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Chapter 27

Chuck Cooper (Actor), Victor Verhaeghe (Actor), J.P. Schaefer (Director, Writer) Rated:
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3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 253 ratings
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Contributor Dan Schultz, Jeane Fournier, Molly Griffith, Brian Bell, Roy Milton Davis, Victor Verhaeghe, Spiro Malas, Robert Gerard Larkin, Jack Jones, Adam Scarimbolo, J.P. Schaefer, Chuck Cooper, Ursula Abbott, Lindsay Lohan See more
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On December 8, 1980 Mark David Chapman shocked the world by murdering the beloved purveyor of peace, 40-year old musician and activist, John Lennon, outside The Dakota, his New York apartment building. Chapman's motives were fabricated from pure delusion, fueled by an obsession with the fictional character Holden Caulfield and his similar misadventures in J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. In one instant, an anonymous, mentally unstable 25-year old, socially awkward Beatles fan who had fluctuated between idealizing Lennon and being overcome with a desire to kill him - altered the course of history. Jared Leto, 60 pounds heavier for the role, bears an uncanny physical resemblance to the real Chapman, who to this day, is incarcerated in Attica Prison, on a guilty plea. Aside from a Larry King interview in 1992, he has not spoken with the media. However, Chapman did reveal the mechanics of his unraveling during those three fateful days in New York City, to crime journalist Jack Jones. The interviews were published in 1992 as Let Me Take You Down: Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman, a book of Chapman's recollections of his unthinkable act of violence. From this text, the film CHAPTER 27 is based. The film takes its title from the idea that through his actions in New York, Chapman was attempting to "write" his own additional, 27th chapter to Catcher in the Rye (which ends with chapter 26). Leto's embodiment of a man whose painfully restless mind thrashes about uncontrollably between paranoia, socio-pathic lying and delusion is summed up in such character revealing comments as "I'm too vulnerable for a world full of pain and lies" and "Everyone is cracked and broken. You have to find something to fix you. To give you what you need. To make you whole again." From his lies to cab drivers (identifying himself as the Beatles sound engineer) to his socially unacceptable behavior around Jude (Lindsay Lohan) a young fan he meets outside the Dakota -- to his argument with paparazzi photographer Paul (Judah Friedlander), Leto's Chapman keeps the psychoses bubbling below the surface as his grasp on reality deteriorates into a completely misguided rage.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 4140398
  • Director ‏ : ‎ J.P. Schaefer
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Widescreen, NTSC, Multiple Formats, Color
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 24 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ September 30, 2008
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Chuck Cooper, Victor Verhaeghe, Robert Gerard Larkin, Lindsay Lohan, Ursula Abbott
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Peace Arch
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001AR60GK
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ J.P. Schaefer, Jack Jones
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 253 ratings

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Lynne
5.0 out of 5 stars Chilling movie
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2014
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I just watched 2 movies about the murder of John Lennon, back to back. One was CHAPTER 27, and the other is called THE KILLING OF JOHN LENNON.

CHAPTER 27 is by far, the better of the 2 movies, hands down. Jared Leto gained weight for the role, and really seemed to become Mark David Chapman (Lennon's killer), even down to his slight southern accent and his mannerisms. It covers only the 3 days that Chapman was in NYC right before the murder, and ends shortly after the killing. The movie was just the right length (about 90 minutes), and had me emotionally engaged. The ending scene had me crying, followed by being creeped out (watch it and you'll see what I mean). I found it to be a powerful, well made movie.

THE KILLING OF JOHN LENNON movie, on the other hand, seemed overlong (it's about 2 hours long), disjointed, and elicited no emotional response from me. And that's saying something. If you can't get me to cry over the murder of John Lennon, something is wrong with your movie. The movie starts 3 months before the murder, at Chapman's home in Hawaii, and continues after the murder through his imprisonment and trial. Jonas Ball, as Mark David Chapman, does not seem to embody the character at all. He is thin, looks nothing like him, and does not even attempt a southern accent. He was not believable, and this is the main reason I felt detached from the movie.

