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A New Orleans DA discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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Anthony Ramirez ...
Ray LePere ...
Steve Reed ...
Jodie Farber ...
Jackie Kennedy - Double (as Jodi Farber)
Columbia Dubose ...
Randy Means ...
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E.J. Morris ...
Plaza Witness #1
Cheryl Penland ...
Plaza Witness #2
Jim Gough ...
Plaza Witness #3
Perry R. Russo ...
Angry Bar Patron
Mike Longman ...
TV Newsman #1
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Storyline

Details the actions of New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, who takes it upon himself to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, in 1963. Garrison is extremely suspicious of the official story presented by the FBI, and what he already knows and what he subsequently learns lead him to suspect that there is more to the story than the public is being told. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>

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The Story That Won't Go Away See more »


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Rated R for language | See all certifications »

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Release Date:

20 December 1991 (USA)  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$70,405,498 (USA)
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Trivia

The real Jim Garrison never made the speech that Costner makes at the end of the movie. It was taken from several speeches the he gave and some of it from his book. See more »

Goofs

In Garrison's closing speech to the court in Clay Shaw's trial, he refers to the government proving the Magic Bullet theory with "some fancy physics and a nuclear laboratory" This neutron activation analysis of the bullet fragments was carried out by the House Special Committee on Assassinations in 1977 (some 8 years later) See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
title card: "To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards of men." - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
President Eisenhower: ...We have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions. And to do this three and a half million men and women are directly engaged in the defense establishement. We annually spend on military security alone...
Narrator: January, 1961. President Dwight D. Eisenhowers's Farewell Address to the Nation.
President Eisenhower: ...This conjunction of an immense military establishment and arms industry ...
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Crazy Credits

Closing dedication: Dedicated to the young in whose spirit the search for truth marches on See more »

Connections

Features Daniel Film of Kennedy Aftermath (1963) See more »

Soundtracks

"El Watusi"
Written and Performed by Ray Barretto
Courtesy of Tico Records / Sonido Inc.
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User Reviews

A good mystery
12 August 1998 | by (Eatontown, NJ, USA) – See all my reviews

Whether you agree with Jim Garrison's conspiracy theory or not, Stone's film is an effective mystery.

The pieces of the puzzle are put together with great skill so that the viewer is kept involved despite the length of the film. The John Williams score helps to build the atmosphere of intrigue and confusion. Costner is rather bland, as usual, but that works well here since he is surrounded by such an interesting group of colorful characters.

This is definitely a good mystery -- and a frightening one if even part of the conspiracy theory has validity.


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