JFK (1991)

Director:

Oliver Stone

Writers (WGA):

Oliver Stone (screenplay) &
Zachary Sklar (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

20 December 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History | Thriller

Tagline:

The Story That Won't Go Away

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Kennedy | President | Jim Garrison | Assassination Of President | Conspiracy

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 22 nominations

Cast

Sally Kirkland	...	Rose Cheramie
Anthony Ramirez	...	Epileptic
Ray LePere	...	Zapruder
Steve Reed	...	John F. Kennedy - Double
Jodie Farber	...	Jackie Kennedy - Double (as Jodi Farber)
Columbia Dubose	...	Nellie Connally - Double
Randy Means	...	Gov. Connally - Double
Kevin Costner	...	Jim Garrison
Jay O. Sanders	...	Lou Ivon
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
Edward Asner	...	Guy Bannister
Jack Lemmon	...	Jack Martin
Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Bill Newman
Gary Oldman	...	Lee Harvey Oswald
Sissy Spacek	...	Liz Garrison
Pat Perkins	...	Mattie
Brian Doyle-Murray	...	Jack Ruby
Wayne Knight	...	Numa Bertel
Michael Rooker	...	Bill Broussard
Laurie Metcalf	...	Susie Cox
Gary Grubbs	...	Al Oser
Beata Pozniak	...	Marina Oswald
Tom Howard	...	L.B.J.
John William Galt	...	L.B.J. (voice)
Joe Pesci	...	David Ferrie
Ron Jackson	...	FBI Spokesman
Walter Matthau	...	Senator Long
Amy Long	...	Virginia Garrison
Scott Krueger	...	Snapper Garrison
Sean Stone	...	Jasper Garrison
Allison Pratt Davis	...	Elizabeth Garrison
Pruitt Taylor Vince	...	Lee Bowers
Red Mitchell	...	Sgt. Harkness
Ronald von Klaussen	...	Hobo #1
John S. Davies	...	Hobo #2
Michael Ozag	...	Hobo #3
Tony Plana	...	Carlos Bringuier
Tommy Lee Jones	...	Clay Shaw
Tomas Milian	...	Leopoldo
Raul Aranas	...	Angelo
John Candy	...	Dean Andrews
John C. Martin	...	Prison Guard
Kevin Bacon	...	Willie O'Keefe
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 Vahle	...	Mary Moorman (as Sally Nystuen)
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
Carolina McCullough	...	Stripper
Jim Garrison	...	Earl Warren
J.J. Johnston	...	Mobster with Broussard
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 #2
Eric A. Vicini	...	French Reporter
Michael Gurievsky	...	Russian Reporter
Caroline Crosthwaite-Eyre	...	British Reporter
Helen Miller	...	Garrison Receptionist
Harold G. Herthum	...	Coroner (as Harold Herthum)
Wayne Tippit	...	FBI Agent - Frank
Donald Sutherland	...	X
Dale Dye	...	General Y
Norman Davis	...	Colonel Reich
Errol McLendon	...	Man with Umbrella
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 (as George Robertson)
Baxter Harris	...	White House Man
John Seitz	...	General Lemnitzer
Alex Rodine	...	White House Man (as Alex Rodzi Rodine)
Sam Stoneburner	...	White House Man
Odin K. Langford	...	Officer Habighorst
Bob Gunton	...	TV Newsman #3
Nathan Scott	...	John Chancler
Jorge Fernández	...	Miguel Torres (as Jorge Fernandez)
Roy Barnitt	...	Irvin F. Dymond
Alvin Spicuzza	...	Bailiff
John Finnegan	...	Judge Haggerty
Walter Breaux	...	Vernon Bundy
Michael Skipper	...	James Teague
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
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 (as Loys Bergeron)
Kristina Hare	...	Reporter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Agnes Aurelio	...	District Attorney Staff Member (credited on Director's Cut)
David Benn	...	Kenny O'Donnell (credited on Director's Cut)
Johnny Brink	...	Roy Truly (credited on Director's Cut)
Lolita Davidovich	...	Beverly Oliver (credited on Director's Cut)
Hugh Feagin	...	Dr. Rose (credited on Director's Cut)
Doug Jackson	...	FBI Agent at Airport (credited on Director's Cut)
George Kelly	...	Jerry Johnson's Sidekick (credited on Director's Cut)
Victor Kempster	...	Samuel (credited on Director's Cut)
John Larroquette	...	Jerry Johnson (credited on Director's Cut)
Maria Mason	...	Garrison's Secretary (credited in Director's Cut)
Ron Rifkin	...	Mr. Goldberg / Spiesel (credited on Director's Cut)
John St. Paul	...	Airport Police Sergeant (credited on Director's Cut)
Murray Stokes	...	FBI Agent at Airport (credited on Director's Cut)
Ann Strub	...	Banister's Secretary (credited in Director's Cut)
Gary Taggart	...	Doctor (credited on Director's Cut)
Henry Tull III	...	Clinton Sheriff (credited on Director's Cut)
Frank Whaley	...	Oswald Imposter (credited on Director's Cut)
Carolyn T. Wright	...	Clinton Witness (credited on Director's Cut)
Kevin Beard	...	(uncredited)
Richard Bissell	...	Himself - CIA (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hale Boggs	...	Himself - Warren Commission (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jeff Bornstein	...	Hitman (uncredited)
Willy Brandt	...	Himself - with JFK in Berlin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Brehm	...	Himself - in Zapruder Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leonid Brezhnev	...	Himself - Behind Khrushchev (archive footage) (uncredited)
Raymond Buck	...	HImself - with JFK in Fort Worth (archive footage) (uncredited)
Earle Cabell	...	Himself - Dallas Mayor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fidel Castro	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Connally	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nellie Connally	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Christopher E. Cooper	...	Bobby Fischer (uncredited)
John Sherman Cooper	...	Himself - Warren Commission, Behind Boggs (archive footage) (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite	...	Himself - Interviewing JFK & Announcing His Death (archive footage) (uncredited)
Douglas Cunningham	...	Texas Theater Bystander (uncredited)
Benjamin Dane	...	Cop in Yellow Slicker (uncredited)
J.C. Day	...	Himself - Holding Rifle Aloft (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles de Gaulle	...	Himself - Leading Dignitaries at JFK Funeral (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marie Del Marco	...	Secretary in Window (uncredited)
Craig Deroche	...	FBI Agent (uncredited)
