John Lennon in How I Won the War coming to DVD

The Richard Lester-directed "How I Won the War," featuring John Lennon in his only non-Beatles movie role, will be out on a remastered DVD March 20.

Originally released in 1967, the absurdist anti-war film features Lennon as a foil to star Michael Crawford. It's not a great pic, as I recall, having watched it a time or two on VHS years ago. Very much a piece of it's time. Still, it's a bit of Beatles memorabilia. It also marks the debut of John's granny glasses, which he wore for the role of Private Gripweed and, being nearsighted in real life, continued to wear thereafter.

A booklet accompanying the DVD includes an intro by Yoko Ono.

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