JFK (Ultimate Collector's Edition) | 
| Actors: Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Ed Asner
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  362 reviews
Sales Rank: 46674
Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Director's Cut, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 189 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.7 x 2.5
MPN: WARD40110D
UPC: 883929027231
EAN: 0883929027231
ASIN: B001DJ7PN2
Theatrical Release Date: 1991
Release Date: November 11, 2008
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/11/2008 Rating: R
Amazon.com essential video
Director Oliver Stone added 17 minutes of previously unseen footage for the "director's cut" edition of his hypnotic courtroom epic about the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963. That fateful day in Dallas set in motion a sequence of events that would only intensify the mystery behind Kennedy's death, causing New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) to begin an investigation that would gradually become a personal obsession. Bravura filmmaking combined with controversial treatment of historical facts and audacious speculation, this breathtaking revision of history presents a mesmerizing parade of shady figures and conspiracy theories, unfolding like a classic mystery based on history's greatest unsolved crime. A technical triumph boasting Oscar-winning cinematography and editing, Stone's film is guaranteed to grab the viewer's attention with its daring take on the JFK controversy. The stellar supporting cast includes Tommy Lee Jones, Joe Pesci, Jack Lemmon, Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Kevin Bacon, and Gary Oldman as Lee Harvey Oswald. --Jeff Shannon
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 JFK or at least according to Oliver Stone. March 12, 2010
Jose Lopez (Miami,Florida USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
JFK . A movie that is so ridiculous, "It's an Enigma". oh poor Oliver stone and all the other silly people who think there is "more" to the story with all these hairy and wild plots. If you notice it's actually a trait of the far left. the deranged far left. Watching this movie or any Oliver Stone movie is like getting a Root Canal or worst. A Great Revisionist story According to Oliver.
 Comedy at its finest! February 25, 2010
Carl Morano (new york city)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Non-stop laughs and thrills! Ridiculously over-the-top! You'll be in tears and probably have a coronary when Joe Pesci shows up! Pure genius!
A Must See Film For All True US Citizens... February 20, 2010
Except For Music (Midwest, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
At the beginning of the movie when Walter Cronkite made the announcement that JFK was indeed dead, the look on his face after he takes his glasses off to me has always epitomized the state of our country every since then... Sad & Disgusted. Especially given the fact that he government itself has admitted there was a conspiracy involved (& the sad fact that it took this movie for that to happen), we still deserve to know the true facts of what happened that day. Think of how different our nation might be had this never happened? The film has some flaws & inaccuracies but enough facts that have proven to be true are included as well. You should definitely research this incident on your own. Probably my favorite Oliver Stone film, first rate cast (& performances, although I suspect that Jim Garrison's character was changed significantly)... All in all - A MUST SEE! I personally think that the "fatal shot" was most likely fired from a sewer drain due to the way JFK's head moved after the shot. Watch X-Files Season 4 - Episode named "Musings Of A Cigarette Smoking Man" for a better perspective of what I mean. And yes, some elements of the government had to be involved (big business actually - same thing), there was too much to gain. Why are the official US records still sealed (security issues, no doubt)? But I also don't thing the "rogue" elements of the government acted alone, probably the same way as everything else that has to with 'Greed as an Incentive'... Our nation would be the envy of the world if we only followed the Constitution as it was written/intended by our forefathers - Too Much Big Government (Corporate Business Interests)! Sorry that this is as much a tirade as a movie review bit it's always been a touchy subject since I was a kid).
One of the best Courtroom Dramas February 9, 2010
Kimberly A. Ross
Amazing screenplay put on screen. A three hour journey back into the JFK controversy which shook up America and the world. Costner in rare form gives an unbelievable performance. A must see.
Geez, You Miss the News One Lousy Day ... February 9, 2010
Yasha Banana
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
Dear Oliver Stone,
JFK got shot? You're kidding! Is he all right?
(Geez, you miss the news one lousy day and you're out of touch.)
Seriously though, I, Yasha J. Banana -- at 96 years-old, the oldest living Amazon movie reviewer (if you call this living) -- personally, I didn't care for the flicker. Not enough sex.
Okay, so it was about the murder of JFK. I realize that, Oliver. But what about all those groovy cheerleaders you put in "On Any Given Sunday"? A couple of them couldn't have played the doctors who did the autopsy? Or maybe one of them could have played the hooker JFK had sex with the night before.
Not many people know this, Oliver, by I, Yasha J. Banana -- nonagenarian, country western aficianado and one-time delicatessen manager in Mooseballs, Texas -- I almost got a part in "JFK." OH YEAH! Your assistant director wanted me to audition for one of the bullets. But I said, "Listen, boychick, let's face it, I'm not as fast as I used to be. Besides, I'm a Democrat."
Meanwhile, where was Jackie Kennedy in this movie? You know, the wife. After all, she saw the whole thing, didn't she? And yet there wasn't a part for her in the entire movie. How come? What, there weren't any shiksa actresses available at the time?
Nothing personal, Oliver, and don't take this the wrong way but if it was up to me and I was directing the flicker, I'd go against type and cast Joan Rivers as Jackie Kennedy.
