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'Chapter 27' is a 2007 American independent film depicting the murder of John Lennon by Mark David Chapman, starring Jared Leto and Lindsay Lohan. It was written and directed by J. P. Schaefer. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2007 and the Berlin Film Festival in February. The film initially failed to land a U.S. distributor, and was leaked onto the Internet prior to its official release. and won the Debut Feature Prize award for Schaefer at the Zurich Film Festival. The similar film The Killing of John Lennon was released the previous year, produced in the United Kingdom, and dealt more extensively with Chapman's life prior to the shooting than did Chapter 27. |