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Oliver Stone Coming to St. Louis to Screen JFK on November 22nd

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As history, it was dubious, but JFK (1991) director Oliver Stone’s version of the Kennedy assassination, was nothing short of riveting from the start to the finish of its 189 minutes running time. It was the type of speculative fiction that entertained, amused, and made the audience hungry for information. And who could forget a cast that featured Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones (his first Oscar nom!), Jack Lemmon, Kevin Bacon, Joe Pesci, Walter Mathau, Donald Sutherland, Ed Aser, John Candy, Sissy Spacek, Michael Rooker, and Gary Oldman as ‘Patsy’ Lee Harvey Oswald? Oliver Stone is an inspired filmmaker but JFK is not history, but it is a powerful movie about the emotions of the time, which is just as important as the actual fact that JFK was killed. Costner’s New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison is the collective 1960s American who was optimistic about the direction in which the country was being led and when JFK died, that vision vanished as well. Though the facts are in dispute, the sense of loss and frustration is what Stone captured to perfection.

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Now lucky St. Louisans will get a chance to see JFK on the big screen once again, this time with Oliver Stone in attendance to introduce the film and to answer questions about it afterward! It’s part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival put on by Cinema St. Louis which will run November 14th through the 24th at several locations in the St. Louis area. The date of the JFK event is November 22nd, 2013, which happens to be the 50th anniversary of the death of President John F. Kennedy. The venue will be the Tivoli Theater where Stone will be presented a Lifetime Achievement Award by Cinema St. Louis. Start time and ticket prices have yet to be announced but check here at We Are Movie Geeks for more information and announcements about this event and all of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival.

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http://www.cinemastlouis.org/