A brand new zoetrope image disc celebrates Conflict Is Over!, the Oscar-winning animated quick movie impressed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s anti-war vacation traditional “Happy Xmas (War Is Over).”
Due out Dec. 5, the 12” report options the Sean Ono Lennon-produced Final Mixes of “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” and B-side “Listen, The Snow Is Falling,” blended and engineered by Paul Hicks and Sam Gannon, plus composer and conductor Thomas Newman’s soundtrack music from the movie.
The disc is minimize at 45 rpm and packaged in a PVC clear sleeve with a title sticker that includes credit. The zoetrope picture is designed by Drew Tetz utilizing nonetheless frames from Conflict Is Over!, whereas the entrance cowl sticker options an illustration by Max Narciso from the Penguin youngsters’s guide adaptation of the movie, together with John & Yoko’s unique “WAR IS OVER! (IF YOU WANT IT)” poster. It’s a great collector’s merchandise for Lennon and Ono followers this vacation season.
Launched in 2023, WAR IS OVER! was written and directed by Dave Mullins, primarily based on a narrative by Mullins and Sean Ono Lennon. The movie, which received the Academy Award for Finest Animated Quick Movie in 2024, was impressed by Lennon and Ono’s Christmas traditional “Happy Xmas (War Is Over),” launched by the Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Group Choir in 1971. “I went into this thinking we’d be getting a music video treatment of the song, coupled with obvious present-day footage to make a point,” wrote RogerEbert.com upon the movie’s launch. “This was a refreshing change of pace, both for the program and the approach.”
WAR IS OVER! was produced by Brad Booker and exec produced by Yoko Ono Lennon and Sean Ono Lennon; it’s a co-production of Lenono Music, ElectroLeague, WetaFX, and Epic Video games.
Order John Lennon’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” on zoetrope vinyl now.
