Directed by: Oliver Stone
Starring: Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon, Vincent D'Onofrio, John Candy, Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Joe Pesci, Sally Kirkland, Anthony Ramirez, Ray LePere, Steve Reed
Other mistake: In the ending credits, Gary Carter is listed twice.
Other mistake: We can see a Christmas tree in the background at Kevin Costner's house when the team of attorneys are there going over the photographs, etc. Kevin Costner then meets up with Tommy Lee Jones on Easter Sunday. Christmas and Easter Sunday are not this close together.
Factual error: In the aerial shot where they are driving over the Lake Pontchartrain Bridge two spans are depicted. In 1963 there was only one span. I know this to be true because I lived in New Orleans/Mandeville at the time. Anybody in NOLA could verify this.
Jim Garrison: "One may smile and smile and be a villain."
Trivia: In the scene where an FBI agent is harassing one of Garrison's investigators, Bill Brousard, the FBI agent bears a striking resemblance to the real police officer who was also "assassinated" on the same day in Dallas as JFK, Dallas Police Officer J. D. Tippet. It turns out that the actor is Tippet's brother in real life.
Question: Why does Gary Oldman speak with a Russian accent when Lee Harvey Oswald was from New Orleans?
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Answer: Lee Harvey Oswald was very sympathetic to the communist ideal, and lived in Russia for a while. He probably adopted the accent as an affectation towards that end.
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