Chapter 27 is a movie directed by J.P. Schaefer in 2007 and based on the book Let Me Take You Down: Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman, the Man Who Killed John Lennon by Jack Jones, first published in 1992. The movie features Chuck Cooper, Victor Verhaeghe, Robert Gerard Larkin, Lindsay Lohan, Ursula Abbott, Roy Milton Davis, and others.
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Storyline
On December 8, 1980, Mark David Chapman shocked the world by murdering 40-year-old musician, former member of The Beatles and activist, John Lennon, outside The Dakota, his New York apartment building. In one instant, an anonymous, socially awkward and mentally unstable 25-year-old fan of The Beatles, altered the course of the history of music.
Movie vs Book
Year
2007
Minutes
84
Movie Rate
5.70
Source: IMDb
Year
1992
Pages
300
Book Rate
7.44
S: Goodreads
Book
Let Me Take You Down
Subtitle: Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman, the Man Who Killed John Lennon
Author: Jack Jones
Country: USA
First published in: 1992
Length: 300 pages
Genre: Biography
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“Working on an adaptation is not as satisfying, because it's not your original work: you're interpreting.”
BRIAN HELGELAND (Screenwriter)
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