Ngo Dinh Diem	...	Himself - Walking with Stick (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alan Donnes	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Allen Dulles	...	Himself - CIA Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dwight D. Eisenhower	...	Himself - Farewell Address (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ludwig Erhard	...	Himself - behind Haile Selassie (archive footage) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Sam Giancana	...	Himself - with Sunglasses and White Hat, Encountering Reporter (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roswell Gilpatric	...	Himself - with LBJ and McNamara (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Greer	...	Himself - Secret Service Agent (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert J. Groden	...	Courtroom Projectionist (uncredited)
Andrei Gromyko	...	Himself - Behind Khrushchev (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bobby Hargis	...	Himself - Dallas Police (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clint Hill	...	Himself - Secret Service Agent (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jimmy Hoffa	...	Himself - Questioned by RFK (archive footage) (uncredited)
J. Edgar Hoover	...	Himself - with JFK (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hubert H. Humphrey	...	Himself - Behind LBJ (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jesse Jackson	...	Himself - After Assassination of Martin Luther King (archive footage) (uncredited)
Claudio Jacobellis	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Lady Bird Johnson	...	Herself - at JFK Funeral (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lyndon Johnson	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roy Kellerman	...	Himself - Secret Service Agent (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chuck Kelley	...	Dallas County Sherriff (uncredited)
John Kennedy Jr.	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Caroline Kennedy	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ethel Kennedy	...	Herself - Behind RFK During Final Speech (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jacqueline Kennedy	...	Herself - in Zapruder Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
John F. Kennedy	...	Himself - in Zapruder Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph P. Kennedy	...	Himself - with Family (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mike Kennedy	...	Interrogator (uncredited)
Robert F. Kennedy	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rose Kennedy	...	Herself - with Family (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ted Kennedy	...	Himself - at JFK Funeral (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nikita Khrushchev	...	Himself - with JFK (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin Luther King	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edward G. Lansdale	...	Himself - with LeMay, McNamara, Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Peter Lawford	...	Himself - at JFK Funeral, Behind Ted Kennedy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Curtis LeMay	...	Himself - in Front of Map, Beside McNamara (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Cabot Lodge	...	Himself - with LBJ (archive footage) (uncredited)
Patrice Lumumba	...	Himself - with White Shirt, Hands Bound behind Back (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ada Lynn	...	Marguerite Oswald (uncredited)
James MacArthur	...	David McVey - in Film 'Cry of Battle' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Marshall	...	Warren Commission Attorney (uncredited)
B.J. Martin	...	Himself - Dallas Police (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eugene McCarthy	...	Himself - Campaigning (archive footage) (uncredited)
John J. McCloy	...	Himself - Warren Commission, Beside Russell (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tim McIntyre	...	Himself - Secret Service Agent (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert McNamara	...	Himself - in Vietnam (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mary Moorman	...	Herself - in Zapruder Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mohammed Mossadegh	...	Himself - with the Shah (archive footage) (uncredited)
John M. Newman	...	Officer with Top Secret Document (uncredited)
Pat Nixon	...	Herself - with Richard Nixon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Nixon	...	Himself - During Kennedy-Nixon Debate (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	...	Himself - Holding Long Knife (archive footage) (uncredited)
David F. Powers	...	Himself - Carrying Casket at Andrews AFB (archive footage) (uncredited)
Francis Gary Powers	...	Himself - on Trial in Soviet Union (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Lewis Puff	...	Parkland Staff (uncredited)
Nelson Rockefeller	...	Himself - Behind Richard and Pat Nixon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carl Rooney	...	Gold Man (uncredited)
Johnny Roselli	...	Himself - with Sunglasses and Red Tie (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roman Rudenko	...	Himself - with Gary Powers (archive footage) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Richard Russell	...	Himself - Warren Commission (archive footage) (uncredited)
Codie Scott	...	Man in Court (uncredited)
Haile Selassie	...	Himself - with DeGaulle at JFK Funeral (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin Sheen	...	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
David M. Shoup	...	Himself - Sitting Down with Taylor and Anderson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Logan Douglas Smith	...	Airline Passenger to D.C. (uncredited)
Adlai Stevenson	...	Himself - at the UN (archive footage) (uncredited)
Maxwell Taylor	...	Himself - with LBJ and MacNamara (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry M. Wade	...	Himself - Dallas District Attorney (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mark Edward Walters	...	Assasination Witness (uncredited)
Earl Warren	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
John B. Wells	...	Dan Rather (uncredited)
Phillip L. Willis	...	Himself - in Zapruder Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rosemary Willis	...	Herself - in Zapruder Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Louis Steven Witt	...	Himself - in Zapruder Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Angus G. Wynne III	...	Colonel (uncredited)
Malcolm X	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Oliver Stone

