Directed by:
Peter LandesmanScreenplay:
Peter LandesmanCinematography:
Barry AckroydComposer:
James Newton HowardCast:
Zac Efron, Tom Welling, Paul Giamatti, Marcia Gay Harden, Ron Livingston, James Badge Dale, Colin Hanks, Billy Bob Thornton, Jackie Earle Haley, Jacki Weaver (more)VOD (1)
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Based on the book 'Four Days In November' by renowned author and former prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi. Parkland recounts the chaotic events that occurred in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, Parkland weaves together the perspectives of a handful of ordinary individuals suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances: the young doctors and nurses at Parkland Hospital; Dallas' chief of the Secret Service; an unwitting cameraman who captured what became the most watched and examined film in history; the FBI agents who nearly had the gunman within their grasp; the brother of Lee Harvey Oswald, left to deal with his shattered family; and JFK's security team, witnesses to both the president's death and Vice President Lyndon Johnson's rise to power over a nation whose innocence was forever altered. (Roadshow Entertainment)
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An excellent acted documentary, which, from start to finish, gives off a very authentic impression and is designed mainly for viewers obsessed with the JFK theme. There are a lot of characters, none of them are the main character and almost everyone has their moment. A number of scenes are hellishly strong and I appreciate how the screenwriter and director managed to balance the mournful patriotic mood of the film so that (at least for me) it didn't seem cheap and I didn't feel that it was blackmailing me emotionally.
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Well, if Zac Efron was saving Kennedy, it's clear where the mistake happened. Seriously. Fifty years on, Americans are commemorating the death of a man whose survival might have changed the world. We don't know, it didn't happen. JFK will be an eternal topic. The film has a great cast and sometimes excellent performances, but when I look at the footage that Abraham Zapruder happened to capture, which essentially shows JFK being shot, it chills me much more about how brutal people can be and what they are capable of doing. The film excels in its effort to capture events that ordinary people wouldn't normally have seen. It succeeds in that, but it's essentially just a reminder of a terrifying act.
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