Directed by:
Oliver StoneCinematography:
Robert RichardsonComposer:
John WilliamsCast:
Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon, Tommy Lee Jones, Laurie Metcalf, Gary Oldman, John Larroquette, Beata Poźniak Daniels, Michael Rooker, Ron Rifkin, Jay O. Sanders (more)VOD (1)
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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. (official distributor synopsis)
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A quality film. Oliver Stone with another one of his burning topics of American history and again well executed. A good screenplay, great camera work (the black and white the authentic footage are fantastic and enhance the overall authenticity of the film), excellent editing, and quality acting performances.
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One first-class acting performance next to another over unsettling images of American history. But above all it's nothing more than unnecessarily heartrending personal storyline of the main character, an unjustified enormous running time, incoherent narration of the individual scenes, and plot twists. It's as if Oliver Stone is frantically reading to me from a densely written notebook and occasionally jumping into another one where the same script is being written by someone completely different at a completely time.
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It makes absolutely no difference whether what is presented here is actually true or just one of many conspiracy theories. The way everything is presented, the way the performances are strong - Sissy Spacek has never been more beautiful - you still get a strong impression from it, especially about the fact that we're just puppets. Oliver Stone at his best.
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Quite possibly the most inspirational film you'll ever see. On the other hand, it's by all accounts Stone's total magnum opus, with by far the best last line in a film, delivered by an appealingly unflappable idealist with the face of Kevin Costner. It's a hell of a job to make a politically engaged film that doesn't come across as mainstream and is as believable as possible. I wouldn’t say I agree with Stone's complete interpretation, but the overall scope and form of his historical research is breathtaking.
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The prime suspect in the Kennedy assassination? Oliver Stone!:-) I didn't know much about the incident in question, I never doubted the rottenness of the American government, and yet the film managed to captivate and appeal to me to such an extent that I look forward to 2029 to see the revelation of all the information by the CIA, even though I’ll be fifteen years older and bald by then. Anyway, with this film, Stone not only reaffirmed to me that he is an extravagant who has no problem with three hours full of dialogue, but with his offensive speech he put in my head a rather clear view of American democracy, defined solely by the malice of the powerful (and the gay:-)) and the vision of self-interest. Also, fitting perfectly among all this "crap" are the loving husband and tenacious detective Kevin Costner, the smarmy villain Gary Oldman, the male-loving Tommy Lee Jones and the usual suspect Joe Pesci, whose great performances only add to the quality and historical value of JFK. 95%
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