Suffice to say, there is a strong strain of visual Christian commentary going on throughout “Parkland,” including the haloed close-ups of the crucifix placed on Kennedy’s chest, the administration of last rites by Father Oscar L. After which a conscience-wracked Hosty says a Hail Mary. agent James Hosty (Ron Livingston), in a scene reimagined by Landesman with an air of ritual and “Godfather”-evoking cross-cutting between Parkland and the lighting of the eternal flame beside the Kennedy’s grave at Arlington. This last bit is executed late in the film by F.B.I. assassination his editorializing manifests itself mainly through omission, or adherence to the official line.īut it is hard to imagine anyone, including its makers, approaching “Parkland”-the name of the Dallas hospital where Kennedy and then Lee Harvey Oswald, and a few years later Jack Ruby, all died-with zero presumptions about the single-bullet theory, the man with the umbrella, the questions surrounding the entry/exit wounds or the burning of the infamous Oswald letter. Landesman, who was accused of his own creative reportage when he wrote about sex slavery for the New York Times Magazine, does not really have an aggressive objective regarding the “truth” of the J.F.K. 22, 1963, by the likes of Oliver Stone (“JFK”) or Neil Burger (“Interview With the Assassin”) or any of the other filmmakers who have tried to nail down the ineffable plot points in the J.F.K. The accomplished actor Paul Giamatti plays Zapruder in Peter Landesman’s Parkland, a film whose intent seems to be a kind of sweeping up of Kennedy assassination ephemera, a celebration of all the marginal participants who have been neglected since Nov. Today its 26.6 seconds can be watched on YouTube. Abraham Zapruder, whose half-minute film has fueled a half century of conspiracy theories, recorded a presidential assassination, wept, said he thought the gunman was behind him and sold Life magazine the rights to his movie. She is currently filming "Elsa and Fred."Įfron is repped by CAA and Harden is repped by UTA, Framework Entertainment and Schreck Rose.The most important news photographer of the 20th century was a Russian-Jewish immigrant clothing manufacturer from Dallas, Texas, who almost left his camera home on the day his life went crazy. Harden will next be seen in "Get a Job," co-starring Anna Kendrick, Bryan Cranston and John Cho and to be released by CBS Films in 2013. "At Any Price" is being repped internationally by Exclusive Media.Įfron is currently shooting "Are We Officially Dating" in New York City. theatrical release to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the assassination.Įxclusive Media's Matt Jackson will oversee the production on behalf of the company, and Exclusive Media is handling worldwideĭistribution rights to the movie, which was introduced to buyers at AFM.Įfron was recently seen in "The Paperboy" and "The Lucky One" and will appear next in Sony Classics' "At Any Price" with Dennis Quaid. The film, to be shot in Austin, Texas, is being planned for a 2013 U.S. and won the 2008 Edgar Award for best fact crime. Kennedy" by former prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi.
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History: The Assassination of President John F. Pic chronicles the events leading up to JFK's assassination and Abraham Zapruder's famous documentation of the event.Īs part of the production deal, Exclusive Media optioned the rights to the book that provides the source material for the film, "Reclaiming 16 that Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman were producing "Parkland." Exclusive Media came onboard in October to produce and finance. Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton and Jacki Weaver came onboard the project during AFM in late October. Harden has signed on to play the part of emergency room nurse Doris Mae Nelson. Charles Carrico, a surgeon at Parkland Memorial Hospital, where Kennedy was rushed on Nov. Kennedy that will mark the directorial debut of scribe Peter Landesman.Įfron will portray Dr. Zac Efron and Marcia Gay Harden have joined the cast of "Parkland," the indie drama about the assassination of John F.