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Our Review Published November 20, 2020

It’s been nearly 60 years since JFK was assassinated in a Dallas motorcade, and yet many of the questions asked by Oliver Stone’s 1991 Oscar-winning docudrama remain unanswered. Kevin Costner stars as New Orleans DA Jim Garrison – the only man to publicly prosecute someone for the 35th President’s murder. Was Lee Harvey Oswald (Gary Oldman) made a patsy for crimes actually engineered by Tommy Lee Jones and Joe Pesci? Become a Now Playing Podcast Patron this November, as Stuart, Jakob, and Arnie reopen this controversial case file.

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JFK

1991 R 3h 9m

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.

Release Date

December 20, 1991

Director

Oliver Stone

Writer

Oliver Stone, Zachary Sklar, Jim Garrison

Stars

Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Michael Rooker, Jack Lemmon, Laurie Metcalf, Sissy Spacek, Joe Pesci, John Candy, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Jay O. Sanders, Walter Matthau, Sally Kirkland, Donald Sutherland, Ed Asner, Brian Doyle-Murray, Ray LePere, Vincent D'Onofrio, Tom Howard, Lolita Davidovich, Jim Garrison, Wayne Knight, Gary Grubbs, Beata Pozniak, Tony Plana, John William Galt, Ron Jackson, Sean Stone, John S. Davies, Tomas Milian, Raul Aranas, Gail Cronauer, Gary Carter, James N. Harrell, Ellen McElduff, Jo Anderson, Marco Perella, Edwin Neal, Darryl Cox, T.J. Kennedy, J.J. Johnston, R. Bruce Elliott, William Larsen, Wayne Tippit, Dale Dye, Jerry Douglas, Ryan MacDonald, Duane Grey, George R. Robertson, Baxter Harris, John Seitz, Alex Rodine, Sam Stoneburner, Bob Gunton, John Finnegan, Walter Breaux, Melodee Bowman, Peter Maloney, Richard Rutowski, Bill Bolender, Price Carson, Gil Glasgow, Bob Orwig, Hugh Feagin, George Kelly, Victor Kempster, John Larroquette, Maria Mason, Ron Rifkin, Frank Whaley, Kevin Beard, Jeffrey Bornstein, Marie Del Marco, Alan Donnes, Orlando Gallegos, Robert J. Groden, Chuck Kelley, Codie Scott, Martin Sheen, John F. Kennedy, Anthony Ramirez, Stanley White, Fidel Castro, Jacqueline Kennedy, John Connally, Richmond Hoxie, Allison Pratt Davis, Scott Krueger, Ngô Đình Diệm, Agnes Aurelio, Gary Taggart, E.J. Morris, Cheryl Penland, Jim Gough, Perry R. Russo, Mike Longman, Ann Strub, Pat Perkins, Amy Long, Red Mitchell, Ronald von Klaussen, Michael Ozag, John C. Martin, Henri Alciatore, Willem Oltmans, Roxie M. Frnka, Zeke Mills, Ray Redd, Sally Nystuen Vahle, Spain Logue, Carolina McCullough, Barry Chambers, Linda Flores Wade, Alec Gifford, Eric A. Vicini, Michael Gurievsky, Caroline Crosthwaite-Eyre, Helen Miller, Harold G. Herthum, Norman Davis, Errol McLendon, Bruce Gelb, Nathan Scott, Jorge Fernández, Doug Jackson, Murray Stokes, Odin K. Langford, John St. Paul, Roy Barnitt, Alvin Spicuzza, Carolyn T. Wright, Henry Tull III, Michael Skipper, I.D. Brickman, Joseph Nadell, Chris Robinson, Chris Renna, Johnny Brink, David Benn, Dalton Dearborn, Merlyn Sexton, Steve F. Price Jr., Tom Bullock, Ruary O'Connell, Christopher Kosiciuk, John Reneau, Larry Melton, Carol Farabee, Willie Minor, Ted Pennebaker, Bill Pickle, Mykel Chaves, Loys T. Bergeron, Kristina Hare

Producer

A. Kitman Ho, Clayton Townsend, Oliver Stone

Cinematography

Robert Richardson

Music

John Williams

Genre

Drama, History, Thriller

Country

United States of America, France

Language

English, Spanish

Budget

$40,000,000

External Links

IMDb | TMDB

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