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JFK
Directed by Oliver Stone; with Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Sissy Spacek,
Tommy Lee Jones, Laurie Metcalf, Michael Rooker, Jay O. Sanders, Sally
Kirkland, Ed Asner, Jack Lemmon, Vincent D'Onofrio, Brian Doyle Murray,
Joe Pesci, Walter Matthau, Tomas Milian, John Candy, Kevin Bacon, and Donald
Sutherland.
1991
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hotly-debated film captures Dallas' infamous moment in national political
history and then moves from Dealy Plaza on to Louisiana where controversial
New Orleans D.A. James Garrison (Costner) develops his not-so controversial
theory that Oswald didn't act alone in the assassination of President
Kennedy. There's so much information presented here that there's hardly
time to pay attention to anything but the plot. But however flawed the
evidence might be, the argument Stone builds is quite persuasive. Solid
acting all the way across the well-cast board, and the skillful use
of archival footage and flashback sequences makes for a very coercing
film that delivers the entertainment value of a riveting whodunit. An
easy way to remember it's not a documentary: the real Jim Garrison plays
Earl Warren in the movie.
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