..
Check it out at: http://www.mp3.com/Jules-Retro
Thanks to Angie
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