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Reclaiming Parkland
James DiEugenio
其他書名
Tom Hanks, Vincent Bugliosi, and the JFK Assassination in the New Hollywood
出版Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., 2013-10-01
主題History / United States / 20th CenturyBiography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of StateTrue Crime / Con Artists, Hoaxes & DeceptionsSocial Science / Conspiracy TheoriesPolitical Science / Political Process / Campaigns & ElectionsPolitical Science / American Government / Executive Branch
ISBN162873826X9781628738261
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=LwktAgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋New foreword by J.F.K. director Oliver Stone
Reclaiming Parkland details the failed attempt of Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman to make Vincent Bugliosi’s mammoth book about the Kennedy assassination, Reclaiming History, into a miniseries. It exposes the questionable origins of Reclaiming History in a dubious mock trial for cable television, in which Bugliosi played the role of an attorney prosecuting Lee Harvey Oswald for murder, and how this formed the basis for the epic tome.

Author James DiEugenio details the myriad problems with Bugliosi’s book, and explores the cooperation of the mainstream press in concealing many facts during the publicity campaign for the book and how this lack of scrutiny led Hanks and Goetzman—cofounders of the production company Playtone—to purchase the film rights. DiEugenio then shows how the film adapted from that book, entitled Parkland, does not resemble Bugliosi’s book and examines why.

This book reveals the connections between Washington and Hollywood, as well as the CIA influence in the film colony today. It includes an extended look at the little-known aspects of the lives and careers of Bugliosi, Hanks, and Goetzman. Reclaiming Parkland sheds light on the Kennedy assassination, New Hollywood, and the political influence on media in America.