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Directed by | Peter Landesman |
Produced by |
Gary Goetzman Tom Hanks Bill Paxton Nigel Sinclair Matt Sinclair |
Screenplay by | Peter Landesman |
Based on |
Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi |
Starring |
James Badge Dale Zac Efron Jackie Earle Haley Tom Welling Colin Hanks David Harbour Marcia Gay Harden Ron Livingston Jeremy Strong Billy Bob Thornton Jacki Weaver Paul Giamatti |
Music by | James Newton Howard |
Cinematography | Barry Ackroyd |
Edited by | Markus Czyzewski Leo Trombetta |
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Distributed by | Exclusive Media Group |
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Running time
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93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $10 million |
Box office | $1,412,181 |
Parkland is a 2013 American historical drama film that recounts the chaotic events that occurred following John F. Kennedy's assassination. The film is written and directed by Peter Landesman, produced by Playtone's Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and Bill Paxton with Exclusive Media's Nigel and Matt Sinclair. The film is based on Vincent Bugliosi's 2008 book Four Days in November: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Parkland weaves together the perspectives of a handful of ordinary individuals suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances: the young doctors and nurses at Parkland Hospital; Dallas's chief of the Secret Service; an unwitting cameraman who captured what became the most famous home movie in history; the FBI agents who were visited by Lee Harvey Oswald before the shooting; the brother of Lee Harvey Oswald, left to deal with his shattered family; and JFK's security team, witnesses to both the president's death and Vice President Lyndon Johnson's rise to power.
Production began in January 2013 in Austin, Texas. Writer/director Peter Landesman has stated that the film does not explore the various conspiracy theories surrounding the Kennedy assassination.
The major hospital scenes were filmed in building housed on the campus of Austin State Hospital in Austin Texas due to the period look and feel of the building.