Chapter 27

Chapter 27 is a biographical drama film depicting the murder of John Lennon by Mark David Chapman in December 1980, serving as an exploration of the latter's psyche. The film is based on the 1992 nonfiction book Let Me Take You Down: Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman, which chronicles Chapman's recollections of his act of violence. The title references J. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, which has 26 chapters, and suggests a continuation of the book.