Writing credits (WGA)
Oliver Stone		(screenplay) &
Zachary Sklar		(screenplay)
Jim Garrison		book "On the Trail of the Assassins" and
Jim Marrs		book "Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy"

Produced by
A. Kitman Ho	....	producer
Arnon Milchan	....	executive producer
Joseph P. Reidy	....	associate producer (as Joseph Reidy)
Oliver Stone	....	producer
Clayton Townsend	....	co-producer

Original Music by
John Williams

Cinematography by
Robert Richardson		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Joe Hutshing
Pietro Scalia

Casting by
Risa Bramon Garcia		(as Risa Bramon García)
Billy Hopkins
Heidi Levitt

Production Design by
Victor Kempster

Art Direction by
Derek R. Hill
Alan Tomkins		(as Alan R. Tomkins)

Set Decoration by
Crispian Sallis

Costume Design by
Marlene Stewart

Makeup Department
Martha Marek Beresford	....	hair stylist (as Martha Beresford)
Craig Berkeley	....	makeup artist
Ron Berkeley	....	key makeup artist
Bonnie Clevering	....	hair stylist
Wade Daily	....	makeup artist
Elle Elliott	....	key hair stylist
Deborah Mills-Whitlock	....	hair stylist (as Deborah Mills Gusmano)
Cassandra Scott	....	makeup artist
Ron Scott	....	hair stylist
Elaine Thomas	....	makeup artist
Kelvin R. Trahan	....	hair stylist: Ms. Spacek (as Kelvin Trahan)
Kelvin R. Trahan	....	makeup artist: Ms. Spacek (as Kelvin Trahan)
James Gawley	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Jeff Goodwin	....	makeup consultant (uncredited)
Stacy Kelly	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Raymond Mackintosh	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
William H. Brown	....	post-production supervisor (as Bill Brown)
Clayton Townsend	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joe Burns	....	second assistant director (as Joseph R. Burns)
Deborah Lupard	....	second second assistant director
Joseph P. Reidy	....	first assistant director (as Joseph Reidy)
Philip C. Pfeiffer	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Rodney Armanino	....	construction coordinator
Alice Baker	....	assistant set decorator
Tana Bishop	....	art department coordinator: Dallas
Mandy Brou	....	set dresser
Lance Cheatham	....	swing gang
Kelly Curley	....	art department coordinator: New Orleans
Bill Darrow	....	stand-by painter
Stephanie Emery	....	set dresser
Ulysses Fred	....	swing gang
Margery Z. Gabrielson	....	assistant art director
Dale Haugo	....	lead scenic artist
Frank Hendrick	....	set dressing lead: New Orleans (as Frank Hendrick Jr.)
Colin D. Irwin	....	assistant art director
John A. Kelly	....	scenic artist
Bruce Kerner	....	master signwriter: Dallas
Donald E. Kerns	....	gang boss
Barby Kirk	....	props
Jack Kostelnik	....	construction foreman
Larry Langley	....	construction foreman
Jamie Maheu	....	set dresser
David McGrath	....	set dresser (as David Mcgrath)
Bennie F. Miles Jr.	....	gang boss
Cynthia Pater	....	graphics
John Patterson	....	gang boss
Jason Perlander	....	swing gang
Michael Rizzo	....	assistant art director
Scott Rosenstock	....	on-set dresser
Mary Saisselin	....	set designer (as Mary Finn)
David Schlesinger	....	assistant set decorator
Amy Shaff	....	on-set dresser
Phil Shirey	....	set dressing lead: Dallas
J. Grey Smith	....	property master
Jeff Sullivan	....	construction shop manager
Jeffrey Scott Taylor	....	swing gang
George Toomer Jr.	....	assistant set decorator (as George R. Toomer Jr.)
Jim Williams	....	swing gang
Thomas Wright	....	props (as Tom Wright)
Travis Wright	....	props
Derek Abernathy	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Alan Allinger	....	carpenter (uncredited)
John Alvin	....	poster artist (uncredited)
Carl Catanese	....	set buyer: Washington, DC (uncredited)
Dennis Collins	....	painter (uncredited)
Paul Etheredge	....	art department assistant (uncredited)
Bryan Felty	....	props (uncredited)
Floyd Gentry	....	painter (uncredited)
Michael Hendrick	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Bruce Richardson	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Chuck Stringer	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Keith Wall	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Robert H. Winn	....	scenic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Willy Allen	....	dialogue editor
Mary Andrews	....	adr editor
David A. Arnold	....	dialogue editor
Christopher Assells	....	dialogue editor
Robert Batha	....	assistant sound editor
Lon Bender	....	additional audio
Sandy Berman	....	foley editor
Bob Bowman	....	assistant sound editor
Joseph A. Brennan	....	sound engineer
Kurt Courtland	....	assistant sound editor
Bill Daly	....	sound mixer: Dealey Plaza
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	dialogue editor (as Richard Dwan)
Alison Fisher	....	dialogue editor
Scott Martin Gershin	....	sound effects editor
Avram D. Gold	....	adr supervisor
Meredith Gold	....	foley editor
Mark Gordon	....	dialogue editor
Jerelyn J. Harding	....	adr editor (as Jerelyn Harding)
Bob Hile	....	machine operator
Elizabeth Kenton	....	assistant sound editor
Gregg Landaker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Lanza	....	sound effects editor
Judson Leach	....	apprentice sound editor
Mark 'Frito' Long	....	sound recordist
Tod A. Maitland	....	production sound mixer
Christian P. Minkler	....	machine operator (as Chris Minkler)
Michael Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bob Newlan	....	dialogue editor
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
T.J. O'Mara	....	boom operator (as Terence J. O'Mara)
Greg Orloff	....	foley mixer
Kelly Oxford	....	dubbing editor
Mark Pappas	....	foley editor
John Rice	....	apprentice sound editor
Dan M. Rich	....	dialogue editor (as Dan Rich)
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer
Jay B. Richardson	....	sound effects editor (as Jay Richardson)
David M. Roberts	....	utility sound (as David Roberts)
Wylie Stateman	....	supervising sound editor
Alicia Stevenson	....	foley artist
Kim Waugh	....	additional audio
Hugo Weng	....	dialogue editor
Michael D. Wilhoit	....	supervising sound editor
Linda Yeaney	....	assistant sound editor
David Young	....	additional audio
Dino Dimuro	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)
Michael P. Henning	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
Joseph Holsen	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Jeff Timbs	....	daily sound transferer (uncredited)
Peter J. Verrando	....	sound mixer: second unit (uncredited)
Bill Weinman	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Margaret Johnson	....	special effects supervisor (uncredited)
Warren Keillor	....	special effects props (uncredited)
Randy E. Moore	....	special effects coordinator (uncredited)
Bob Shelley	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Miller Drake	....	optical supervisor

