Parkland

Parkland is a 2013 American historical drama film that recounts the chaotic events that occurred following the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy. The film was written and directed by Peter Landesman, and produced by Playtone's Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, Bill Paxton, and Exclusive Media's Nigel Sinclair and Matt Jackson. The film is based on Vincent Bugliosi's 2008 book Four Days in November: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Plot 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; a bystander 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 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 succession to office. Cast James Badge Dale as Robert Edward Lee Oswald Jr. Zac Efron as Dr. Charles James "Jim" Carrico Jackie Earle Haley as Father Oscar Huber Tom Welling as Secret Service Agent Roy Kellerman Colin Hanks as Dr. Malcolm O. Perry David Harbour as James Gordon Shanklin Marcia Gay Harden as Head Nurse Doris Nelson Ron Livingston as James P. Hosty Jeremy Strong as Lee Harvey Oswald Billy Bob Thornton as Secret Service Agent Forrest Sorrels Jacki Weaver as Marguerite Oswald Paul Giamatti as Abraham Zapruder Dana Wheeler-Nicholson as Lillian Zapruder Bitsie Tulloch as Marilyn Sitzman Brett Stimely as the corpse of President John F. Kennedy Kat Steffens as First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Gil Bellows as David Powers Sean McGraw as President Lyndon B. Johnson Rory Cochrane as Earl Rose Mark Duplass as Kenneth O'Donnell Jimmie Dale Gilmore as Reverend Saunders Matt Barr as Paul Mikkelson Jonathan Breck as Winston Lawson Gary Grubbs as Dr. Kemp Clark Bryan Batt as Malcolm Kilduff Glenn Morshower as Mike Howard Armando Gutierrez as Officer Glen McBride Austin Nichols as Secret Service Agent Emory Roberts Gary Clarke as Admiral George Burkley Production 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.