Magnolia Pictures announced that they have recently acquired the North American rights to One To One: John & Yoko. Helmed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland, Marley, One Day in September), the new documentary feature is an expansive and revelatory inside look at the eighteen 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. This includes 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 the pre-existing notions that people have of the iconic couple.
“I am personally thrilled to be back with the Magnolia and HBO teams to be giving One to One: John & Yoko the ambitious theatrical release that I always dreamed of for this film. This is a movie about music and love and politics – and about immersing yourself in the year of 1972…I’m grateful to Sean Lennon and Mercury Studios for entrusting the incredible One to One concert to me”
-Kevin Macdonald
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 was 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.
Following its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, the documentary had its North American premiere at the Telluride Film Festival. It screened next at the Sundance Film Festival’s Spotlight section. Magnolia will open the film exclusively in IMAX on April 11, 2025, before expanding to additional theaters around the country.
One to: One John & Yoko will be airing on HBO and will be available to stream on Max in late 2025.