Stunts
Webster Whinery	....	stunt coordinator
Kevin Beard	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Jeff Bornstein	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Jamie Dierlam	....	stunts (uncredited)
Michael Kocurek	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Perez	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Richard Phillips	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Autry Ward	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Sidney Ray Baldwin	....	still photographer (as Sidney Baldwin)
Jerry G. Callaway	....	additional camera operator
Donald Carlson	....	first assistant camera (as Donald C. Carlson)
Robert C. Carlson	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Chris Centrella	....	key grip
Kenny Davis	....	dolly grip (as Ken Davis)
Simon Jayes	....	crane operator: Technocrane
Marty Kassab-Chaney	....	video assist (as Marty Kassab)
Jeff Kluttz	....	best boy grip
J. Michael McClary	....	additional camera operator (as Michael Mcclary)
J. Michael Muro	....	Steadicam operator (as James Muro)
Reinhart 'Rayteam' Peschke	....	chief lighting technician (as Ray Peschke)
Philip C. Pfeiffer	....	camera operator (as Philip Pfeiffer)
Frank Scheidbach	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Faires A. Sekiya	....	second assistant camera (as Faires Kuriyakin Anderson)
John Shoemaker	....	rigging gaffer (as John Brook Shoemaker)
Richard Sobin	....	camera loader
Dan Turek	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Peter J. Verrando	....	video playback
Michael Burke	....	electrician (uncredited)
Mike Chevalier	....	director of photography: title sequence (uncredited)
Mark A. Hatley	....	grip (uncredited)
Brett Mabry	....	electrician (uncredited)
Michael Off	....	assistant camera: additional scenes (uncredited)
Harry Rez	....	key grip: title sequence (uncredited)

