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Synopsis: Recounting the chaotic events that occurred in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, Parkland weaves together the perspectives of a handful of ordinary individuals suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances: the young doctors and nurses at Parkland Hospital; Dallas' chief of the Secret Service; an unwitting cameraman who captured what became the most watched and examined film in history; the FBI agents who nearly had the gunman within their grasp; the brother of Lee Harvey Oswald, left to deal with his shattered family; and JFK's security team, witnesses to both the president's death and Vice President Lyndon Johnson's rise to power over a nation whose innocence was forever altered.
Director(s): Peter Landesman
Production: Exclusive Releasing
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
51
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
PG-13
Year:
2013
93 min
$652,355
Website
540 Views


her husband

killed the President.

Which one is Sorrels?

I am.

This is Secret Service business.

Let me see it.

F 1.8 zoom lens set for full close up.

So, can you do it?

8 mil is tricky. There's always a risk

with new technology. A risk of what?

8 mil is really

16 mil split in two.

Each frame is really

four frames together.

Two running one way,

two running the other.

It means twice the risk of

overexposure or destruction.

And there's always a percentage of the film

partially or fully destroyed in the process.

Have you done much of

this type of thing?

Three, maybe

four times.

And how'd that go?

Look we can still send it

to Rochester if you want.

We need to know

who's behind this.

We don't have

that kind of time.

Listen, I'm temporarily

transferring possession to you.

Nobody looks at it

until we do,

and nobody talks

about what's on there.

Mr. Zapruder. Is that

okay with you? Yes.

Okay.

You okay?

I'm upset.

We're all upset.

Latest news from Dallas.

Vice-President Johnson

is being rushed to the

security of Air Force One

for an emergency return

to Washington.

Nobody knows at this hour if the

shooting is part of a wider plot

or the act

of one assassin.

in Washington, nuclear missile

silos are being prepared.

Polaris submarine

remain deployed,

and the United States Air Force

around the globe is on high alert.

I have to go.

We may have the shooter.

Do not screw me, Harry!

I don't want, what's on that

film all over the papers.

Film stays with Zapruder.

No matter what anybody says,

no matter what's on it,

film doesn't leave you.

Volunteer returning to Angel!

We're leaving now!

Let's go!

Everyone ready?

You all know

what's on here, right?

Ana' you're sure

you're ready?

I'm ready.

That's my granddaughter.

I'm sorry. I forgot.

My grandson.

It's your life,

Mr. Zapruder.

Looks like a good life.

Oh, God.

My God.

You have everything.

You have the whole

god damn thing.

Oh, my God.

We're going to need

some copies of that.

I don't have

the right machinery.

You're going to have

to go somewhere else.

Mr. Zapruder.

I wish you luck, sir.

Do not stop!

Go, go, go!

All clear!

This way, sir.

Go!

Go, go!

Who are they?

Dallas police

and the FBI.

You sure attract

a crowd.

He can ride with me.

He came with us.

He's leaving with us.

Easy.

Yeah, he said

to meet him here.

Gentlemen,

thank you very much.

We need three copies.

One for the Secret Service. One

for the FBI, and one for me.

Let me through.

Excuse me.

Hold it.

Excuse me.

What are you doing?

Who are you?

I'm the medical examiner.

This is a homicide case.

The deceased can't leave until

there's been an autopsy.

This casket cannot leave

the premises.

I'm the special agent in charge of the

White House detail for the Secret Service.

That is the President

of the United States

and we are taking him

back to Washington.

That's not the way we

do things around here.

It's a Federal crime.

No, it is not. There's

no Federal statue.

It's a murder,

it's local,

and it's under

local jurisdiction.

Earl, be very careful here.

That is my body.

The President

is coming with us.

You can't take him. We

have laws here in Texas.

The law

can be waived.

Not by me.

I can't do it.

Earl, let him go.

Do you have any idea...

any idea how difficult this

has been for Mrs. Kennedy?

I deal with widows

everyday!

The remains

will stay here.

I don't think so.

The remains...

What did you call it,

your body?

The hell with you, and

the hell with your law.

Move it out!

The Dallas police is here to execute

the laws of the state of Texas!

Screw the lid

on that coffin now!

Let it go.

You cannot take it.

It's against the law

to remove

a corpse from the State

of Texas without permission!

Enough!

You cannot fake it

We're leaving.

Move!

It's okay, Earl.

You did right.

What a shitty place

to die.

You're not driving.

What are you talking about?

Don't.

Please, allow me.

It's okay.

Ma'am.

Bob Dugger, ma'am.

God bless you.

They're five minutes out.

Where we putting

the coffin?

I don't know.

I never thought about it.

We're not flying it below

like a piece of luggage.

We're riding it

right here.

Let's get these two rows

of seats off the plane.

Look for a tool box. Get some

tools up here, and bodies!

Six bolts.

I need a screwdriver.

We go! four minutes.

Six bolts tie it

to the fuselage.

You got it?

You got them?

One, two, three.

Go, go, go.

Let's go.

Watch it.

Watch the back.

Come on.

Come on you guys.

Let's just get the hell

out of here.

All right, come on.

Here we go.

Keep the back end up.

Keep the back end up!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Watch that corner. You're

not going to make it.

Let's go.

Come on.

Push it.

All right, come on.

Easy.

Put it down.

Slow...

Dear God.

This work okay, Dave?

This is just fine, Lem.

This is the first time

the Secret Services

has lost a president

under its watch.

I think it may be

months from now.

Hello, excuse me.

I'm sorry.

I'm Robert Oswald.

The man who shot the

President, I'm his brother.

Jackie.

I will faithfully execute...

The office of President

of the United States...

The office of President

of the United States...

I will, to the best

of my ability...

I will, to the best

of my ability...

- Preserve...

- Preserve...

- Protect...

- Protect...

- and defend...

- and defend...

the Constitution

of the United States.

the Constitution

of the United States.

- So help me God.

- So help me God.

So, you finally bothered

to find me.

I'll probably starve now.

Momma's going

to need money.

Mother.

I am responsible

for two presidents.

I'm sorry?

Kennedy and now

President Johnson.

I'm not even

a Democrat.

Come on.

Let's go.

This room is bugged.

Be careful.

I don't care.

If you know

anything about this,

I want to know

what you know right now.

And no damn stories.

Well, I always knew Lee was some

sort of secret agent. Didn't you?

What are you talking about?

They recruited him

when he was in the Marines.

Who's they?

And what possibly for?

We did.

The U.S. government did.

He was sent on dangerous missions.

The first was to Russia.

Okay, okay,

let me get this straight.

Lee, our Lee...

is a super secret

government spy?

Mm-hmm.

Come back from Russia

with a 21 year old wife.

She doesn't speak English.

He can't hold a job.

They have two kids

and not a pot to piss in.

That's impressive.

That is a dangerous fellow,

Lee. And then what?

You know.

You're insane.

Don't you speak

to your mother like that.

Lee Harvey Oswald

has done more for his country

than any other

living human being.

I will never

be ordinary again!

I was thinking when

I was waiting for you

about that book

I'm going to write.

What book?

It will have to be

very deeply researched.

A publisher, with money,

will have to come

with a paid writer

to do the work.

Mother...

I just want to make sure you understand

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Peter Landesman

Peter Landesman is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, journalist, novelist and painter. He wrote a number of cover stories for the New York Times Magazine, New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly and others, including investigations into global arms trafficking, sex trafficking, refugee trafficking, the Rwandan genocide, and the creation and smuggling of forged and stolen art and antiquities. He also reported from the conflicts in Kosovo, Rwanda, and Pakistan and Afghanistan post-9/11. more…

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