JFK (film)

JFK
JFK
	Theatrical release poster
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;
Running time	188 minutes; 205 minutes (director's cut)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$40 million
Box office	$205.4 million

JFK is a 1991 American epic political thriller film written and directed by Oliver Stone. It examines the investigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison, who came to believe there was a conspiracy to assassinate President 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. Stone described this account as a "counter-myth" to the Warren Commission's "fictional myth". JFK's embrace of conspiracy theories made it controversial.^[2] 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.

Despite the controversy, JFK received critical praise for its performances, directing, score, editing, and cinematography. It gradually picked up momentum at the box office after a slow start, grossing over $205 million worldwide, making it the sixth highest-grossing film of 1991 worldwide. It also remains Oliver Stone's highest-grossing film to date. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won two for Best Cinematography and Best Film Editing. It was the first of three films Stone made about American presidents, followed by Nixon (1995) and W. (2008).

^ "JFK (15)". Warner Bros. British Board of Film Classification. January 9, 1992. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
^ Tim Weiner (November 22, 2021). "This Is Where Oliver Stone Got His Loony JFK Conspiracies From". Rolling Stone.

[1] "JFK (15)". Warner Bros. British Board of Film Classification. January 9, 1992. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2013.

[2] Tim Weiner (November 22, 2021). "This Is Where Oliver Stone Got His Loony JFK Conspiracies From". Rolling Stone.

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