Jfk (1991)

Editor's Note 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. Stone deploys video, different film stocks shot at varying speeds, and a dizzying style of montage while harnessing the talents of a large and extraordinary cast to create a film of undeniable power and excitement.

	Michael Rooker
	John Candy
	Edward Asner
	Kevin Costner
	Jay O. Sanders
	Tommy Lee Jones
	Jack Lemmon
	Kevin Bacon
	Walter Matthau
	Gary Oldman
	Laurie Metcalf
	Joe Pesci
	Sissy Spacek
	Donald Sutherland
	Brian Doyle Murray
	Sally Kirkland
	Oliver Stone - Screenwriter
	Robert Richardson - Director of Photography
	Joe Hutshing - Editor
	Jim Marrs - Source Writer
	Bill Brown - Post-Production Supervisor
	Pietro Scalia - Editor
	Jim Garrison - Source Writer
	Zachary Sklar - Screenwriter
	John Williams - Composer
	A. Kitman Ho - Producer
	Oliver Stone - Producer
	Arnon Milchan - Producer
	Kevin Reidy - Producer
	Clayton Townsend - Producer
	Oliver Stone - Director

"Let justice be done though the heavens fall."----Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner)

Rolling Stone
"...Tremendously exciting....JFK is riveting..." 01/23/1992 p.48-9

Sight and Sound
"...Exciting entertainment....The film is expertly paced..." 02/01/1992 p.49-50

Los Angeles Times
"...Effective....Impassioned..." 12/20/1991 p.F1

Chicago Sun-Times
"...Oliver Stone was born to make this movie. He is a filmmaker of feverish energy and limitless technical skills..." 04/29/2001 p.5

Total Film
"...Gripping and thought-provoking stuff..." 04/01/2001 p.112