Executive Action (1973)
- Directed by
- David Miller
- Genre
- drama film, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 48 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of wealthy and powerful men plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. The film follows the conspirators as they carry out the murder in a calm and businesslike way.
coldclinicalmatter-of-factsuspensefulmethodicaltensedarkunsettling
What happens
Executive Action is an American political thriller film. It is a fictionalized account of a conspiracy to assassinate United States President John F. Kennedy. Released in November 1973 on the tenth anniversary of the JFK assassination, the film stars Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, and Will Geer. It was directed by David Miller, produced by Edward Lewis, and written by Dalton Trumbo. The screenplay was adapted from the novel Executive Action by Donald Freed and Mark Lane, published earlier in 1973; the novel also includes special material by Stephen Jaffe. Freed and Lane received film credits for their story, and Jaffe was the film's technical adviser and uncredited supervising producer. Although Executive Action is about a conspiracy, it does not adhere to the conventions of the conspiracy thriller genre in which one or more independent journalists or outside investigators seek to expose the truth of a high-level conspiracy. Instead, the film is told from the standpoint of the conspirators, and the audience watches them carry out the JFK assassination in a methodical, businesslike manner. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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