Part fact and part opinion, mainly of Jim Garrison and director Oliver Stone, as to the events surrounding the proposed conspiracy of the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison began a probe into the actions of the F.B.I. and other officials of whom he suspected where covering up information that could lead to evidence of multiple shooters. The motive is believed to be to escalate the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. President Kennedy was attempting to prevent any further involvement in this situation, but which Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson supposedly promised the United States government that he would "give them the war". Thus, the motive for eliminating President Kennedy. The movie also details the events of many people involved in the assassination, from Lee Harvey Oswald to Clay Shaw, a prominent figure in New Orleans.
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Gary Oldman | Lee Harvey Oswald |
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Donald Sutherland | X |
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Kevin Costner | Jim Garrison |
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Kevin Bacon | Willie O'Keefe |
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Michael Rooker | Bill Broussard |
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Vincent D'Onofrio | Bill Newman |
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Bob Gunton | TV Newsman #3 |
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Wayne Knight | Numa Bertel |
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Laurie Metcalf | Susie Cox |
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Brian Doyle-Murray | Jack Ruby |
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Joe Pesci | David Ferrie |
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Pruitt Taylor Vince | Lee Bowers |
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John Candy | Dean Andrews |
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Jay O. Sanders | Lou Ivon |
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Dale Dye | General Y |
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Edward Asner | Guy Bannister |
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Sissy Spacek | Liz Garrison |
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Gary Grubbs | Al Oser |
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Tony Plana | Carlos Bringuier |
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Jack Lemmon | Jack Martin |
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Walter Matthau | Senator Long |
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Sally Kirkland | Rose Cheramie |
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Marco Perella | Mercer Interrogator |
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Peter Maloney | Colonel Finck |
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Tomas Milian | Leopoldo |
| Director | Oliver Stone |
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| Writer | Jim Garrison, Jim Marrs, Oliver Stone, Zachary Sklar | |
| Producer | A. Kitman Ho, Arnon Milchan, Joseph P. Reidy, Oliver Stone, Clayton Townsend | |
| Musician | John Williams | |
| Photography | Robert Richardson | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Subtitles | Danish | Dutch | English | Finnish | German | German (Closed Captioned) | Icelandic | Italian | Norwegian | Swedish |
| Regions | Region 2 |