The U.S. vs. John Lennon

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For the soundtrack to the film, see The U.S. Versus John Lennon (soundtrack).

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

Directed by	David Leaf John Scheinfeld II
Produced by	Sandra Stern Kevin Beggs Tom Ortenberg
Written by	David Leaf John Scheinfeld II
Starring	Tariq Ali Walter Cronkite Mario Cuomo Angela Davis John Lennon G. Gordon Liddy George McGovern Richard Nixon Yoko Ono Geraldo Rivera Bobby Seale Gore Vidal
Music by	John Lennon
Cinematography	James Mathers III
Editing by	Peter S. Lynch II
Distributed by	Lions Gate Films
Release date(s)	15 September 2006
Running time	99 min.
Language	English
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The U.S. vs. John Lennon is a 2006 documentary film about British musician John Lennon's transformation from a member of The Beatles to a rallying anti-war activist striving for world peace during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The film also details the attempts by the United States government under President Richard Nixon to silence him. The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and its North American premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. It was released in New York City and Los Angeles, California on 15 September 2006, and had a nationwide release on 29 September. A soundtrack comprised of John Lennon tracks was released by Capitol Records and EMI on 26 September 2006.

The film is distributed by Lions Gate Films, which also distributed Michael Moore's 2004 film Fahrenheit 9/11, and it is rumored that the documentary will be aired on VH1 this year.

The U.K. release was on December 8, 2006, 26 years to the day after the death of John Lennon. The DVD was released on February 13, 2007 in the United States.