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JFK was elected to replace President Dwight Eisenhower in 1960 (narrowly defeating Eisenhower’s vice-president, Richard Nixon); he swept into office with a reputation for youthful charm, impatience, wit and vigor. [1]
The movie JFK is in effect a who-done-it without telling you who-done-it. [2]
John Kennedy served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, commanding the patrol boat PT-109 and leading his crew to rescue after the boat was sunk by the Japanese in the Solomon Islands. [1]
“JFK”, “John Kennedy”, and “Jack Kennedy” redirect here. [3]
This, combined with an all-star cast, beautiful cinematography, and disturbing archival footage, makes JFK a must-see for anyone interested in John F. Kennedy and the underbelly of the American government. [...] Along the way, he stumbles across evidence that a great many people had reason to want to see the president killed, and he is convinced that some of them worked in concert to frame Oswald as the killer. [...] Long before filming was completed, Stone was fending off heated accusations of artistic and historical irresponsibility, and these only intensified after the film was released. [4]
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1946 and the U.S. Senate in 1952, he supported social-welfare legislation and became increasingly committed to civil rights; in foreign affairs, he supported the Cold War policies of the Truman administration. [1]
After military service as commander of PT boats the USS PT-109 and PT-59 during World War II in the South Pacific, Kennedy represented Massachusetts’s 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953 as a Democrat. [3]
NATO allies, meanwhile, began to complain that the United States too seldom consulted them. [...] He entered the House of Representatives from the strongly Irish American 11th Congressional District in 1947 and identified himself with traditional Democratic issues such as trade union matters and aid to cities but also spoke on defence and foreign policy matters. [1]
Kennedy received national exposure from that episode; his father thought it just as well that his son lost, due to the political debility of his Catholicism, and the strength of the Eisenhower ticket. [3]
Instead of satisfying the public, one result of the Warren Commission Report was that an unimaginable number of plausible conspiracy theories were bruited about, and these have supported a sizeable publishing mini-industry ever since. [...] In making this movie, director Oliver Stone had his pick of supposed or real investigative flaws to draw from and has constructed what some reviewers felt was one of the most compelling (and controversial) political detective thrillers ever to emerge from American cinema. [4]
Watch the movie, but also watch your step…..As part of my thesis I also visited the JFK message board where I encountered a very angry group of die-hard lone gunman enthusiasts who appear to be suffering from severe manic depression from years and years of frustration trying to convince a disbelieving world that Oswald did it - and did it alone. [2]
Sources:
[1] John F. Kennedy: Biography from Answers.com
[2] JFK (1991) - IMDb
[3] John F. Kennedy - Wikipedia
[4] JFK: Information from Answers.com