Film Club: JFK (1991)

On the 22nd November 1963 President John F Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas Texas. The assassination shocked the world. In 1991, Academy Award winner Oliver Stone, a Vietnam veteran, directed JFK starring Kevin Costner. In it he argues a conspiracy and the movie has helped lead to more than 60% of Americans believe him.
Director Tim Hewitt joins our editor Ollie to talk the movie, the allegations of conspiracy, their favourite actors, best scene, as well as most inaccurate, and finally the legacy of the film.
*Please note it was in fact the Assassination Records Review Board that was established in the wake of the movie, not the House Select Committee on Assassinations
Links Discussed
Libra, by Don Delillo
American Tabloid, James Ellroy
Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery, by Norman Mailer
Hollywood & History: The Debate Over JFK
JFK: Director's Commentary
Umbrella Man, Errol Morris
Oswald Photograph
Bullet Theory
Get in Touch
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history@aspectsofhistory.com
Tim on X/Twitter
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