2023
Iconic Events Releasing
1 h 37 m

2023
Iconic Events Releasing
1 h 37 m

Summary Billed as “a weekend that lasted 18 months and a love story that took 50 years to tell”, The Lost Weekend: A Love Story explores the 18-month relationship (1973-1975) that John Lennon spent with May Pang, his Chinese American assistant turned lover (on Yoko Ono’s insistence and which she came to regret). With May's help, Lennon reunited ...

Documentary

Directed By: Eve Brandstein, Richard Kaufman, Stuart Samuels

2023
Iconic Events Releasing
1 h 37 m

2023
Iconic Events Releasing
1 h 37 m

The Lost Weekend: A Love Story

Name: The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2023-04-13
Duration: 1 min 37 s
Rating: 62
Cast: May Pang, John Lennon, Julian Lennon, David Bowie, Harry Nilsson

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Eve Brandstein, Richard Kaufman, Stuart Samuels

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The Guardian

Nov 16, 2023

It is a vivid snapshot of a troubled private life at the apex of the US music scene.

By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

Movie Nation

Apr 17, 2023

The film, which also details Pang’s Chinese immigrant upbringing and mentions her subsequent life and career in and around the music business, joins other building block documentaries like “The U.S. vs. John Lennon” in performing two services — keeping his memory alive, and wholly charting the many currents of the life of this singular figure in global pop culture history.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

Variety

Apr 13, 2023

“The Lost Weekend” is a compelling movie and a valuable puzzle piece, but it’s only pretending to be the whole puzzle.

By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Apr 13, 2023

Whatever the truth of Ono’s manipulations in this affair — and Pang’s claims, including that Ono asked Pang to look after Lennon in an especially personal way, are at times hair-raising — they tinge this saga with a resentment that’s off-putting.

By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Apr 13, 2023

Duration 1 h 37 m

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AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

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May Pang

Self

John Lennon

Self

Julian Lennon

Self

David Bowie

Self

Harry Nilsson

Self

David Bailey

Self

The Beatles

Themselves

Dick Cavett

Self

Alice Cooper

Self

Walter Cronkite

Self - News anchor

Francesca de Angelis

Self - ABKO Music Publishing

Bob Gruen

Self - photographer

George Harrison

Self

Reverend Ike

Self - Televangelist

Elton John

Self

Larry Kane

Self - WPVI News Anchor

Jim Keltner

Self

Tony King

Self - Apple Records, London

Cynthia Lennon

Self - Julian Lennon's mother

G. Gordon Liddy

Self - FBI Agent

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