“The story that won't go away.”
JFK follows the investigation launched by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. As the inquiry widens, the film moves between public record, legal argument and political suspicion. It treats the case as a search for coherence in a story that remains unsettled.
Oliver Stone directs the film, shaping it as a drama with thriller and history elements. Kevin Costner plays Jim Garrison, the district attorney who drives the investigation and presses for answers. The cast also includes Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman and Kevin Bacon in roles tied to the case and its surrounding network of testimony and doubt.
Made in France and the United States, the film is set in the charged atmosphere of 1960s America. Its tone is urgent and distrustful, with courtroom pressure and public power constantly in view. The result is a tense political drama about memory, authority and the difficulty of reaching certainty.
Oliver Stone directs the film, shaping it as a drama with thriller and history elements. Kevin Costner plays Jim Garrison, the district attorney who drives the investigation and presses for answers. The cast also includes Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman and Kevin Bacon in roles tied to the case and its surrounding network of testimony and doubt.
Made in France and the United States, the film is set in the charged atmosphere of 1960s America. Its tone is urgent and distrustful, with courtroom pressure and public power constantly in view. The result is a tense political drama about memory, authority and the difficulty of reaching certainty.
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7.6 / 10