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Actors: Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Bacon, Jack Lemmon, Joe Pesci, John Candy
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about JFK |
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New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner), after finally realizing the many strange occurences in the murder of President Kennedy begins to investigate the assassination. What he undercovers threatenes the security of his job, family, friends, and the nation. Based on true events, although somewhat mythical, this is a very important film. When JFK was released, the public noise was so great that it led to the disclosure of thousands of assassination documentsd to the general public. An interesting and persuasive film that encourages us to look deeper into one of the darkest moments of our American history.
--Evan, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of JFK |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
Political Plotlets:
- finding a killer/saboteur/criminal/spy
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- champion of justice
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- businessman, big
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
- Washington D.C.
- New Orleans
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- prison
- scientific labs
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- poisoning
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Is this movie based on a
- book
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