Lennon drugs video

Yoko Ono in court

23 Apr 2008 - A controversial video of John Lennon is the subject of a court case starting this week in Boston.

The footage shows Lennon smoking marijuana, writing songs and discussing putting LSD in President Richard Nixon's tea, the court will decide whether the video should be made public.

The case sees Yoko Ono pitted against Massachusetts-based World Wide Video, which claims ownership of nine hours of raw footage of the couple that was filmed just weeks before the Beatles broke up in 1970.

"awesome John Lennon footage" -   Rolling Stone Magazine

World Wide is a consortium of Beatles collectors that wants to release the black-and-white footage as a two-hour film, "3 Days In The Life".

Rolling Stone magazine has called it "awesome John Lennon footage you might never see."

The footage, recorded in February 1970, shows Lennon composing two hits, "Remember" and "Mind Games," along with a discussion of his drug use and scenes that World Wide describes as "intimate and no-holds-barred."

Yoko Ono's lawyers are asserting copyright ownership of the videotapes, whereas World Wide has filed a suit against Ono for copyright infringement.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 30.



Ruth Barnes