JFK: The Book of the Film (Applause Screenplay Series) [Paperback]

Oliver Stone (Author), Zachary Sklar (Author)

Book Description

Release date: February 1, 2000 | Series: Applause Screenplay Series

(Applause Books). A documented screenplay of the Oliver Stone film, complete with historical annotation, with 340 research notes and 97 reactions and commentaries by Norman Mailer, Tom Wicker, Gerald R. Ford, and many others. "It's a lesson in craft to watch JFK on video while reading along, charting what got cut, softened, and rethought." Entertainment Weekly

Product Details

• Paperback: 186 pages
• Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books; First Edition edition (February 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557831270
• ISBN-13: 978-1557831279
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 1.7 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #445,694 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Exhilirating and thought-provoking September 30, 2000

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

Possibly the smartest screenplay ever written for an American political film. People tend to respond to this movie according to their own beliefs and conspiracy theories, instead of respecting the brilliant technique with which screenwriters Oliver Stone & Zachary Sklar bring these familiar events to new life. Not for the literal-minded, perhaps, but a brilliant construction, a movie that shakes up assumptions and makes you think. Worth a second look, on video and on paper.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars an epic, the least to say. March 4, 2004

By Kaes Ali

Format:Paperback

Among all the stories which popup every day, this is one story that we should tell our children exactly how and why it happened, the book as the movie did, presented the whole enigma in such a fantastic realistec way, you feel actually living with the characters breathing with them, at times joining in discussions... the complexity and huge number of names and sides in the story means it is not for teatime at all, you really need to concentrate well with this one.
The event was a tragedy no question about it, and what the late Mr.Garrison tried to do was to prevent what we are witnessing now a days by disclosing the truth, to tell the truth is a courageous mission, to stick to it and face such enormous powers ready to do any thing even kill the president is even harder.
I do recommend that we should have a copy of this story whether as a book or as film, for the sake of history which is always twisted by the claws of the most powerful .

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars "Even The Shooters Don't Know" February 23, 2001

By "franksoprano"

Format:Paperback

"JFK, The Book of the Film "is really an extraordinary achievement....

The screenplay incorporates practically every rumor, fact, factoid, and theory regarding the events of November 22, 1963.

Almost every line of dialouge is meticulously footnoted....

The second half of the book is a compendium of op-ed articles both in defense of and attacking (as in the case of Tom Wicker, Alexander Cockburn, et al) both Oliver Stone and the film. At times these attacks seem both humorless and hysterical ("hey guys..it's a MOVIE!")

Though the book is ten years old, I find myself taking it off the shelf every six months or so to browse both the screenplay and the media barrage surrounding it.

A great book!