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Director:

John Mackenzie

Writers (WGA):

Stephen Davis (play)
Stephen Davis (screenplay)

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Release Date:

27 March 1992 (USA) more

Genre:

Biography | Drama more

Tagline:

The incredible story of the man who shot Lee Harvey Oswald more

Plot:

An exploration of certain conspiracy theories surrounding the JFK assassination from Jack Ruby's perspective... more | add synopsis

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Piles Versus Files
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It's about Ruby (and nothing else) more (8 total)


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Danny Aiello ... Jack Ruby

Sherilyn Fenn ... Sheryl Ann DuJean / Candy Cane

Arliss Howard ... Maxwell

Tobin Bell ... David Ferrie

Joseph Cortese ... Louie Vitali (as Joe Cortese)

David Duchovny ... Officer Tippit
Richard C. Sarafian ... Proby (as Richard Sarafian)
Leonard Termo ... Tony Ana
Carmine Caridi ... Sam Giancana
Marc Lawrence ... Santos Alicante
John Roselius ... Detective Smalls

Joe Viterelli ... Joseph Valachi
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alan Ackles ... Press
Alicia Arden ... (unconfirmed)
Maurice Benard ... Diego
Norman Bennett ... Driver

Rodger Boyce ... Police Chief
Jim Brewer ... Detective
Ritch Brinkley ... Attorney Howard
Wirt Cain ... Detective

J. Marvin Campbell ... Bus Counter Tender
Tony Conforti ... Mickey the Shoe
Gérard David ... John F. Kennedy - Las Vegas
Joey DePinto ... Carmine
Ron De Roxtra ... Press
Jay Dowd ... Press
Steven Elkins ... Hotel Clerk
Richard Emanuelle ... Bellhop
Louis Eppolito ... Detective Taylor

Willie Garson ... Lee Harvey Oswald
Cody Glenn ... Guard

Tim Green ... Judge
Veronica Hart ... Telephone Trixie
James Healy Jr. ... Uniformed Policeman (as James Healy)
Bob Hess ... Press
Patrick Jude ... Tony Montana
Scott Lawrence ... Dillon
Brad Leland ... Patrolman
Mike Lundy ... Dallas T.V. Announcer
Sean McGraw ... Governor Connally

Jeffrey Nordling ... Hank
Frank Orsatti ... Action Jackson
Joe Pecoraro ... Jinx
Tina Rucker ... Press
Jim Ryan ... Dallas T.V. Announcer

Bill Seward ... Dallas T.V. Announcer
John Solari ... Lenny Doyle

David Steen ... Sheriff's Deputy
Robert S. Telford ... Senator

Mary Chris Wall ... Jackie Kennedy

Kevin Wiggins ... John F. Kennedy - Dallas

Terri Zee ... Mrs. Connally (as Terri Zagrodnick)
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Additional Details

Runtime:

Spain:110 min | USA:111 min

Country:

UK | USA | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Dallas, Texas, USA more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Bob Hoskins was originally signed to play Jack Ruby but filming delays meant that he had to report for duty on the set of Hook (1991). more

Quotes:

Sheryl Ann DuJean: [to Ruby] I'm Candy Cane, fresh out of nowhere. An hour ago you billed me as Las Vegas hot sauce. Tomorrow you headline me as a virgin schoolgirl from Carolina. I'm whatever you say. more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in London (1994) more

Soundtrack:

DAY IN, DAY OUT more


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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
It's about Ruby (and nothing else), 8 August 2007
7/10
Author: manuel-pestalozzi from Zurich, Switzerland

I did not expect much of this movie, but as a (none too serious) collector of Americana I was pleasantly surprised. The movie Ruby reminded me most of – and which might have inspired the script – is John Cassavete's Killing of a Chinese Bookie – which, in turn, might have been inspired by the life and times of the real Ruby. The biopic Hoffa, scripted by David Mamet, also comes to mind.

The one problem this movie seems to have is that it sits uncomfortably between mainstream cinema and art-house material. This becomes most apparent in the bombastic, completely unsuitable musical score which wants to make some kind of Godfather out of Ruby. But for the rest, this movie is well worth some time of the viewers attention.

It opens with a frontal shot of Ruby's face. He starts talking: „You're sitting somewhere in a motel room, alone and miserable, and the telephone starts ringing". This introduction of a strip act in his club pretty accurately describes Ruby's circumstances. He is a kind of a displaced person who does not seem to belong anywhere, waiting for a call. His activities seem pretty incoherent, his grasp of what is happening around him uncertain. He is proud to be a member of the show business industry, where dreams come true.

Had this movie been less mainstream, I imagine that many scenes concerning the events before the assassination of the President would have had a more dreamlike atmosphere. I would like to believe that a lot of what is going on in the movie is going on uniquely in Ruby's head, the head of a lonely man who is about to loose his sanity and strives to gain a certain presence, a certain stature. The script accommodates such a viewpoint which probably comes closest to Ruby's motives for shooting the man who shot the President.

The acting is mostly very good. Danny Aiello's and Sherilyn Fenn's performances were brilliant, the good chemistry between them makes the relationship between Ruby and his „dream woman" special and heartwarming. It also defines Ruby as someone who cares, probably another motive for his action. I am a big fan of Marc Lawrence who is absolutely terrific as the head mobster. He does not speak more than four or five sentences and yet his presence is awesome. The assassination of the President is reenacted with subtlety and tact – much better than in Stone's JFK. I found the casual way in which the real locations in Dallas were introduced absolutely stunning. The editing between TV stock material and specially filmed details is masterful.

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