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Overview

User Rating:
8.0/10   56,189 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Oliver Stone (screenplay) &
Zachary Sklar (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
20 December 1991 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Story That Won't Go Away more
Plot:
A New Orleans DA discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 20 nominations more
User Comments:
A good mystery more (369 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Sally Kirkland ... Rose Cheramie
Anthony Ramirez ... Epileptic
Ray LePere ... Zapruder
Steve Reed ... John F. Kennedy - Double
Jodie Farber ... Jackie Kennedy - Double (as Jodi Farber)
Columbia Dubose ... Nellie Connally - Double
Randy Means ... Gov. Connally - Double

Kevin Costner ... Jim Garrison

Jay O. Sanders ... Lou Ivon
E.J. Morris ... Plaza Witness #1
Cheryl Penland ... Plaza Witness #2
Jim Gough ... Plaza Witness #3
Perry R. Russo ... Angry Bar Patron
Mike Longman ... TV Newsman #1

Edward Asner ... Guy Bannister
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
JFK (France)
JFK - Affaire non classée (France) (poster title)
Project X (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language. (also 1992 edited version)
Runtime:
189 min | USA:206 min (director's cut)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Finland:K-12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) (TV rating) | Iceland:12 | Brazil:14 | Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) | Singapore:PG (original rating) (cut) | Canada:14+ | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) | Germany:12 (bw) | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R (No. 31561)

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Trivia:
"X", Donald Sutherland's character, is based on L. Fletcher Prouty, Chief of Special Operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff (and, thus, principal liaison officer between the Pentagon and the CIA) during the JFK presidency. He was a technical advisor for the film. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: On his flight with Senator Long, Garrison is reading The Washington Post that is dated, Wednesday, 7 November 1966. In 1966, 7 November falls on a Monday. more
Quotes:
Senator Long: The way those hippies look, you can't tell the boys from the girls!
[laughs]
Senator Long: I saw a girl yesterday, she was pregnant. Had her whole belly showin' and ya know what she had painted on it? "Love Child"!
[laughs]
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Soundtrack:
A Stranger on Earth more

FAQ

Was Clay Shaw An CIA Agent?
Who Was The 'Umbrella Man'? And Was He Part Of The Assassination?
Who Was Mr. X?
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34 out of 69 people found the following comment useful.
A good mystery, 12 August 1998
Author: Matthew Ignoffo (mermatt@webtv.net) from Eatontown, NJ, USA

Whether you agree with Jim Garrison's conspiracy theory or not, Stone's film is an effective mystery.

The pieces of the puzzle are put together with great skill so that the viewer is kept involved despite the length of the film. The John Williams score helps to build the atmosphere of intrigue and confusion. Costner is rather bland, as usual, but that works well here since he is surrounded by such an interesting group of colorful characters.

This is definitely a good mystery -- and a frightening one if even part of the conspiracy theory has validity.

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