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IMDb: 8.0/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 84%
15 | 3h 9min | Drama, History, Thriller | USA
Director: Oliver Stone
Writers: Oliver Stone (screenplay), Zachary Sklar
(screenplay)
Stars: Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Jack Lemmon
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's
more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
JFK is a 1991 American epic political
thriller film directed by Oliver Stone. It examines the events leading to the
assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy and alleged cover-up
through the eyes of former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin
Costner). Garrison filed charges against New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw
(Tommy Lee Jones) for his alleged participation in a conspiracy to assassinate
the President, for which Lee Harvey Oswald (Gary Oldman) was found responsible
by the Warren Commission.
The film was
adapted by Stone and Zachary Sklar from the books On the Trail of the
Assassins (1988) by Jim Garrison and Crossfire: The Plot That Killed
Kennedy (1989) by Jim Marrs. Stone described this account as a
"counter-myth" to the Warren Commission's "fictional myth."
The film
became embroiled in controversy. Upon its theatrical release, many major
American newspapers ran editorials accusing Stone of taking liberties with
historical facts, including the film's implication that Kennedy's own vice
president and eventually succeeding, post assassination, President Lyndon B.
Johnson, was part of a coup d'état to kill Kennedy. Despite the controversy
surrounding its historical depiction, JFK received critical praise for the
performances of its cast, Stone's directing, score, editing, and
cinematography. The film gradually picked up momentum at the box office after a
slow start, earning over $205 million in worldwide gross, making it the sixth
highest-grossing film of 1991 worldwide.
JFK was nominated for eight Academy
Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor for
Jones, and won two for Best Cinematography and Best Film Editing. It was the
first of three films Stone made about American presidents, followed by Nixon
with Anthony Hopkins in the title role and W. with Josh Brolin as George
W. Bush.
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