
“Do you vouch for him? What if he misses?” Ketchup Entertainment has unveiled the official trailer for the film November 1963, a conspiracy thriller revisiting JFK’s assassination in 1963. From Oscar-nominated filmmaker Roland Joffé (of The Killing Fields, The Mission, Fat Man & Little Boy, City of Joy, The Scarlet Letter), who I thought was retired, but apparently not. November 1963 unfolds over a tense, 48-hour period surrounding one of the most shocking events in American history: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This film focuses on the other theory: that maybe the mob killed him. Starring John Travolta, Robert Carlyle, Dermot Mulroney, Mandy Patinkin, and Jefferson White, the film draws on first-hand accounts and insights from the family of Chicago crime boss Sam Giancana, and explores the alleged deal between Joe Kennedy and the Chicago Outfit that helped put JFK in the White House and the deadly betrayal that followed. “With a secret plan, a second shooter waiting in the shadows, and a ‘patsy’ positioned to take the fall, November 1963 reveals a side of the JFK assassination rarely seen before.” Well, this looks like a weird film. Why tell this story now & shift the focus from the CIA? Why is Travolta so into this? Huh. // Continue Reading ›