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

his 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.