Parkland: 5 Reasons Why It's The Best JFK Film Ever

Parkland Much has been said and written about John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States, in the half-a-century since his assassination in Dallas, Texas. Particularly last week, with many film and television studios using last Friday's 50th anniversary as an opportunity to peddle out yet more JFK material into the public consciousness. Exclusive Media Group distributed Parkland, out November 22nd, to coincide with the date Lee Harvey Oswald's three fatal shots rang out, while Channel 4 had 'Killing Kennedy' one day later, a docufilm focusing primarily on Oswald. Both had their merits and excelled in very different areas - 'Killing Kennedy' told the life and death story of Oswald, and how he came to commit one of the 20th century's most-memorable murders, and was compelling. 'Parkland' meanwhile zoned in on what happened in the immediate aftermath - the mad dash to the titular hospital, the doctor tasked with saving the life of one of the world's most powerful people, Walter Cronkite breaking the harrowing news that the president was dead. If I had to separate the two, I'd say 'Parkland' was better, though vastly different, and I'd go one better and even say it's the best JFK film ever. Here are 5 reasons why...
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Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.