JFK (1991) - film review

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JFK is an American-French thriller film first released in 1991, directed by Oliver Stone. The film stars Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman and Michael Rooker. It has also been released under the title: JFK. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Oliver Stone
Script: Oliver Stone, Zachary Sklar, Jim Garrison, Jim Marrs
Photo: Robert Richardson
Music: John Williams
Cast: Kevin Costner (Jim Garrison), Tommy Lee Jones (Clay Shaw), Kevin Bacon (Willie O’Keefe), Gary Oldman (Lee Harvey Oswald), Michael Rooker (Bill Broussard), Jack Lemmon (Jack Martin), Laurie Metcalf (Susie Cox), Sissy Spacek (Liz Garrison), Joe Pesci (David Ferrie), John Candy (Dean Andrews), Pruitt Taylor Vince (Lee Bowers), Jay O. Sanders (Lou Ivon), Walter Matthau (Senator Russell Long), Sally Kirkland (Rose Cheramie), Donald Sutherland (X), Edward Asner (Guy Bannister), Brian Doyle-Murray (Jack Ruby), Ray LePere (Abraham Zapruder), Vincent D’Onofrio (Bill Newman), Tony Plana (Carlos Bringuier), Wayne Knight (Numa Bertel), Pat Perkins (Mattie), Gary Grubbs (Al Oser), Beata Pozniak (Marina Oswald), Tom Howard (Lyndon B. Johnson), John William Galt (Lyndon B. Johnson), Ron Jackson (FBI Spokesman), Sean Stone (Jasper Garrison), Amy Long (Virginia Garrison), Scott Krueger (Snapper Garrison), Allison Pratt Davis (Elizabeth Garrison), Red Mitchell (Sergeant Harkness), Ronald von Klaussen (Hobo #1), John S. Davies (Hobo #2), Michael Ozag (Hobo #3), Tomas Milian (Leopoldo), Raul Aranas (Angelo), John C. Martin (Prison Guard), Henri Alciatore (Maitre D’), Willem Oltmans (George DeMohrenschildt), Gail Cronauer (Janet Williams), Gary Carter (Bill Williams), Roxie M. Frnka (Earlene Roberts), Zeke Mills (J.C. Price), James N. Harrell (Sam Holland), Ray Redd (Dodd), Ellen McElduff (Jean Hill), Sally Nystuen (Mary Moorman), Jo Anderson (Julia Ann Mercer), Marco Perella (Mercer Interrogator), Edwin Neal (Mercer Interrogator), Spain Logue (FBI Agent #1 with Hill), Darryl Cox (FBI Agent #2 with Hill), T.J. Kennedy (Hill Interrogator), Lolita Davidovich (Beverly Oliver (credited on Director’s Cut)), Carolina McCullough (Stripper), Jim Garrison (Earl Warren), J.J. Johnston (Mobster with Broussard), Frank Whaley (Oswald Imposter (credited on Director’s Cut)), R. Bruce Elliott (Bolton Ford Dealer), Barry Chambers (Man at Firing Range), Linda Flores Wade (Sylvia Odio), William Larsen (Will Fritz), Alec Gifford (TV Newsman #1), Eric A. Vicini (French Reporter), Michael Gurievsky (Russian Reporter), Caroline Crosthwaite-Eyre (British Reporter), Helen Miller (Garrison Receptionist), Harold G. Herthum (Coroner), Maria Mason (Garrison’s Secretary (credited in Director’s Cut)), Agnes Aurelio (District Attorney Staff Member (credited on Director’s Cut)), Wayne Tippit (FBI Agent Frank), Dale Dye (General Y), Norman Davis (Colonel Reich), Errol McLendon (Man with Umbrella), John Seitz (General Lemnitzer), Bruce Gelb (Board Room Man), Jerry Douglas (Board Room Man), Ryan MacDonald (Board Room Man), Duane Grey (Board Room Man), George R. Robertson (White House Man), Baxter Harris (White House Man), Alex Rodine (White House Man), Sam Stoneburner (White House Man), Odin K. Langford (Officer Habighorst), Bob Gunton (TV Newsman #2), Nathan Scott (John Chancler), Jorge Fernández (Miguel Torres), John Larroquette (Jerry Johnson (credited on Director’s Cut)), George Kelly (Jerry Johnson’s Sidekick (credited on Director’s Cut)), Doug Jackson (FBI Agent at Airport (credited on Director’s Cut)), Murray Stokes (FBI Agent at Airport (credited on Director’s Cut)), Victor Kempster (Samuel (credited on Director’s Cut)), John St. Paul (Airport Police Sergeant (credited on Director’s Cut)), Roy Barnitt (Irvin F. Dymond), Alvin Spicuzza (Bailiff), John Finnegan (Judge Haggerty), Carolyn T. Wright (Clinton Witness (credited on Director’s Cut)), Henry Tull III (Clinton Sheriff (credited on Director’s Cut)), Walter Breaux (Vernon Bundy), Michael Skipper (James Teague), Ron