JFK

JFK - 1991

         Director: Oliver Stone

Writer: Jim Mars

 

Genre: Crime / Drama / History / Mystery / Thriller

Tagline: The Story That Won't Go Away 

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

Actors

	Kevin Costner		Jim Garrison
	Tommy Lee Jones		Clay Shaw/Clay Bertrand
	Kevin Bacon		Willie O'Keefe
	Gary Oldman		Lee Harvey Oswald
	Michael Rooker		Bill Broussard
	Jack Lemmon		Jack Martin
	Laurie Metcalf		Susie Cox
	Sissy Spacek		Liz Garrison
	Joe Pesci		David Ferrie
	John Candy		Dean Andrews
	Pruitt Taylor Vince		Lee Bowers
	Jay O. Sanders		Lou Ivon
	Walter Matthau		Senator Long
	Sally Kirkland		Rose Cheramie
	Donald Sutherland		X

Also Known As:

JFK (France)

Project X (USA) (working title)

MPAA: Rated R for language. (also 1992 edited version)

Runtime: 189 min / USA:206 min (director's cut)

Country: USA / France

Language: English

Color: Black and White / Color

Sound Mix: Dolby SR

Certification: Finland:K-12 / Iceland:12 / Canada:13+ (Quebec) / Canada:AA (Ontario) / Canada:A (Nova Scotia) / Canada:PG (Manitoba) / 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 / Singapore:NC-16

Trivia: "[O]ne may smile, and smile, and be a villain" is from Shakespeare's "Hamlet", Act I, Scene V. 

Goofs: Continuity: As Brussard is revealing he knows the identity of Clay Bertrand, we see a Christmas tree behind him. We then see Christmas candles and poinsettias around the dining area. Yet at this point, it is the middle of Mardi Gras, and shortly after this scene Shaw is questioned on Easter Sunday.

Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 20 nominations