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Oliver’s Stone’s “JFK” builds up an overwhelming head of urgency that all comes rushing out at the end of the film, in a tumbling, angry, almost piteous monologue – the whole obsessive weight of Jim Garrison’s conviction that there was a conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy.
Synopsis. The film opens with a narration (by an uncredited Martin Sheen) showing newsreel footage, including the farewell address in 1961 of outgoing President Dwight D. Eisenhower, warning about the build-up of the "military-industrial complex".
JFK is a 1991 American epic political thriller film written and directed by Oliver Stone. It examines the investigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison, who came to believe there was a conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy and that Lee Harvey Oswald was a scapegoat.
JFK: Directed by Oliver Stone. With Sally Kirkland, Anthony Ramirez, Gary Taggart, Ray LePere. New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
29 kwi 2002 · The assassination of John F. Kennedy will obsess history as it has obsessed those whose lives were directly touched. The facts, such as they are, will continue to be elusive and debatable. Any factual film would be quickly dated. But “JFK” will stand indefinitely as a record of how we felt.
This acclaimed Oliver Stone drama presents the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner).
JFK (1991) movie review summary: Oliver Stone’s political thriller is an exemplar of an accomplished “work of art” that also happens to be appallingly dishonest in its retelling of historical events and in its portrayal of real-life individuals. A shockingly effective Kevin Costner is JFK’s immaculate heart and soul.