Casting Department
Juel Bestrop	....	casting associate
Sandra Dawes	....	location casting: New Orleans
Ann Goulder	....	casting assistant: New York
Kevin Howard	....	extras casting: Dallas
Dave Leblanc	....	casting assistant: New Orleans
Amy Levy-Lancaster	....	casting assistant: Dallas (as Amy Levy Lancaster)
Kris Nicolau	....	location casting: Dallas
Rose Marie Puglia	....	casting assistant: New Orleans
Suzanne Smith	....	casting associate
Melanie Traylor	....	casting associate
Mary Vernieu	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Fran Allgood	....	costumer
Alison Gail Bixby	....	costumer (as Gail Bixby)
Dan Bronson	....	costume supervisor
Jennifer Dixon	....	costumer
Lisa Lovaas	....	assistant costume designer
Mark Burchard	....	wardrobe (uncredited)
Andria Litto	....	wardrobe assistant (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Donah Bassett	....	negative cutter
F. Paul Benz	....	first assistant editor
Logan Breit	....	apprentice editor
Dale Caldwell	....	color timer
Hank Corwin	....	additional editor
Kate Crossley	....	assistant editor
Chris Innis	....	apprentice editor
Saar Klein	....	post-production intern
Gina Lombardo	....	assistant editor (as Gina Silano)
Devon Miller	....	second assistant editor
Julie Monroe	....	associate editor
Maria Montoreano	....	assistant editor (as Maria Schaab)
David Orr	....	color timer
Tatiana S. Riegel	....	assistant editor
Kurt A. Saterbak	....	post-production intern
Peter Lonsdale	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Budd Carr	....	executive music producer
Tim Morrison	....	musician: principal trumpet, Boston Pops Orchestra
John Neufeld	....	orchestrator
Fabienne Rawley	....	assistant music editor
Kenneth Wannberg	....	music editor (as Ken Wannberg)
Tom Boyd	....	musician: oboe soloist (uncredited)
Blake Martin Moulin	....	assistant music editor (uncredited)
James Thatcher	....	musician: French horn (uncredited)
tomandandy	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Transportation Department
William B. Borges	....	transportation captain: New Orleans
Daniel T. Dickerson	....	transportation captain (as Dan Dickerson)
Tutt Esquerre	....	picture car coordinator: New Orleans
Alvin L. Milliken Sr.	....	transportation coordinator (as Alvin Milliken Sr.)
Patrick Hogan	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Jonathan Abrams	....	production assistant
Roger Armstrong	....	unit publicist
Brooks Baldwin	....	dialect coach
Elena Baranova	....	dialect coach
Shauna Beal	....	assistant: Mr. Milchan
Numa V. Bertel Jr.	....	technical advisor
Joleta Bishop	....	production assistant
Bob Breall	....	technical advisor
Steve Brennan	....	production assistant
Daniel Burns	....	set production assistant
Kayla Chaillot	....	craft service
Howard K. Davis	....	technical advisor
Patricia Anne Doherty	....	location manager: Dallas
Dale Dye	....	technical advisor
Liam Finn	....	production secretary
Jeff Flach	....	location manager: Dallas
Robert J. Groden	....	technical advisor (as Robert Groden)
Kristina Hare	....	assistant: Mr. Stone
Roy Hargraves	....	technical advisor
Thomas Hayslip	....	research assistant
Gerald P. Hemmings Jr.	....	technical advisor
Julie Herrin	....	set production assistant
Elston Howard	....	production assistant
Larry N. Howard	....	technical advisor (as Larry Howard)
Gary Huckabay	....	assistant location manager: New Orleans
Nicholas Irwin	....	production assistant
Melissa James	....	production assistant
