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7.6Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
Released: 1991-12-20189 minDir: Oliver StoneDrama, Thriller, History
Cast
- Kevin Costner as Jim Garrison
- Tommy Lee Jones as Clay Shaw
- Gary Oldman as Lee Harvey Oswald
- Kevin Bacon as Willie O'Keefe
- Michael Rooker as Bill Broussard
- Jack Lemmon as Jack Martin
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Oliver Stone
- Screenplay by
- Oliver Stone Zachary Sklar
- Based on
- On the Trail of the Assassins , by Jim Garrison , Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy , by Jim Marrs
- Produced by
- A. Kitman Ho Oliver Stone
- Starring
- Kevin Costner Kevin Bacon Tommy Lee Jones Laurie Metcalf Gary Oldman Michael Rooker Jay O. Sanders Sissy Spacek
- Cinematography
- Robert Richardson
- Edited by
- Joe Hutshing , Pietro Scalia
- Music by
- John Williams
- Production companies
- Le Studio Canal+ , Regency Enterprises , Alcor Films Ixtlan Corporation
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- December 20, 1991 ( 1991-12-20 )
- Running time
- 188 minutes
Key dates
- Published
- 1991
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- John F. Kennedy
- Genre
- detective film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Assassination of John F. Kennedy
- Director
- Oliver Stone
- Screenwriter
- Oliver Stone
- Composer
Article
JFK is a 1991 American epic political thriller film co-written and directed by Oliver Stone. The film examines the investigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison, who came to believe there was a government conspiracy to assassinate Kennedy and that Lee Harvey Oswald was a scapegoat. The film's screenplay was adapted by Stone and Zachary Sklar from the books On the Trail of the Assassins by Garrison and Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs. Kevin Costner stars as Garrison, with an ensemble supporting cast including Kevin Bacon, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Joe Pesci, Donald Sutherland, Laurie Metcalf and narrated by Martin Sheen.
JFK's embrace of conspiracy theories made it controversial. Many major American newspapers ran editorials accusing Stone of spreading untruths, including the claim that Kennedy was killed as part of a coup d'état to install Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in his place.