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Parkland (2013)

Parkland poster
Directed by
Peter Landesman
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 393 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a historical drama about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It follows the people in Dallas on that day including doctors at Parkland Hospital and FBI agents. The film shows the immediate chaotic aftermath of the shooting.

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What happens

Parkland is a 2013 American historical drama film that recounts the chaotic events that occurred following the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy. The film was written and directed by Peter Landesman, in his directorial debut, and produced by Playtone's Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, Bill Paxton, and Exclusive Media's Nigel Sinclair and Matt Jackson. The film is based on Vincent Bugliosi's 2008 book Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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