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{{quote|"To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards of men." |'''Ella Wheeler Wilcox'''}}
''[[JFK (
After his case gains publicity, Garrison is invited to Washington, D.C. for a confidential meeting. The man (Donald Sutherland), who goes only by the name "X", says that Garrison is closer to the truth than he thinks, and gives him background information regarding his suspicions that JFK was killed by a conspiracy involving the CIA, the military, and business interests (the "Military-Industrial Complex") in order to, among other things, stop him from bringing [[The Vietnam War]] and the [[Cold War]] to an end.
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Invigorated by this new information, Garrison arrests Shaw for conspiracy and puts him on trial, detailing his entire theory about the assassination and the various inconsistencies with the "official story", most famously the theory of the "magic bullet". Despite his passionate push at the trial (and, as was later revealed, the belief by jury members that there ''was'' a conspiracy) Shaw is acquitted of all charges.
The film was and still is intensely controversial for its liberal use of [[Artistic License]] in depicting the events of and around Garrison's investigation, when in reality the movie is ''not'' meant to be the definitive investigation into Kennedy's death, but rather an allegory of the general public's frustration over not knowing the actual truth about the assassination.
The movie was a major critical and box office success, winning two [[Academy Award|Academy Awards]] (for editing and cinematography), and was nominated for six more, losing Best Picture to ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]''.
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Based on the books ''On the Trail of the Assassins'' by Jim Garrison and ''Crossfire'' by Jim Marrs.
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* [[Arc Words]]: "Operation Mongoose"
* [[Artistic License History]]: Let's just say that the film takes a very "liberal" look at what happened, and [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgement|leave it at that.]]
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* [[Camp Gay]]: Clay Shaw. Garrison's wife even questions whether he is going after Shaw ''because'' he is gay at one point.
* [[Casting Gag]]: The real Jim Garrison plays Chief Justice Earl Warren (a.k.a. the man who created the Warren Report officially referring to Lee Harvey Oswald as the lone shooter).
* [[Cluster F
* [[Cold War]]
* [[Composite Character]]: Several, including Willie, the male prostitute played by Kevin Bacon. (See [http://www.jfk-online.com/jfk100okeefe.html here] for details.)
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Another part of the alleged conspiracy. Clay Shaw is a literal example.
* [[Flame Bait]]: Both the film itself and the in-universe subject matter.
* [[The Ghost]]: Kennedy, [[It Was His Sled|obviously]].
* [[Government Conspiracy]]: "X" and (eventually) Garrison, believe this is part of what killed Kennedy.
* [[
* [[Leaning
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: And even more in the [[Directors Cut]]
* [[The Mafia]]: Another possible contributor to the assassination and cover-up.
* [[Mr. Exposition]]: "X" and Garrison. X's monologue lasts over 15 minutes, and Garrison's closing statement at the trial lasts over 20. And yet, thanks to Oliver Stone's direction, it ''never feels slow''.
* [[Narrator]]: Martin Sheen narrates the opening montage.
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* [[Politically
▲* [[Politically Correct History]]: Averted. The film makes it quite clear that Kennedy was ''not'' popular in the South. Some people are actually seen ''cheering'' when they heard that he has been assassinated.
** In addition, the movie doesn't portray Kennedy as being a saint, either. He's said to fund military development only in districts he needs to win his next election, willing to negotiate and compromise with the USSR, and is shown to have major distrust in the intelligence agency.
* [[Posthumous Character]]: Oswald dies soon after the movie begins, but that doesn't prevent him from appearing in a large number of flashbacks and faux documentary footage.
* [[Properly Paranoid]]: Jim Garrison starts feeling paranoid about what he's getting into even ''before'' he finds bugs planted in his offices. Possibly David Ferrie, too, though [[Your Mileage May Vary]].
* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: When shooting a flashback to visualize a character seeing smoke come from a rifle at "the grassy knoll" during the shooting, Oliver Stone had to use a smoke machine because the modern rifle they were using didn't emit enough smoke.
* [[Rewind, Replay, Repeat]]: One of the most famous examples during Garrison's closing statement, when he puts the shot of Kennedy being shot in the head on a loop to emphasize the direction:
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** "Like [[Julius Caesar|Ceasar]], he is surrounded by enemies..."
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: ''[[Nixon]]'', which also features the JFK assassination as subtext.
* [[
* [[Those Two Guys]]: The fifth movie to feature both Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, but the only one where they never share a scene.
* [[The Vietnam War]]
* [[What Might Have Been]]: [[Harrison Ford]] and [[
* [[Who Shot JFK?]]: [[The Movie]].
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