One angel of the jfk assassination that has not been. Donald sutherland, gary oldman as lee harvey oswald, and kevin costner jfk movie images. Its sad that this crime was not properly investigated from the very beginning. Jfk 47 movie clip a meeting with x 1991 hd youtube. An academy awardwinning docudrama chronicling new orleans district attorney jim garrisons investigation into the assassination of president john f. You can thank oliver stones sensationalized 1991 movie. Jfk chronicles an investigation by new orleans district attorney jim garrison kevin costner and the subsequent conspiracy case he brought against alleged cia operative clay shaw tommy lee jones. Jim garrison kevin costner meets with a mysterious man called x donald sutherland, who gives him confidential information about president kennedys assassination. Thousands of documents relating to the assassination of john f. Kennedy and alleged coverup through the eyes of former new orleans district attorney jim garrison kevin costner. Oliver stone directs kevin costner on the jfk set despite his statement, stone was also open about his own belief system. New orleans district attorney jim garrison kevin costner subsequently learns about potential links to the assassination in.
But i think without bruce we dont have this movie and this. Jfk is a 1991 drama directed by oliver stone and stars kevin costner as jim garrison, the new orleans district attorney who comes to believe that there was an conspiracy behind the assassination of president john f. It examines the events leading to the assassination of united states president john f. Kevin costner plays real life district attorney, jim garrison who is shocked just as everyone else to. I am of the belief that this movie is very accurate in its historical departure from the well known warren report, which the govt essentially accepted that. Protagonist kevin costner investigates everything about the assassination for the whole movie where truths, secrets, and lies constantly unfold and twist throughout the movie.
Jfk is about former new orleans district attorney jim garrisons investigation into the assassination of president kennedy. Kennedy, jfk is a captivating, riveting, and truly compelling film. Garrison filed charges against new orleans businessman clay shaw tommy lee jones for his alleged participation in a. We search near and far for original movie trailer from all decades. It is the story of new orleans district attorney jim garrison played with verve, intensity, and honest inspiration by kevin costner in a performance that will amaze you, a man worth making a movie about because he was the only man in the country who wouldnt put the assassination to bed. It is not about jim garrison, he is merely a tool used to tell the story of the conspiracy behind the jfk assassination and americas confusion and growing outrage. Bruce greenwood plays jfk in the movie and costner describes greenwood as the movies tent pole. Jfk accurately reflects our national state of mind since nov. Oliver stones movie, jfk, was released in north america in december 1991, and on the other side of the atlantic over the next few months.
This movie has an attention to detail that rivals a stanley kubric film, which is the highest complement i can give. If youre lho, conspiracy or not, wtf are you waiting for. In the story, new orleans district attorney jim garrison kevin costner is. Jfk 1991 official trailer kevin costner, oliver stone thriller movie hd a new orleans da discovers theres more to the kennedy assassination than the official story. Jfk 1991 hd full movie free jfk is a movie starring kevin costner, gary oldman, and jack lemmon. A mixture of fact and speculation surrounding the death of u. The films cast included tommy lee jones, kevin bacon, ed asner, jack lemmon, walter matthau, michael rooker, john candy and joe pesci. New orleans district attorney jim garrison discovers theres more to. New orleans district attorney, jim garrison, reopens the files on the investigation and takes a critical look at the facts given by the f. The brisk investigation of that murder conducted under the guidance of supreme court. Kevin costner jim garrison its not ironic, its sad that people are still investigating the assassination of president john f. Jfk is a 1991 american political thriller film directed by oliver stone. You can thank oliver stones sensationalized 1991 movie for the jfk document release.
New orleans district attorney jim garrison discovers theres more to the kennedy assassination than the official story. There is no way to fully establish the byzantine scope of the jfk assassination conspiracy in only 3 hours, but oliver stone manages to take jim garrisons investigation and present it in a brilliant suspense thriller. The question may have been implied or actually asked in the film but. Jfk 1991 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Now costner shows up in jfk as new orleans da jim garrison, who believes the warren report is a lie. This is not a film about the facts of the assassination, but about the feelings. Jim garrison kevin costner gives an emotional closing argument to the jury about the importance of truth within the government.
With kevin costner, gary oldman, jack lemmon, walter matthau. Yet, like the movie, mellen has fallen into the trap. Costners aboutface is only one of the surprises sprung in oliver stones exploratory. This movie has garnered allot of attention over the span of 30 years, due to the new theories that it introduces on the assassination of jfk. Obsessed with getting answers a district attorney risks his family, his career and his very life to find the truth of the jfk assassination. Watch jfk movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Kevin costner, tommy lee jones, laurie metcalf, et al. By the turn of the millennium, kevin costners film star status was a thing of the past.
Kevin costner in oliver stones controversial 1991 thriller jfk. Jfk files released after oliver stone film business insider. Attorney jim garrison discovers theres more to the kennedy assassination than the official story. He believed that portions of the united states government, as well as factions of the defense industry and sections of the. Kevin costner starred in jfk, playing jim garrison, the district attorney from new orleans. Jfk is a wellmade work of suspense, intrigue, and drama, all based on trying to solve one of the greatest mysteries of our time. Jfk 1991 official trailer kevin costner, oliver stone. This builds to a reconstruction of the assassination on november 22, 1963.
The real jim garrison appears in the film as judge earl warren. Structured as a bit of a courtroom drama with new orleans da jim garrison kevin costner investigating the case, interviewing spinning an impeccable yarn about the conspiracy theories revolving the assassination of john f. Kevin costner puts in a careerbest performance as new orleans district attorney jim garrison, who immediately following the kennedy assassination pulls in a suspect named david ferrie joe pesci at his hyperactive best, supposedly because he was an associate of lee harvey oswalds a terrific gary oldman. Clay shaw tommy lee jones, an international businessman from new orleans, is interrogated by the district attorney jim garrison kevin costner as a potential. The film is perhaps best known by the general public for three things. Jfk director oliver stone and star kevin costner look back at the political thriller 25 years later. The movie follows the case that jim garrison brought against clay shaw in the late 1960s. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Kennedys 1963 assassination through the eyes of thennew orleans district attorney jim garrison was a staggering command of visual. How a 1991 movie resulted in jfks assassination files being. Every weekend, we pick a movie you can stream that dovetails with current events.
When kevin costner is actually in the 6th floor window of the depository looking through the scopethey made a point to show the motorcade heading right towards that window corner. Jfk is a great movie in my opinion but after kevin costners meeting with donald sutherland i thought it started to lose its motivation. I have no opinion on the factual accuracy of his 1991 film jfk. Garrisonites are a rather peculiar and paranoid cult among conspiracy believers, and joan mellens book a farewell to justice is the latest to defend district attorney jim garrison, whose illconceived campaign to convict clay shaw of the jfk assassination was the subject of the movie jfk.