London
(ANI):
Renowned
artist
Yoko
Ono
has
poured
cold
water
on
plans
to
produce
a
movie
about
a
visit
to
Sutherland
she
made
with
her
late
husband
John
Lennon
during
their
heyday.
Her
lawyers
have
denied
the
producers
rights
to
use
the
late
Beatle's
songs,
which
were
central
to
Mhari
And
The
Lennons.
Lennon
had
fond
memories
of
childhood
holidays
in
the
village
of
Durness.
With
a
view
to
escaping
the
pressures
of
superstardom,
he
insisted
on
taking
his
new
wife
on
a
holiday
to
Scotland
in
1969.
However,
he
met
with
an
accident
while
driving
in
the
area,
and
had
to
spend
five
days
in
a
small
hospital
in
Golspie.
Film
location
manager
and
writer
Derek
Yeaman
says
that
while
assembling
parts
of
the
story,
he
discovered
that
Lennon
had
struck
up
an
unlikely
relationship
with
the
local
minister
from
the
Free
Church
of
Scotland.
He
used
the
incident
as
the
starting
point
for
the
film,
a
fictionalised
story
about
the
impact
the
Beatle's
presence
had
on
the
local
community.
He
had
even
secured
the
support
of
a
top
British
film
producer
for
the
project.
However,
Ono
has
now
refused
to
authorise
use
of
Lennon"s
songs
in
the
film.
"Apparently
her
Scottish
experience
was
not
a
pleasant
one
and
she
did
not
wish
to
'go
back'
to
these
times,
therefore
we
don't
get
the
blessing
we
wanted,
and
also
the
Lennon
'materials'
that
would
have
encouraged
the
financiers
to
fund
the
film," the
Scotsman
quoted
Yeaman
as
saying.
A
lawyer
for
Ono,
Peter
Shukat,
revealed
that
her
decision
was
prompted
by
her
desire
to
avoid
stirring
up
"bad
memories" of
an
unpleasant
event
in
her
and
Lennon's
lives.
"She
felt
that
the
story
would
not
reflect
greatly
on
anybody
and
she
just
wasn't
real
happy
with
it,"
Shukat
was
quoted
as
telling
Scotland.
"I
certainly
can't
stop
you
from
making
your
movie,
but
we
wouldn't
authorise
the
licence
of
John's
music
she
controls
John's
music.
And
I
don't
believe
without
Yoko's
approval
Sony/ATV
would
license
the
Beatles' music,"
the
lawyer
added.
He
even
said
that
Ono
was
not
in
a
condition
to
discuss
the
matter
or
make
a
direct
comment
on
it.
Yeaman,
however,
is
still
determined
to
get
the
picture
made.
"The
film
we
want
to
make
is
an
uplifting
one
and
I
just
don't
think
Yoko
knows
this,"
he
said.