Sunday, July 6, 2014

Killing Kennedy 2013


Killing Kennedy



     This film is based on a best selling book by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard.  The film begins in 1959, John F. Kennedy announces his run for president.  A former Marine grows disillusioned with America and tries living in Russia.  Their paths cross in Dallas. 
      In this film, there is a lot more information about Oswald than I’ve seen before.  More about his thinking process and his home life.  He was a Marxist and he believes Cuba should be left alone by the US government.  He had two young daughters, he hit his wife and she left him.  I didn’t know he tried to kill US Major General Edwin Walker and he killed Dallas Patrolman J.D. Tippet after killing Kennedy.  3 ½* (I liked this movie)

87 min, Drama directed by Nelson McCormick with Rob Lowe, Will Rothhar, Jack Noseworthy, Casey Siemaszko, Boris McGiver, Richard Flood, Ginnifer Goodwin, Michelle Trachtenberg.

Note:  Imdb 6.1 out of 10, 56% critic 37% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Metrocritic 55 (mixed or average) 3.5 user score from 6 reviews.
Speical Note:  Marina Oswald married Kenneth Porter in 1965 and they had two sons.  It is not indicated as her belief in the film but she has appeared in numerous documentaries stating Oswald was innocent of the assassination.  She has lived in Rockwall, Texas since the mid-1970’s.  I felt sorry for her as portrayed but I don’t support her views.








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