Marion Jenkins	....	technical advisor (as Dr. Marion Jenkins)
David Nuell Johnson	....	production assistant
Michael Johnson	....	production assistant
Dan Karkoska	....	production assistant
Lisa D. Kaufman	....	assistant auditor
Brad Keller	....	production assistant
Margaret Lancaster	....	assistant production coordinator: New Orleans
Ron Lewis	....	technical advisor
David Lifton	....	technical advisor
Susan Malerstein	....	script supervisor
Travis Mann	....	production assistant
Arthur Manson	....	producers' representative
Jim Marrs	....	technical advisor
Steven McAfee	....	assistant production coordinator: Dallas (as Steven Mcafee)
Margaret McCourt	....	location auditor (as Margaret Ann Mccourt)
Tammy McGlynn	....	production assistant (as Tammy Mcglynn)
Moira McLaughlin	....	assistant: Mr. Costner (as Moira Mclaughlin)
Peter McManus	....	assistant auditor (as Peter Mcmanus)
Carla Meyer	....	dialect coach
Tim Monich	....	dialect coach: Mr. Oldman (as Timothy Monich)
Cindy Nelson	....	site coordinator: Dealey Plaza
John M. Newman	....	technical advisor (as John Newman)
Beverly Oliver	....	technical advisor
Sandra Palacios-Plugge	....	assistant location manager: Dallas
Patrick Parrino	....	production assistant
Bill Poague	....	production assistant
Peggy Pridemore	....	location manager: Washington D.C.
L. Fletcher Prouty	....	technical advisor (as Col. L. Fletcher Prouty)
Ellen Ray	....	technical advisor
Haydn Reiss	....	assistant: Mr. Ho
Chris Renna	....	production physician (as Dr. Christian Renna)
Juan Ros	....	set production assistant
Frank Ruiz	....	technical advisor
Jane Rusconi	....	research coordinator
Gus Ruso	....	technical advisor
Perry R. Russo	....	technical advisor (as Perry Russo)
Richard Rutowski	....	technical assistant: Mr. Stone
Max Salassi	....	production assistant
John Sekula	....	production assistant
Keith L. Smith	....	intern: A.F.I. (as Keith Smith)
Nick Spetsiotis	....	production assistant
Bob Spiegelman	....	technical advisor
Christina Stauffer	....	set production assistant (as Tina Stauffer)
Barbara-Ann Stein	....	comptroller
Joey Stewart	....	production assistant
John R. Stockwell	....	technical advisor
Elizabeth Stone	....	spiritual advisor: Naijo No Ko
Leeann Stonebreaker	....	production coordinator
Loring Sumner	....	production secretary
Mark Thomason	....	stand-in: Mr. Costner
Art Tizon	....	office manager: Los Angeles
Ron Towery	....	production assistant
David H. Venghaus Jr.	....	set production assistant (as Dave Venghaus)
Cyril H. Wecht	....	technical advisor (as Cyril H. Wecht M.D. J.D.)
Sarah Whistler	....	location manager: New Orleans
Stanley White	....	technical advisor
Jerri Whiteman	....	assistant auditor
Tom Wilson	....	technical advisor
Calvin Wimmer	....	production assistant
Stephanie Antosca	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Kevin Beard	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot (uncredited)
Mike Childress	....	stage manager (uncredited)
Colleen Davie Janes	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Charlie French	....	key medic: New Orleans (uncredited)
Jean Hill	....	technical advisor (uncredited)
David Margulis	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Romy Stevenson	....	production intern: Dallas (uncredited)
Alan Noel Vega	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Michelle Wiesner	....	double: Mary Moorman (uncredited)
Abraham Zapruder	....	assassination footage: JFK (uncredited)
Azita Zendel	....	assistant: Oliver Stone (uncredited)

