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Kevin Costner
Kevin Bacon
Jack Lemmon
Tommy Lee Jones
Gary Oldman
Joe Pesci

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Jim Garison (Costner) is the DA that is covering the JFK murder case when he deeply suspects that there is much more to the case than first thought as it consumes his personal life and professional life.

05/22/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

A shooter from the grassy knoll??

JFK is a film directed by Oliver Stone that examines the events leading to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and alleged subsequent cover-up, through the eyes of former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison (played by Kevin Costner). Garrison filed charges against New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw (Tommy Lee Jones) for his alleged participation in a conspiracy to assassinate the President. Stone described his fictionalized film as a "counter-myth" to the "myth" of the Warren Commission. I have been a fan of Oliver Stone's ever since I saw Platoon. However I don't think Stone has ever been quite as brilliant as with JFK. It combines a great screenplay, cinematography and perfect performances from all the actors. I think Oliver Stone works best when he has a point to make ...

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4/4 

04/24/2009 (0 of 1 found this helpful)

#29....Oliver Stones' JFK..........

I am not one of those people who have a problem with someone making a movie not based on very many facts...you know why?...because it is a MOVIE....Oliver Stone takes those liberties with JFK and although most of his facts are exaggerated or simply not true (movie has definitely been torn apart over the last decade and a half) it is still a very entertaining movie nonetheless. I don't know of a movie that has such a stellar cast which begins with the solid lead performance of Kevin Costners' Jim Garrison, the only attorney to bring a case to court involving the assassination of Kennedy. Also starring Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tommy Lee Jones, Joe Pesci, Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Donald Sutherland, Ed Asner and Walter Matthau this movie enthralls you from the onset and it has everything t...

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4/4 

09/20/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Fact or Fiction? Either way, one hell of a film!

I am not a conspiracy theorist, nor do I necessarily buy all of what director Oliver Stone tries to persuade his audience to believe, but that doesn't stop JFK from being incredibly fascinating and surprisingly entertaining. At 206 minutes, the director's cut fleshes out so many facets to the mind boggling case that lone wolf crusading district attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner, in an astute performance) tries to build and present to a court of law (the only case ever brought to trial involving the assassination of JFK). With the pitch-perfect casting of key characters like Lee Harvey Oswald (Gary Oldman, disappearing completely in the role), and X (Donald Sutherland, crafty as ever in what most would turn into a thankless performance) Stone has compiled a suave, detailed and complet...

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4/4 

09/19/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Message fails due to inaccuracy.

You know I do not mind a film that tries to have a message too much, but there are always problems which arise from such films. If the film is complete fiction it is just annoying because I say how does that prove anything you just made it up. But if it is a true story like JFK the problems come from altered or made up facts. If Stone wanted to make a case for conspiracy he should have used cold hard facts, but instead to go along with his thinking he makes things up. I don't mind the theory archive footage that's fine as long as it is pointed out by an obvious actor, but do not try to make look true by showing in a certain way or angle. There are some people who are not aware of what the original footage looks like. The biggest problem is one fact that Stone messes with that is not even...

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1.5/4