Yoko in court to block ‘awesome’ Lennon footage

FOOTAGE of John Lennon smoking pot, writing songs and discussing putting the drug LSD in President Richard Nixon’s tea is the focus of a court case starting in Boston next week over whether the video should be made public.

The case pits Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, against Massachusetts-based World Wide Video, which claims ownership of nine hours of raw footage of the former Beatle and Ono that was filmed just weeks before the band’s 1970 break-up.

World Wide, a New England consortium of Beatles collectors, wants to release the footage as a two-hour film titled “3 Days in the Life” about Lennon during a pivotal and turbulent time for the band.