I'm 1/2 hour into watching "Parkland" (U bet your butt I'm buying this) assassination of JFK!!!

[Omaha Steve]

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FULL review here: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Parkland-Blu-ray/82173/#Review

Parkland Blu-ray Review
History alive.
Reviewed by Martin Liebman, November 30, 2013



It's been fifty years since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, a moment in history many will argue was the most life-altering of the 20th century, perhaps since even the Civil War, and probably the most fundamentally upsetting in American history. It wasn't simply a tragedy and an unexpected shift in executive power to another man but, for many, the symbolic death of an America that was and the starting point towards something those of Kennedy's era would not today recognize. Unfortunately, the assassination has become something of a conspiracy folk legend and less a critically important moment in time, remembered, now, for things like the "grassy knoll" and who may have been involved and why and less, much less, for those repercussions that have followed and the ripples that are still felt today. Parkland, a 2013 film by first-time Director Peter Landesman, doesn't focus on the real or imagined events leading up to the assassination or the flood of conspiracies that have followed but rather on the minutes and hours following the assassination and the stories of several key players who woke up on the morning of November 22, 1963 as anonymous individuals but who would end that day forever linked to a great American tragedy. These are their stories.



On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. Local Abraham Zapruder (Paul Giamatti) captures the incident on 8MM film; he finds himself suddenly the object of much attention from not only the press but Secret Service Agent Forrest Sorrels (Billy Bob Thonrton). Kennedy's body is rushed to Dallas' Parkland hospital where it's attended to by Doctors James Carrico (Zac Efron) and Malcolm Perry (Colin Hanks) and Nurse Doris Nelson (Marcia Gay Harden). FBI Agent James Hosty (Ron Livingston) furthers his investigation of suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswald (Jeremy Strong). Kennedy's secret service agents protect now-President Lyndon B. Johnson (Sean McGraw) and make room for Kennedy's casket on Air Force One.

Snip to the end: Parkland is an intimate and very harrowing experience that pulls its audience into a swarm of bloody, hurtful history. It's a fully captivating film, one that's emotionally draining but incredibly stimulating at the same time. The sense of history and a fairly authentic feel help shape a movie that's not to be missed, particularly for students of history. Millennium Entertainment's Blu-ray release of Parkland is a little short on supplemental content, but video and audio qualities are excellent. Highly recommended.

[longship]

1. Parkland, as in Parkland Hospital, in Dallas.

That's where JFK's motorcade went and where JFK was pronounced dead.

This looks like a compelling film of a story some of us lived through. I don't know if I want to see it myself, but I will say it has my interest. (I could not stomach a conspiracy flick.)

R&K

[Omaha Steve]

2. We just finished watching

No conspiracy theory in it.

Tom Hanks is one of the executive producers. Probably the reason this has such good production values.

I recommend this as a renter to anyone that is old enough to Remember that day. We will be buying it.

I was at the eternal flame back in the 60's.

OS

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. I thought it was most excellent. K&R

[Ishoutandscream2]

4. My mother worked with Nurse Nelson at Parkland

Mom was a floor nurse there for a couple of years in the mid-60s. I also graduated high school with June Oswald. If you lived in the Dallas area, it was amazing the connections you would find with people who were involved with the assassination, directly or indirectly.

[Omaha Steve]

5. Fascinating

Thanks for sharing!

OS

[SidDithers]

6. DU rec for something JFK-related without conspiracy theory nonsense...

Sid