Chapter 27 (2007)

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J.P. Schaefer

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Chuck Cooper
Cabbie

Victor Verhaeghe
Cop #1

Lindsay Lohan
Jude

Ursula Abbott
Jeri

Roy Milton Davis
Homeless Man

Adam Scarimbolo
Clerk Riley

Jeane Fournier
Prostitute

Kate Higgins
Gloria

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J.D. Salinger por J.P.Schaefer

14 years, 2 months ago at Jan 29 0:15

Nathalia Montecristo

Um tanto quanto subestimado, o trabalho do roteirista e diretor J.P. Schaefer, Chapter 27, lançado em Sundance 2007, evoca a conhecida obsessão do assassino de John Lennon pelo personagem principal da obra “The Catcher in the Rye” de J.D. Salinger, que possui 26 capítulos.

Schaefer mergulha na obscura peregrinação de Mark David Chapman nos dias que antecedem... read more

An average movie

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johanlefourbe

Honestly, I wasn't sure what to expect from this flick but I was still eager to check it out. I mean, Lindsay Lohan's career has become pretty abysmal lately and this movie was the only one who seemed to have at least some potential. Since I started to talk about Lohan, I should add that you wonder why she was there in the first place. I mean, she only had 2 or 3 scenes, her performance was rat... read more

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Description: 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 hea 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. ... (more)

Release date: 15 December 2007

Tags: Murder (6), Drama (5), Biography (4), Thriller (4), Crime (4), Death (4), Jared Leto (4), John Lennon (3), Based On A True Story (3), New York City (3), 2000s (3), 2007 (3), (3), Lindsey Lohan (3), Mystery (2), True Story (2), Suspense (2), 1980s (2), Beatles (2), Dramas (2)

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