{"id":28981,"date":"2024-03-11T03:04:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T03:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/oscars-2024-short-film-inspired-by-john-lennon-yoko-onos-classic-tune-wins-oscar\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T03:04:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T03:04:49","slug":"oscars-2024-short-film-inspired-by-john-lennon-yoko-onos-classic-tune-wins-oscar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/oscars-2024-short-film-inspired-by-john-lennon-yoko-onos-classic-tune-wins-oscar\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscars 2024: Short film inspired by John Lennon &amp; Yoko Ono\u2019s classic tune wins Oscar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-03-10\/M_WarIsOverLennonMullinsBooker_031024.jpg\" alt><figcaption>L-R: Brad Booker, Dave Mullins, Sean Ono Lennon\/ photo credit: Disney\/Frank Micelotta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A short film inspired by <strong>John Lennon<\/strong> and <strong>Yoko Ono<\/strong>\u2019s classic tune \u201cHappy Christmas (War Is Over),\u201d took home an Oscar Sunday night.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John &amp; Yoko <\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">won the award for Best Animated Short Film, with the couple\u2019s son <strong>Sean Ono Lennon<\/strong> on stage to help accept the award alongside filmmakers <strong>Dave Mullins<\/strong> and <strong>Brad Booker<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cJohn Lennon and Yoko Ono wrote a song that inspired us,\u201d filmmaker <strong>Dave Mullins<\/strong> said in his speech.\u00a0&#8220;It is an anti-war message that we tried to honor with this film.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sean used his time to give a shout out to his famous mom. &#8220;My mother turned 91 this February, and today is Mother&#8217;s Day in the U.K.,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So could everyone please say, &#8216;Happy Mother&#8217;s Day, Yoko!'&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 11-minute film\u00a0follows a game of chess, with a heroic carrier pigeon helping the game continue across enemy lines. 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