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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. |
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. |
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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 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. |
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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]]''. |
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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** "Like [[Julius Caesar|Ceasar]], he is surrounded by enemies..." |
** "Like [[Julius Caesar|Ceasar]], he is surrounded by enemies..." |
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* [[Spiritual Successor]]: ''[[Nixon]]'', which also features the JFK assassination as subtext. |
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: ''[[Nixon]]'', which also features the JFK assassination as subtext. |
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* [[Invisible to Gaydar]]: David Ferrie |
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* [[Those Two Guys]]: The fifth movie to feature both Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, but the only one where they never share a scene. |
* [[Those Two Guys]]: The fifth movie to feature both Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, but the only one where they never share a scene. |
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* [[The Vietnam War]] |
* [[The Vietnam War]] |
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