If this was to be a comprehensive look at what happened at Parkland Hospital, it fails. The reason why is that when a movie is "based on facts" it becomes fiction, or "faction" which makes for some interesting yarns, but is not truly factual and dramatic license has been taken.
There were SEVERAL physicians who were in the ER at Parkland who were not put into the script. Of particular note are those who had controversial things to say about the President's wounds. Those physicians mentioned there being a "wound of entry" in the President's throat that was used for a trache, and those who metioned the "large avulsing" wound behind the President's right ear. The movie has virtually every attendee covered in blood for dramatic effect. There is absolutely NO mention of Governor Connolly in trauma room two. Marcia Gay Harden's character is also one developed from a couple of other nurses there as well.
There are so many details which have been attested to in other sources from the doctors present that are presented in error in this movie. Some of the dialogue of the Secret Service and FBI in this movie should have been corrected, as much has been added for dramatic effect. FBI special agent James Hosty is shown covering up evidence from a file on orders from his superior. We now know that the Secret Service also falsified or destroyed evidence as far as into the 1990's that was pertinent. Of particular glaring disservice to the story is that the expensive bronze coffin was not covered in a rubber sheet before the President's remains were put into it, or that the driver of the hearse was roughed up. The dignity of Jackie Kennedy so often mentioned, is lacking in this portrayal.
The role of Robert Oswald is well played in the movie. The role of his mother is a character with many flaws. While she did actually maintain the her son Lee worked for the government in some capacity, which there is some evidence he was an FBI informant and was played by the pro and anti-cuban elements of intelligence agencies, Marguerie is played as a fruitcake, money-grubbing huckster.
For more factual material, try reading the book "We Were There" put together by Parkland Medical School alums, or "Trauma Room One" by one of the doctors who was actually there. It is quite obvious that the producers never mentioned the head wound like the President"s deputy press secretary did or as other witnesses did, but that would open up a whole bucket or worms the producers were afraid to get into.
There were SEVERAL physicians who were in the ER at Parkland who were not put into the script. Of particular note are those who had controversial things to say about the President's wounds. Those physicians mentioned there being a "wound of entry" in the President's throat that was used for a trache, and those who metioned the "large avulsing" wound behind the President's right ear. The movie has virtually every attendee covered in blood for dramatic effect. There is absolutely NO mention of Governor Connolly in trauma room two. Marcia Gay Harden's character is also one developed from a couple of other nurses there as well.
There are so many details which have been attested to in other sources from the doctors present that are presented in error in this movie. Some of the dialogue of the Secret Service and FBI in this movie should have been corrected, as much has been added for dramatic effect. FBI special agent James Hosty is shown covering up evidence from a file on orders from his superior. We now know that the Secret Service also falsified or destroyed evidence as far as into the 1990's that was pertinent. Of particular glaring disservice to the story is that the expensive bronze coffin was not covered in a rubber sheet before the President's remains were put into it, or that the driver of the hearse was roughed up. The dignity of Jackie Kennedy so often mentioned, is lacking in this portrayal.
The role of Robert Oswald is well played in the movie. The role of his mother is a character with many flaws. While she did actually maintain the her son Lee worked for the government in some capacity, which there is some evidence he was an FBI informant and was played by the pro and anti-cuban elements of intelligence agencies, Marguerie is played as a fruitcake, money-grubbing huckster.
For more factual material, try reading the book "We Were There" put together by Parkland Medical School alums, or "Trauma Room One" by one of the doctors who was actually there. It is quite obvious that the producers never mentioned the head wound like the President"s deputy press secretary did or as other witnesses did, but that would open up a whole bucket or worms the producers were afraid to get into.
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