Yoko Ono allows Lennon’s single Mother to be used in film
International
oi-Staff
London,
(ANI):
Late
singer
John
Lennon"s
wife
Yoko
Ono
has
allowed
filmmaker
Sam
Taylor-Wood
to
use
the
Beatles
member"s
famous
solo
track
'Mother" in
her
new
film
'Nowhere
Boy".
The
movie
set
to
release
on
December
26th
follows
the
adolescent
years
of
the
'Imagine"
singer
when
he
was
living
in
bad
terms
with
his
mother.
Lennon
was
raised
by
his
aunt
Mimi
after
his
mom
Julia
bequeathed
him
at
the
age
of
five.
However,
the
relationship
with
his
mother
had
improved
over
the
years
until
she
finally
died
in
a
car
accident
when
he
was
just
16.
Lennon
had
first
released
the
song
being
used
in
the
film
on
his
first
solo
album
John
Lennon/Plastic
Ono
Band
in
1970.
Helmer
of
the
film
is
ecstatic
that
Ono
has
permitted
her
to
use
the
track.
"She's
given
the
rights
to
(the
song)
Mother
which
she''s
never
given
the
rights
to
before.
She
wouldn''t
have
if
she
didn't
like
the
film.
That''s
really
the
stamp
of
approval," Sky
News
Online
quoted
her
as
saying.
She
added:
"The
song
Mother
was
essential
for
the
end
of
the
film.
Yoko
had
never
granted
the
rights
before
so
it
was
nerve
racking."
Taylor-Wood
further
revealed
that
both
Ono
and
Lennon"s
son
Sean
had
seen
the
movie.
She
said:
"They
both
really
loved
it." The
song
'Mother"
expresses
Lennon"s
grief
of
losing
his
mother
twice.