In my opinion, if you only watch one of these, go for CHAPTER 27.
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Gemma Cheyne
3.0 out of 5 stars The movie leaves out the part about
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2019
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John Lennon not being Chapman's original target. In fact I've read elsewhere it was Todd Rundgren, and a copy of the album "Hermit of Mink Hollow" was found in Chapman's room and Chapman thought it had been talking to him or something. I'm not even sure how much of a maniac Chapman really is or if he just made it up to be institutionalized.
BTW. nowhere on the Hermit of Mink Hollow album are instructions to go out and shoot John Lennon. Not even if you play it backwards. I think it is significant that John asked him "Is that all you want?" because he could sense something. It was portrayed at the time as Chapman shot Lennon because Lennon had lots of money and wouldn't even stop to sign an autograph and he felt dissed, and that is not what happened. But thanks to Chapman, celebrities cannot even walk around in their own neighborhoods and lead ordinary lives when they are not performing.
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Crazy Sven
5.0 out of 5 stars The Day that PEACE Died
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2017
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I remember this happening as if it were yesterday. I was a sophomore in college and my roommate absolutely worshiped the Beatles; especially John Lennon. He wore a black arm band for months after Lennon was shot. The irony of Lennon's belief in peace and goodwill versus the violent and meaningless way he died will forever haunt our collective memories for a long time. Imagine the world if John had not been murdered. I don't know if things would be better, but they couldn't be much worse right now. Younger audiences will rate this low because it is not an "action" movie, but for those of us who were affected by this senseless murder, it makes for a very good, albeit creepy, profile of an irredeemable psychopath. Mark Chapman should never see the light of day again and it would be a crime against humanity to free him on parole. So, he is a born-again Christian according to latest reports, but we all know that psychopaths hide behind that particular franchise of Christianity as a part of their mental illness in their egotistical quest to do harm and try to pull the wool over our eyes.
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SUZANNE
1.0 out of 5 stars Slow and inaccurate
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2018
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First, I knew Mark Chapman in high school and something terrible must have happened to him, I'm thinking head injury and/or the wrong drugs. The movie is much too slow and monotonous, the creepy voice is a joke, Mark had a very sweet and gentle voice. He was in the popular very cool musician group during high school and he was a heart throb, very very good looking, soft spoken and shy, he was special, zero signs of mental illness or instability. I didn't know him that well but enough to say the voice in the movie is nothing like his, and it's too irritating to watch the entire movie. He was very sexy not geeky. But like I said something horrible happened to him that turned him into a monster and I was hoping to get a clue about it from the movie but nope just a very boring, voice grating waste of time.
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Mark S. Crawford
4.0 out of 5 stars No Happy Ending
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2018
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To me, it’s rather morbid, and a little creepy, that there are two bio-pics about Mark Chapman and his murder of John Lennon. At 86 minutes long, this particular telling focuses on the three days that Chapman was in New York to shoot Lennon.

Jared Leto is outstanding as he portrays Chapman. He makes for a convincing person tormented in his mind. His performance is full of nuances and other subtleties that makes us aware his character is at the edge and might, or might not, go over at any minute. The “plot” sticks close the historical timeline of Chapman’s days in New York. The shooting of Lennon is never directly shown and in no way is gratuitous.

This version of the Chapman/Lennon story almost has an “indie” feel, which seems appropriate. It had a good production value, but not over the top. Related, I don’t remember hearing any Lennon or Beatles music. Could have been a budget concern; I’m guessing it cost quite a bit to license songs from those catalogs. It was well cast, except for the inclusion of Lindsay Lohan. She’s more than a capable actress, but every time I saw her in a scene I got distracted thinking about all the drama in her life! Her role might have been better given to a unknown, or up-and-comer.

Regardless of the pros and cons of this film, or whether some see it as good or bad, it’s a reminder that several lives were changed forever on that fatal day. This is not a typical Hollywood movie . . . there was no happy ending.
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B L Bencic
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on November 9, 2017
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Love this movie!!
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Giada
5.0 out of 5 stars Storia vera attori bravi
Reviewed in Italy on December 17, 2018
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Mi è piaciuta la veridicità degli attori
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Si MU
5.0 out of 5 stars spannende Story, toller Schauspieler
Reviewed in Germany on May 25, 2013
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Als kleiner Jared Leto Fan muss man natürlich alles mögliche besitzen :)

So habe ich mir u.a. auch diesen Film zugelegt und muss sagen:
Als Schauspieler sowie als Sänger brilliant.
Seine immer wieder sehr anspruchsvollen Rollen überzeugen und ich kann diesen Film nur weiterempfehlen.

