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JFK, 1991

Starring: Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones

Directed by: Oliver Stone

Written by: Oliver Stone

Language: English

Country: USA, France

Runtime: 189 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:8.0

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The mood of JFK is disturbing, contemplative, and captivating. The plot centers around the price of justice, a political conspiracy, and a legal investigation. It is a drama, historical, and thriller movie. Stylistically, JFK features an all-star cast and stars an ensemble cast. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It happens in the 1960s. JFK is known for being controversial, essential viewing, and a blockbuster.

Summary of JFK

Covers the period from 1963 to 1968; Produced and released in 1991.

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 record. Combining interviews with an analysis of the physical evidence, Garrison's team posits the existence of a conspiracy to kill the president. A mysterious Col. X (Donald Sutherland) implies the orchestration of the conspiracy at the highest levels of government, and Garrison is ready to go to trial. Stone deploys video, different film stocks shot at varying speeds, and a dizzying style of montage while harnessing the talents of a large and extraordinary cast to create a film of undeniable power and excitement.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA, France
Release date:	20 December 1991
Runtime:	189 min
Awards:	Academy Awards

Awards

Robert Richardson for Best Cinematography at the 1991 Academy Awards

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Kevin Costner

as Jim Garrison

Tommy Lee Jones

as Clay Shaw / Clay Bertrand

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TV Guide

Director and co-screenwriter Oliver Stone pulls off an amazing filmmaking feat with JFK, transforming the dry minutiae of every John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theory of the past three decades into riveting screen material. Full Review

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Variety

This massive, never-boring political thriller, which most closely resembles Costa-Gavras' Z in style and impact. Full Review

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by: Staff (Not Credited)

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