JFK is a 1991 American film directed by Oliver Stone. It examines the events leading to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and alleged subsequent cover-up, through the eyes of former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison . Garrison filed charges against New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw for his alleged participation in a conspiracy to assassinate the President, for which Lee Harvey Oswald was found responsible by two Government investigations: the Warren Commission, and the House Select Committee on Assassinations . The film was adapted by Stone and Zachary Sklar from the... books On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison and Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs. Stone described his fictionalized account as a "counter-myth" to the "fictional myth" of the Warren Commission. He followed up this film with two more about the American Presidency, Nixon with Anthony Hopkins in the title role, and W., about the rise of George W. Bush, played by Josh Brolin.
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| Release date: | December 20, 1991 |
| Directed by: | Oliver Stone |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 189 Minutes |
| Producer: | Oliver Stone, A. Kitman Ho |
| Editor: | Pietro Scalia, Joe Hutshing |
| Music by: | John Williams |
| Cinematography: | Robert Richardson |
| Screenplay by: | Oliver Stone, Zachary Sklar |
| Estimated budget: | $40,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Biography |