Zum Film selbst - um möglichst wenig zu spoilern:
er hat versucht die wirren Gedankengänge des Mark David Chapman für den Zuschauer soweit darzustellen dass man fast ein wenig Sympathie für diese Seele bekommt. Die Beziehung des Chapman, die paar wenigen Begegnungen die er mit seinem Idol verleben konnte wurden herausgearbeitet. Man erkennt die Verletzung, die Zurückweisung die zu diesem fatalen Entschluss John Lennon zu töten geführt haben könnten. Ein schockierendes Ereignis ( die Ermordung ) wird aus einer völlig anderen Sichtweise ( nämlich des Täters ) dargestellt.
Man erkennt dass man Wahn nicht immer von vornherein erkennt. Dass nicht alle psychisch kranken automatisch einen Stempel auf dem Kopf tragen müssen. Sich extrem von "normalen" Menschen unterscheiden.
Zu Beginn wirkt Chapman in diesem Film zwar ein wenig exotisch, man belächelt ihn fast ein wenig. Aber es handelt sich um einen Fan. Fans reagieren oftmals komisch wenn Sie Ihrem Star gegenüber treten oder über ihn sprechen. Noch unterscheidet er sich nicht zwangsläufig von den "normalen" Fans.
Aber mit der Zeit taucht man tiefer in sein Tun ein, entwickelt zu diesem verschrobenen Menschen eine Art Sympathie. Man erkennt wirre Gedankengänge die in eine völlig falsche Richtung laufen. Merkt wie er immer mehr die anderen Menschen von sich stößt. Wie nur noch eines für ihn wichtig wird : John Lennon. Sein Gedankenkarussel spitzt sich nach der Ersten Begegnung zu. Spätestens nach der Zurückweisung weiß man : jetzt läuft es aus dem Ruder-
während Journalisten und andere Fans geduldig darauf warten noch einen Blick oder ein Autogramm von John zu erhaschen tritt Chapman auf der Stelle und hat nur noch ein Ziel. Welches - das kennen wir bereits.

Der Film hat einige Abwandlungen zu realen Geschichte. Dennoch stößt dies nicht schlecht auf und unterstützt die These dass jeder Mensch irgendwann und irgendwie aus dem Ruder laufen kann. Dass Wahnsinn nicht erkennbar ist und zum Himmel schreit. Dass Menschen unberechenbar sind.
Gesetz dem Falle hätte Chapman diese Zurückweisung ( in seinem Falle fatal ) nicht erhalten - wäre er dann aus dem Ruder gelaufen? Wäre er als Kind beliebt gewesen und integriert in einem sozial gefestigten Umfeld - wäre es dann soweit überhaupt gekommen? Was hätte man anders machen können? Hätte man überhaupt etwas unternehmen können / sollen?
Was ist mit den umstehenden Personen die die Veränderung bemerken? Hätten Sie einschreiten müssen? Ihn auf den Boden der Tatsachen zurückholen müssen?
So viele Fragen bleiben offen. Regen zum Nachdenken an.
Der Film mag für viele langatmig sein - er ist halt kein typischer Hollywood Knall Boom Bang Film. Kein Action, keine Liebesschnulze - nichts. Nur reine Tatsachen, den Versuch ein menschliches Bild eines Mörders herzustellen. Dass man nicht nur das Monster in Chapman sieht, sondern einen innerlich verwaisten, naiven, kindlichen Charakter der Anerkennung, Liebe, einen Platz in der Welt sucht.

In meinen Augen brilliant von Jared Leto dargestellt.
Man merkt er hat sich lange mit dem Charakter beschäftigt. Hat ihn nicht nur oberflächlich wie im Drehbuch verankert dargestellt. Sondern hat versucht sich mit ihm zu identifizieren. Er lehnte einen Fat-Suit ab, futterte sich dieses Gewicht drauf. Stellte fest wie schwer es doch dicke Menschen haben müssen. Selbst einfache Alltagsdinge werden schier unmöglich und zur harten Belastungsprobe. All die Schmerzen, Qualen und Pain hat er mit in diese Rolle fließen lassen. Und man merkt es, man spürt es.

In meinen Augen einer seiner besten Filme - leider nicht zum Kassenschlager geworden weil sich viele Menschen heute nur noch besäuseln lassen wollen. Tatsachengeschichten wie das Leben sie schreibt möchte heute kaum noch einer hören und sehen. Eigenes Nachdenken - Fehlanzeige. Filme sind zum Unterhalten da - nicht um danach noch großartig zu reden weil es eben viele Auffassungen gibt. Nein, Knopf an, Film läuft, Film Ende - fertig.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Bonne réception de la part du vendeur
Reviewed in Canada on January 2, 2020
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Il est arrivé en bonne état.
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Rita Mistroni
5.0 out of 5 stars Chapter 27
Reviewed in Italy on August 22, 2014
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Non sono brava a scrivere recensioni. Di questo film mi è piaciuto tutto, la storia, il modo come è raccontata. E' un film fatto davvero benissimo. Grandiosa, come sempre, l'interpretazione di Jared Leto
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