The movie was made with the co-operation of Yoko Ono, who controlled the song rights. This was a story that not many Beatles fans know: That John and Yoko reconciled in 1974, amid the May Pang affair, because of Paul McCartney. He then got back together with Yoko in 1975, and had Sean. As the Vietnam War raged in 1969, John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono held two week-long Bed-ins for Peace, one at the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam and one at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, each of which were intended to be nonviolent protests against wars, and experimental tests of new ways to promote peace. John Lennon and Yoko Ono were together up until the Beatles star was shot outside their apartment building on December 8, 1980. I needed space" Her family disowned her, her daughter was snatched from her, and her rock'n'roll marriage stifled her. It was directed by Sandor Stern and stars Mark McGann as Lennon and Kim Miyori as Ono. And why was it not so well-known? I don't know much about how they broke up, but I did read that near the end, meanwhile, Paul and Wings were working on Venus and Mars, and at that point, John and Paul had buried the hatchet and were considering writing together again. Because those who were privy to it did not talk about it to the press. John and Yoko: A Love Story is a 1985 American made-for-television biographical film that chronicles the lives of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, beginning just before they met in 1966 and concluding with Lennon's murder in 1980. John almost went to go work with Paul for the sessions. I needed a rest. She and John had sacrificed a lot to be together and it was worth it because they were so much in love. I’m glad you added the vice versa because i think it’s important. Yoko Ono: "John's affair wasn't hurtful to me.