Rifkin (Mr. Goldberg), Melodee Bowman (FBI Receptionist), I.D. Brickman (Dr. Peters), Joseph Nadell (Dr. McClelland), Chris Robinson (Dr. Humes), Peter Maloney (Colonel Finck), Chris Renna (Bethesda Doctor), Johnny Brink (Roy Truly (credited on Director’s Cut)), David Benn (Kenny O’Donnell (credited on Director’s Cut)), Hugh Feagin (Dr. Rose (credited on Director’s Cut)), Dalton Dearborn (Army General), Merlyn Sexton (Admiral Kenney), Steve F. Price Jr. (Pathologist #1), Tom Bullock (Pathologist #2), Ruary O’Connell (Pathologist #3), Christopher Kosiciuk (FBI Agent at Autopsy), John Reneau (A Team Shooter), Stanley White (B Team Shooter), Richard Rutowski (Fence Shooter), Bill Bolender (Prisoner Powell), Larry Melton (Patrolman Joe Smith), Carol Farabee (Carolyn Arnold), Willie Minor (Bonnie Ray Williams), Ted Pennebaker (Arnold Rowland), Bill Pickle (Marion Baker), Mykel Chaves (Sandra Styles), Price Carson (Tippet), Gil Glasgow (Tippet Shooter), Bob Orwig (Officer Poe), Loys T. Bergeron (Jury Foreman), Kristina Hare (Reporter), Jim Gough (Plaza Witness #3), Mike Longman (TV Newsman), E.J. Morris (Plaza Witness #1), Cheryl Penland (Plaza Witness #2), Anthony Ramirez (Epileptic), Perry R. Russo (Angry Bar Patron), Ann Strub (Banister’s Secretary (credited in Director’s Cut)), Gary Taggart (Doctor (credited on Director’s Cut)), Kevin Beard, Richard Bissell (Himself – CIA), Hale Boggs (Himself – Warren Commission), Jeff Bornstein (Hitman), Willy Brandt (Himself – with JFK in Berlin), Charles Brehm (Himself – in Zapruder Film), Leonid Brezhnev (Himself – behind Khrushchev), Raymond Buck (HImself – with JFK in Fort Worth), Earle Cabell (Himself – Dallas Mayor), Fidel Castro (Himself), John Connally (Himself), Nellie Connally (Herself), Christopher E. Cooper (Bobby Fischer), John Sherman Cooper (Himself – Warren Commission, behind Boggs), Walter Cronkite (Himself – Interviewing JFK), Douglas Cunningham (Texas Theater Bystander), Benjamin Dane (Cop in Yellow Slicker), J.C. Day (Himself – Holding Rifle Aloft), Charles de Gaulle (Himself – Leading Dignitaries at JFK Funeral), Alan Donnes (Reporter), Allen Dulles (Himself – CIA Director), Dwight D. Eisenhower (Himself – Farewell Address), Ludwig Erhard (Himself – behind Haile Selassie (unconfirmed)), Sam Giancana (Himself – with Sunglasses and White Hat, Encountering Reporter), Roswell Gilpatric (Himself – with LBJ and McNamara), William Greer (Himself – Secret Service Agent), Robert J. Groden (Courtroom Projectionist), Andrei Gromyko (Himself – behind Khrushchev), Bobby Hargis (Himself – Dallas Police), Clint Hill (Himself – Secret Service Agent), Jimmy Hoffa (Himself – Questioned by RFK), J. Edgar Hoover (Himself – with JFK), Hubert H. Humphrey (Himself – behind LBJ), Jesse Jackson (Himself – after Assassination of Martin Luther King), Lady Bird Johnson (Herself – at JFK Funeral), Lyndon Johnson (Himself), Roy Kellerman (Himself – Secret Service Agent), Chuck Kelley (Dallas County Sherriff), Caroline Kennedy (Herself), Ethel Kennedy (Herself – behind RFK during Final Speech), Jacqueline Kennedy (Herself – in Zapruder Film), John F. Kennedy (Himself – in Zapruder Film), Joseph P. Kennedy (Himself – with Family), John Kennedy Jr. (Himself), Mike Kennedy (Interrogator), Robert F. Kennedy (Himself), Rose Kennedy (Herself – with Family), Ted Kennedy (Himself – at JFK Funeral), Nikita Khrushchev (Himself – with JFK), Martin Luther King (Himself), Edward G. Lansdale (Himself – with LeMay, McNamara, Taylor (unconfirmed)), Peter Lawford (Himself – at JFK Funeral, behind Ted Kennedy), Curtis LeMay (Himself – in Front of Map, beside McNamara), Henry Cabot Lodge (Himself – with LBJ), Patrice Lumumba (Himself – with White Shirt, Hands Bound behind Back), Ada Lynn (Marguerite Oswald), James MacArthur (David McVey – in Film ’Cry of Battle’), Robert Marshall (Warren Commission Attorney), B.J. Martin (Himself – Dallas Police)
Country: USA / France
Language: English
Runtime: 189 min; B&W
Aka: JFK; JFK – Affaire non classée

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