12/08/80 was the day John Lennon was murdered outside his New York apartment. There are a lot of ugly events that jolted the world but that one hit very hard. It's surprising I guess that someone waited this long to do a movie about that day but someone has. The Lennon Report is a docudrama about it and I'm going to be seeing it on 12/08/16 at the Los Angeles premiere. According to the press release, "Red carpet and musical guests are scheduled prior to the screening and director Jeremy Profe will take questions after the film along with Karen Tsen Lee who plays Yoko Ono."
It's at the Crest Theater in Westwood, a place where I saw movies as a child but I haven't been inside since around 1975. I hear it's changed. The press release also says…
The Crest is a unique combination of historical charm and modern performance technology and capabilities. Commissioned by Francis Seymour Fonda in 1940, the 460 seat theater houses a single movie screen with the ability to show 35 and 75mm films, a 4K digital projector, Dolby Digital sound, and an entertainment stage for live shows. In 2008, the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission voted unanimously to recommend the theater as a City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. The theater is gearing up to present a compelling mix of programming to the Los Angeles community in 2017 and invites programmers to creatively use the space.
So I'm interested to see the movie and the movie theater. You may be able to score tickets for the premiere at the Crest's website.