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Parkland Trailer – Zac Efron works on a shot JFK

August 21, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

With the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination coming up in November, it’s little surprise a movie like Parkland is due out soon, which focusses on the hospital the President was taken to after he was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald (and where Oswald went when he was killed). Now the first trailer for the movie is here.

Billy Bob Thornton plays the head of Dallas’ Secret Service in the film, with Paul Giamatti as Abraham Zapruder, the man who took some infamous footage of the assassination (which many will remember from JFK). Marcia Gay Harden is the head nurse at the hospital, with Zac Efron as a rookie doctor who has to work on the President. Jeremy Strong plays Lee Harvey Oswald.

The movie’s US release has just been moved to early October, with a November 8th UK release currently set. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Paul Giamatti, Colin Hanks, Zac Efron, Billy Bob Thornton, Jacki Weaver, Marcia Gay Harden FILMS: Parkland

Zac Efron Deals With A Dying JFK In First Official Parkland Pics

July 30, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Parkland-pic1 With the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination coming up in November, it’s little surprise a movie like Parkland is due out soon, which focusses on the hospital the President was taken to after he was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald (and where Oswald went when he was killed).

The movie has a great cast including Paul Giamatti, Colin Hanks, Zac Efron, Billy Bob Thornton, Jacki Weaver, Marcia Gay Harden, many of whom are included in the first pics from the film, which have arrived courtesy of USA Today.

The movie is out in the US September 20th, with a November 8th UK release currently set.

Zac Efron in Parkland

Zac Efron & Marcia Gay Harden in Parkland

Billy Bob Thornton in Parkland

Paul Giamatti in Parkland

Jeremy Strong in Parkland

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ACTORS: Zac Efron, Marcia Gay Harden, Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton DIRECTORS: Peter Landesman FILMS: Parkland

Jackie Earle Haley, James Badge Dale & Colin Hanks Join Parkland

January 26, 2013 By Tim Isaac 2 Comments

An impressive cast is lining up for the ensemble drama Parkland, likely attracted to being part of something that will help commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of JFK this November. Shooting on the movie has just started, and it’s been announced that the likes of James Badge Dale, Jackie Earle Haley, Colin Hanks, David Harbour, and Ron Livingston have all joined the cast.

They’ll star alongside the previously announced Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton, Jacki Weaver, Marcia Gay Harden, Zac Efron, and Jeremy Strong.

The film is about the chaotic events that occurred at Parkland Hospital in Dallas on the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, November 22nd 1963. Part thriller, part real-time drama, Parkland the story of unexceptional people fighting for survival and reaching for heroism in an exceptional time.

Parkland certainly has a place in American history, as it’s also where both JFK’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Oswald’s killer, Jack Ruby, died.

Award-winning journalist and novelist Peter Landesman makes his directorial debut with the movie, working from his own screenplay, which is based on the book, Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, by Vincent Bugliosi. The hope is to release the movie in time for the 50th anniversary.

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ACTORS: Jackie Earle Haley, James Badge Dale, Colin Hanks, Zac Efron DIRECTORS: Peter Landesman FILMS: Parkland

Jeremy Strong Heads For Parkland As Lee Harvey Oswald

January 2, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Jeremy-Strong Jeremy Strong had a pretty good 2012, scoring roles in Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty as well as the upcoming Robot & Frank. He’s continuing that run by booking a part as one of history’s most infamous killers, JFK’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, according to Variety.

Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton, Jacki Weaver, Zac Efron and Marcia Gay Harden are already set for the movie, which is based on the book Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, by renowned author and former prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi. The screenplay comes from Peter Landesman, who will also make make his directorial debut with Parkland.

The film recounts the dramatic true story of the chaotic events that occurred at Parkland Hospital in Dallas on the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22nd 1963. JFK was taken to the hospital, where they worked on him for some time, hoping to save his life, even though it was hopeless.

The film will presumably also look at the assassination itself, as Lee Harvey Oswald didn’t get to Parkland that day. He had to wait to go to the same hospital until November 24th, when he was shot by Jack Ruby. He died at Parkland during surgery (Ruby also died at the hospital four years later).

The film, to be shot in Austin, Texas is destined for a 2013 US theatrical release around the 50th anniversary of the assassination.

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ACTORS: Jeremy Strong DIRECTORS: Peter Landesman FILMS: Parkland

Zac Efron & Marcia Gay Harden Join JFK Assassination Drama Parkland

December 20, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Zac Efron in Charlie St Cloud

Last month it was revealed that Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton and Jacki Weaver had joined the cast of the Tom Hanks produced JFK assassination drama, Parkland. Now they’ve been joined by Zac Efron and Marcia Gay Harden.

The film is based on the book Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, by renowned author and former prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, with a screenplay from Peter Landesman, who will also make make his directorial debut with Parkland.

The film, to be shot in Austin, Texas is destined for a 2013 US theatrical release around the 50th anniversary of the assassination.

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ACTORS: Zac Efron, Marcia Gay Harden DIRECTORS: Peter Landesman FILMS: Parkland

Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton & Jacki Weaver On For JFK Assassination Drama Parkland

October 31, 2012 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton and Oscar nominee Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom) have signed on to the John F. Kennedy assassination themed feature film Parkland, from writer/director Peter Landesman, with Tom Hanks set to produce.

The film will be based on Vincent Bugliosi’s book, Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which is follows the dramatic true story of the chaotic events that occurred at Parkland Hospital in Dallas on the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. Parkland was where JFK was taken after he was shot. Doctors worked feverishly to save him, although it was pretty much a foregone conclusion the wounds were fatal (it was also where Lee Harvey Oswald and his assassin, Jack Ruby, died).

It hasn’t been revealed exactly who the three actors will play. The movie will shoot in Austin, Texas with for release around the 50th anniversary of the JFK shooting in November 2013. (Source: Variety)

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ACTORS: Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton, Jacki Weaver DIRECTORS: Peter Landesman FILMS: Parkland