Joan Rivers, Jackie Kennedy -- could those gals shop! But Joan has Jackie beat by a mile. Reminds me of my fourth wife. She lost her credit card once, but I didn't report it, why should I -- the person who stole it bought less than she did.
(Ba-da bing-bing!)
And Kevin Costner as Jim Garrison. Ehh. He's okay, I guess. A nice Gentile fellow; but not my cup of tea. I would have preferred Henny Youngman in the role. ("Take my case, please!")
Here's Jim Garrison, a beleagured district attorney with a nearly impossible case to prove, and what do you do, Oliver, you get Kevin Costner, a goyische cup, to play the part. Putz!
If Henny Youngman wasn't available you could have hired *my* lawyer to play the part. Belongs to a big law firm, "Ganef, Ganef, Ganef and Aquinas." Owns his own ambulance.
(Ba-da bump-bump!)
Meanwhile, what about Jack Ruby. There's another brainstorm of yours. You get Brian-Doyle Murray, an Irishman, to play the part. ... *Jan* Murray would have been more like it.
Oliver, my boy, what were you thinking: Jack Ruby was Jewish, not Irish. What was the casting of this movie, restricted?
The only intriguing part of the movie for me was the scene where John Candy is eating in a restaurant. I'm thinking to myself: did the guy who owned this restaurant have a partner? The place was packed, it looked like it was a gold mine! Oye, the money I could have made in Mooseballs, Texas if only my "Sheep Dip Surprise" had caught on.
But who knew?
Anyway, call me sentimental but I felt sorry for that skinny little guy, what's his name, Leo Harvey Oswald. The poor schnook. Hunted, arrested, taken into custody and questioned -- and, what, not one policeman gave him a cup coffee, a piece pie? Okay, so they could have gotten it from the store, but he had to eat, didn't he? Where's the realism, Oliver Stone, where's the versimilitude -- all those newsmen questioning Lee Harvey Oswald and not one of them gave him a cookie or an orange to nosh on? I doubt it.
Okay, Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby was Jewish. This we know. He changed his name from Rubenstein to Ruby. This is an historic fact, and far be it from me, Yasha J. Banana, to suggest to you, Oliver Stone, that your movie be intentionally inaccurate (ahem!) but, what, you couldn't have changed Jack Ruby's name to Art Linkletter? Or, better yet, Jack Armstrong. ... You know, blame it on the goyim for a change.
Either that or else make Jack Ruby a nebbish, a Woody Allen type. So that instead of shooting the gun he drops it. Big deal, so you change the story around a little bit. You changed so much, you couldn't have done that? Historic license! That's it, that's the ticket. You've already got everybody and their brother-in-law in on the plot to kill JFK, so you take a little more license, what's it gonna hurt? What's JFK gonna do, rise from the dead and sue you, serve you a paper?
Ahh! but why cry over spilt milk, kosher or otherwise. You made your movie, you made your millions, so what are you going to do now, from a a 96-year-old man on a fixed income you're going to take advice? I don't think so. For when you listen to me, my breath I'm not holding.
But let me just say one more thing so that I can finish this bombastic review and give myself an enema before I go to bed. ... I'm sorry about President Kennedy. He was a fine man, a regular prince of a fellow. For weeks I couldn't digest properly, I was so upset. As far as a normal bowel movement was concerned, forget about it. A couple hours before he got shot, I ate a pastrami sandwich. Heard the news, couldn't pass it for three days. Like a lump the size of Rhode Island in my kishkas. What a tragedy; the nation suffered, I suffered. Eventually we found relief.
Anyway, like I say, it was a shame he got shot. I feel worse about him than about that skinny Jew Abraham Lincoln when he got shot in the temple.
If only, if only ... If only JFK had ducked, would have been a whole different story. Less messy. If nothing else, he could have gotten an allowance on the upholstery in the car.
But, that aside, let's face it, let's tell the truth, Ollie baby, you know as well as I do that JFK would have been much better off married to Joan Rivers. Because if JFK was married to Joan Rivers, when the plane landed in Dallas, forget about Dealey Plaza, she would have dragged him to Nieman-Marcus and they would have shopped all day. End of story.
Your pal,
Yash
P.S. Before I go, so that this stupendous review should end with a bang, here's a peppy-perky little ditty I wrote in honor of JFK.
Maestro, if you please ...
~ My name is Yasha Banana, a fan of JFK. ~
~ If he had ducked instead of stood he'd be 93-years-old today. ~
~ He'd be my pal I'd take him to a dance so he could shtup a shiksa. ~
~ There's still a lot of young gals I know and that's no b.s., mistah. ~
~ I hear he was an athlete, ho-ho, ho boy, they say he loved touch football. ~
~ My only exercise nowadays is keeping track of my sto-ol. ~
~ Speaking of football, here's a cheer, I hope you find it moving. ~
~ I'll give it a try, I'll holler real loud, so you won't be disapproving. ~
~ TWO BITS, FOUR BITS, SIX BITS A DOLLAH! ~
~ I HAVE MOTZAH BALLS IN MY LOCKER. ~
~ GOOOOOOOO GOYIM! ~
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