Thanks
Timothy A. Foley	....	special thanks: Tilden-Foley Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Gale Jackson Nix	....	acknowledgment: archival footage provided by (as Family of Orville O. Nix)
Michael W. Proscia	....	special thanks
Julie Shapiro	....	special thanks: Travelcorps

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. (presents) (as Warner Bros.)
• Canal+ (in association with) (as Le Studio Canal+)
• Regency Enterprises (in association with)
• Alcor Films (in association with)
• Ixtlan (producer)
• Camelot

Distributors

• Warner Bros. (1991) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Bros. (1992) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1992) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1992) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (1992) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Argentina Video Home (1998) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (1998) (Argentina) (VHS) (re-edited)
• Encore Avenue (2008) (Canada) (TV)
• NHK BS Premium (2012) (Japan) (TV)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1994) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• TV Asahi (1994) (Japan) (TV)
• Warner Bros. (Germany)
• Warner Bros. (Spain)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2002) (Germany) (DVD) (Director's Cut)
• Warner Home Video (1993) (Japan) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (Japan) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Special Effects

• FXSmith (special prosthetic effects)

Other Companies

• Andrea Jaffe & Associates  publicity
• CBS News  archival footage
• Deluxe  answer print timing (as Deluxe®)
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Elektra Records  soundtrack album on (as Elektra Records, Cassettes & CDs.)
• Event Restroom  tents/portalet rental
• Gala Catering  location catering
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)  this picture made under the jurisdiction of (as I.A.T.S.E.®)
• Ken Scott Communications  special thanks to (vintage radio and police equipment provided by) (as Ken Scott Communications, St. Ignatius, Montana)
• LMH Company  archival footage provided by (Zapruder Film: "Copyright 1967" All rights reserved.)
• M/S Billings Publicity Ltd.  publicity
• NBC News Archives  archival footage
• National Archives  archival footage
• National Capitol Region  special thanks to
• National Park Service, The  special thanks to (as National Park Service)
• New Orleans Film Commission, The  film commission
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• People of Dallas, The  special thanks to
• People of New Orleans, The  special thanks to
• Post Sound Corporation  archival sound restoration (as Post Sound Corp.)
• Reeltime Creative  trailer music
• Sherman Grinberg Film Libraries  archival footage provided by (as Sherman Grindberg Film Libraries)
• Soundelux  sound editing
• Southern Methodist University  archival footage provided by (thru its Southwest Film/Video Archives)
• Technicolor  prints by (as Technicolor®)
• The Keylite P.S.I. Group  production equipment (as Keylite, PSI)
• Tilden-Foley Gallery  special thanks to (Manierre Dawson paintings loaned by) (as Tilden-Foley Gallery, New Orleans, LA)
• Travelcorps International  special thanks to (as Travelcorps)
• UCLA Film and Television Archive  archival footage
• United States Park Police  special thanks
• University of North Texas  special thanks to
• Warner Bros.  cartoon clip courtesy of (as Warner Bros. Inc.)

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language

Runtime:

189 min | USA:206 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA | France

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) | Germany:12 (bw) | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R (No. 31561) | Finland:K-12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) (TV rating) | Iceland:12 | Brazil:14 | Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) | Singapore:PG (original rating) (cut) | Canada:14+ | Portugal:M/12 | Peru:14

Filming Locations:

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA

Company:

Warner Bros.

Trivia:

Stone hired Jane Rusconi, a recent Yale graduate, to head up a team of researchers and assemble as much information about the assassination as possible while he completed his directing duties on Born on the Fourth of July (1989). While Stone read two dozen books about the assassination, Rusconi read well over 200 books on the subject.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Garrison is in the airplane with Senator Long we see upper hand luggage shelves already fitted with doors. At the time they were plain open.

