JFK (1991)

	Directed by: Oliver Stone	COUNTRY USA GENRE Drama/Historical/ Thriller NORWEGIAN TITLE JFK – saken fortsetter RUNNING TIME 188 / 205 minutes
	Produced by: A. Kitman Ho Oliver Stone
	Written by (based on books by Jim Garrison and Jim Marrs): Oliver Stone Zachary Sklar

Cast inkluderer:
Karakter	Skuespiller	Vurdering
Jim Garrison	Kevin Costner	½
Liz Garrison	Sissy Spacek
Willie O’Keefe	Kevin Bacon
Clay Shaw	Tommy Lee Jones
Lee Harvey Oswald	Gary Oldman	½
David Ferrie	Joe Pesci	½
Lou Ivon	Jay O. Sanders	½
Bill Broussard	Michael Rooker
Susie Cox	Laurie Metcalf	½
Dean Andrews	John Candy
Jack Martin	Jack Lemmon	½
Senator Russell Long	Walter Matthau	-
Mr. X	Donald Sutherland
Jack Ruby	Brian Doyle-Murray	-
Rose Cheramie	Sally Kirkland	-
Bill Newman	Vincent D’Onofrio	-
General Y.	Dale Dye	-
Marina Oswald Porter	Beata Pozniak	-
Guy Banister	Ed Asner	-
Numa Bertel	Wayne Knight	-
Beverly Oliver	Lolita Davidovich	-
Jerry Johnson	John Larroquette	-
News Anchor	Bob Gunton	-
Narrator	Martin Sheen	-

Review

Oliver Stone's gargantuan, meticulous, and wordy dissection of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, seen and told from the perspective of New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner), feels more like a thesis in political science than a cinematic experience. At 188 minutes (theatrical cut) or 205 minutes (director's cut), JFK is a film that seeks to shed light on every detail and turn every stone regarding the murder, the ensuing investigation, and – claims the picture – the government's conspiracy and cover-up. For large portions of its running time, Stone manages to keep his dense film quite fascinating. When it crumbles, the problem isn't simply its obvious bias, but also that the film simplifies and caricatures its alleged villains (particularly Clay Shaw and David Ferrie), which seems completely contradictory to the film's self-proclaimed search for truth. Watching and listening to Kevin Costner argue Jim Garrison's case for three hours is enlightening on a superficial, one-sided level, but it's all got an incessant undertone of preaching to it, up to and including the prolonged final monologue. JFK is a flawed film – in the most colossal way – except in the scenes lit up by a wonderful Gary Oldman as Lee Harvey Oswald.