Piece Of Magic Entertainment secures multi-territory rights to “One To One: John & Yoko”
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Worldwide theatrical distribution company Piece of Magic Entertainment has acquired multi-territory theatrical rights to documentary ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO, it was announced today by Caspar Nadaud, CEO and Founder.
Piece of Magic has acquired the rights to the film across Europe from Mercury Studios, including in France, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO, is a documentary from Oscar®-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald (“The Last King of Scotland,” “Marley,” HBO’s “One Day in September”, “The Mauritanian”). It world premiered at the Venice Film Festival and most recently screened at Sundance
An expansive and revelatory inside look at the 18 months John Lennon and Yoko Ono spent living in Greenwich Village in the early 1970s, ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO delivers an immersive cinematic experience that brings to life electrifying, never-before-seen material and newly restored footage of Lennon’s only full-length, post-Beatles concert. With mind-blowing remastered audio overseen by their son, Sean Ono Lennon, the film is a seismic revelation that will challenge pre-existing notions of the iconic couple.
Following its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, the documentary had its North American bow at the Telluride Film Festival and featured in Sundance Film Festival’s Spotlight section.
“I was touched by Kevin Macdonald’s exceptional narrative which not only provides a nuanced understanding of life in America at the time but also resonates deeply with today’s world. As a John Lennon fan, it is a gift to receive such a strikingly fresh and deeply intimate perspective on this legendary couple and to experience the newly restored once-in-a-lifetime concert with incredible remastered sound. I truly believe this unique experience deserves to be seen on the big screen, and I am thrilled to be partnering with Mercury Studios to make that happen for European audiences,” said Caspar Nadaud, CEO and Founder of Piece of Magic Entertainment.
“I am delighted that Piece of Magic are distributing the film across Europe. They really understand music films and this builds on a great relationship developed since we released Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool together in 2018,” said Will White, SVP Content Sales, Mercury Studios.
On August 30, 1972, in New York City, John Lennon played his only full-length show after leaving The Beatles, the One to One benefit concert at Madison Square Garden, a rollicking, dazzling performance from him and Yoko Ono. Macdonald’s riveting documentary takes that legendary musical event and uses it as the starting point to explore eighteen defining months in the lives of John and Yoko. By 1971 the couple was newly arrived in the United States — living in a tiny apartment in Greenwich Village and watching a huge amount of American television. The film uses a riotous mélange of American TV to conjure the era through what the two would have been seeing on the screen: the Vietnam War, The Price is Right, Nixon, Coca-Cola ads, Cronkite, The Waltons. As they experience a year of love and transformation in the US, John and Yoko begin to change their approach to protest — ultimately leading to the One to One concert, which was inspired by a Geraldo Rivera exposé they watched on TV. Filmed in a meticulously faithful reproduction of the NYC apartment the duo shared, ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO offers a bold new take on a seminal time in the lives of two of history’s most influential artists.
Mercury Studios Presents A Plan B/KM Films & Mercury Studios Production. ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO is directed by Kevin Macdonald. Edited & Co-directed by Sam Rice-Edwards. Produced by Peter Worsley, Kevin Macdonald and Alice Webb. Executive Producers are Sean Ono Lennon, Marc Robinson, David Joseph, Steve Condie, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner. Consulting Producer is Simon Hilton.