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 is new in the American experience. The total influence - economic, political, even spiritual - is felt in every city, every Statehouse, every office in the federal government. We must guard against the aquisition of unwarranted influence - whether sought or unsought - by the military-industrial complex. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Amazing Transparent Man (#7.23)" (1995)

Soundtrack:

Ode to Buckwheat

A Stunningly Well Planned and Articulated Film

Oliver Stone is undoubtedly one of the most controversial directors of all time, his work has included horrifyingly real stories of Vietnam, stories of the corruption of politics and a much-despised account of Jim Morrison's life. No matter the subject matter, Stone always gives it his all and sometimes the world's response is positive and sometimes it's negative. With JFK we are faced with one of his films that was probably one of his most successful (next to Platoon of 1986). This is a rare instance in which the public loved the concept of conspiracy in their own country, and took special interest in the debates that it caused amongst the government upon release. The best thing about this film is that it is and was treated as so much more than a film. My honest opinion is that this response was created not because of a more plausible theory but because of Stone's fantastic and unique job putting the story together.

The film opens on a surprisingly suspenseful scene of the murder of John F. Kennedy. The chopped style of the scene lets you know that something is not right, dramatic black and white shots spliced with the blurry grain shots of the home video taken by a witness (it won Academy Awards for Best Film Editing and Best Cinematography). This, accompanied by John Williams' excellent original score helped do an excellent job of creating a mood, just for this very first scene. Often times a director will stop after this, give it his all for style and then stop after the first scene, but Stone doesn't do this. He makes the film so much more than a boring investigation; he takes you in to each of the puzzle pieces (indeed, it feels like you're with Kevin Costner "digging" through hundreds of events.) For 90% of these clips that lace the film's concepts together, the camera is not kept steady, it is, indeed, like you are there witnessing it. The human eye doesn't only look at what is important, and a situation of trauma can make everything seem broken, confused. Oliver Stone doesn't try to make sure you understand what's going on. Some frown upon this, but it's realistic and that's what counts.

Kevin Costner plays Jim Garrison, the district attorney of New Orleans who investigates the murder of John Kennedy. Sometimes you are expected to disagree (at first) with some of Garrison's presumptuous statements, and when you do there is always at least one character around who will agree with you. Stone realizes most viewers aren't devoted enough to believe everything Garrison says no matter what it is throughout the film. Stone has said that he wants people to "rethink history" and that this film is not guaranteed fact, but an "alternate myth" to the myth that has been presented before. The story is not solid because very few ideas or people or events in life are. What I mean to say is that Garrison's comments are not necessarily ridiculous, it's just a matter of how hard he tries to support them. The focus constantly changes -- yes, Costner will smile a bit when he makes a ridiculous remark that everyone rolls their eyes at, yes, even at the end of the film some clips will be left unchecked, and yes, you will see that there is no way that the question "who killed JFK" is answered as simply, solidly, and, dare I say it, Hollywood-esquely as a one man killing. If you watch this movie looking for real life, without dramatization and without guaranteed entertainment and fun, you will be impressed. This is not a popcorn movie.

And finally a word should be said about the actors' enhancement of the realism of the film. Most notable are Joe Pesci as the frantic David Ferrie who pretends to be a victim but truly (we see) had much more to do with it than he pretends (although convincingly was not an assassin -- he blows the whole thing out of proportion "this is too f*cking big for you, you know that?") and Tommy Lee Jones as the wry ring leader Claw Shaw, who seems to be a pompous upscale member of society that has been doing the dark business of conspiracy behind closed doors. The fact that these characters can appear real to us and not just appear as familiar actors taking on a role (as you might feel in Ocean's Eleven) truly does the film justice in driving it forward.

This is in fact one of my top three favorite movies, but I tend to refrain from mentioning it as just this to my friends-- I'm sooner to mention Memento or Fight Club. The reason for this is that the movie is almost an acquired taste, and certainly not normal entertainment for a teenager. It's honestly written for a generation above me, but everything that makes it (up to and including the "kings are killed" and other political themes) are intriguing to me, and for me anything intriguing grows to be a favorite. Even if the subject is not something that ever really impacted me, I take themes to heart, and I always love a good "enigma wrapped in a riddle."

NOTES: -Maybe a point off for being inconsistent in goal. Though as admirable in a movie as any other characteristic, I found this to be the most restricting on ability to follow along. -Also notable is the fact that it's very release sparked opening of sealed governmental records on the subject.

OVERALL: A+