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Russ G Nov 9 Credits say the screenplay is based on a story co-written by Mark Lane, so it's no surprise that this is largely a retelling of the conspiracy theory he'd been peddling for a decade by then. This is a pretty cheap production fleshed out with stock footage and it's definitely Weak Tea. How they roped Burt Lancaster and Robert Ryan into this is beyond me. See more Blu B 11/21/2024 It's crazy this was allowed to be made even in 73'. It goes to show how deep the american peoples trust had eroded in the government by this time. That being said the biggest problem this has is until the final 15-20 minutes it's very dry and boring and just alright. It's just guys sitting around talking...and talking...and more talking...and expose. It bounces around setting up the conspiracy but it never really builds any character with the conpirators using them as plot drivers more than anything. It's like All the President's Men in that regard where it has a documentary feel to the whole thing that's very dry and boring. However when we get to the actual assassination it's tightly done and does a great job merging the stock footage and creating the sense of chaos and franticness. It's crazy how it just ends right after Oswald is killed too. Overall the pacing, cinematography, and editing isn't bad thanks to the ending that really helps this. It's just a shame they couldn't build interesting characters to go along with this. It would've made this much less dry and possibly a better director would've helped too like a DePalma or Paluka. It's crazy how this isn't talked about more given the subject matter. Anyone who is interested in the JFK assassination or fans of any actors in this (or both) should check this out. Most could skip this interesting footnote though. See more Cees T 07/18/2024 Instead of too many characters yapping for half the movie and nobody but i guess the dead material witnesses hearing 4 shots and finding 4 bullets/trajectories, i'd rather watch a documentary like I Shot JFK, wherein James Files claims to have fired the deadly shot. 5.5/10 - Meh. See more Steve D 04/20/2024 Conspiracy nonsense that ropes in odd amounts of talent. See more delysid d 03/14/2022 deep state conspiracy See more 03/22/2021 Whether or not you believe Oswald was a lone nut working alone, or believe that some things were just too coincidental to be anything but the by-product of a wider conspiracy, this story is well-written by former blacklisted writer, Dalton Trumbo, and is as plausible an explanation of all the unanswered questions about the JFK assassination as was the joke of an investigation called the Warren Report or the ridiculous "magic bullet" theory that Sen. Spector had the audacity to propose and stick with, Eminently watchable crime drama, even if not Burt Lancaster or Robert Ryan's best acting work See more Read all reviews

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