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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Oliver Stone |
| Stars: |
Tommy Lee Jones |
| Actors: |
Sissy Spacek |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Justice · Murder · Assassination · Betrayal · Conspiracy Theories · Essential Cinema |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS: Oliver Stone Collection |
| UPC: |
085391853435 |
| Release Date: |
1991 |
| Running Time: |
3hr 26min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Ultimate Collector's Edition Release Company: Warner Home Video (November 11, 2008) UPC: 883929027231 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 3hr 9min Release Company: Movies Unlimited (May 20, 1992) |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Zachary Sklar |
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Professional Reviews
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(01/23/1992, p.48-9, Peter Travers): "...Tremendously exciting....JFK is riveting..." |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"Let justice be done though the heavens fall."--Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Oliver Stone's self-proclaimed "countermyth," JFK mocks the doubtful veracity of the Warren Commission's findings on the Kennedy assassination and summarizes some of the myriad theories that have been proposed in its contest. Focusing on the investigation by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) into the activities of the FBI and other government agencies as well as their attempted cover-ups, Stone weaves fact and speculation into a compelling argument for the reopening of the case files. Garrison begins to investigate local links to the assassination, including Clay Shaw (Tommy Lee Jones), David Ferrie (Joe Pesci), Guy Bannister (Ed Asner), Perry Russo (Kevin Bacon), and Lee Harvey Oswald (Gary Oldman). When the accounts of Ferrie, Russo, and others almost invariably diverge from the FBI versions of events, Garrison begins to suspect a cover-up. Widening his net, he interviews many of the original assassination witnesses and again finds little that coincides with the government's re... |
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