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Parkland Movie
I recently bought a used copy of the Parkland movie DVD through Amazon.com, specifically so I could take a close look at the very brief overhead clip showing the limousine turn onto Elm Street. The "Molly Cruz" who noted that a "Secret Service man accidentally shot the President" in the original Sam Pate broadcast mentioned the overhead film, saying that it showed the "muzzle flash," which is one reason I was so sure of what I saw when I finally saw Parkland on TV. Much to my dismay, the overhead clip of the limousine turn from Houston onto Elm Street that I remembered from my initial viewing of the Parkland movie did not appear in this DVD version. The clip I remember was in color, showed the Texas School Book Depository (but not the triple underpass), and showed the limousine in the turn. There is another overhead clip on the DVD, black and white, which does not show the limo in the turn, and doesn't look like motorcade footage at all, sandwiched in between clips from the Robert Hughes film and the Mark Bell film. I've written a letter to the director of Parkland (Peter Landesman) to see if the clip was switched out for the DVD, or if my memory is betraying me. If I get a response, I'll post it here. And if anybody reading this also saw the clip which I'm referring to, or knows of such an overhead film (and where I might access it), I'd appreciate your contacting me through the "Contacts" page of this website.
In the meantime, I do note that the Parkland DVD does contain an archival audio soundbite (at about counter 00:25:53, from a TV in the background) that the President "was shot by an assassin at the intersection of Elm and Houston Streets, just as he was--" The rest is cut off.
I also note that Parkland contains a clip of the Mark Bell film (just after where I expected to see the overhead clip of the turn). As I "stepped" through the Bell film clip, I realized that neither Rosemary Willis, nor the woman running behind her (both seen in the Elsie Doorman film) were visible in the Bell film, although they should have been, and that Jackie appeared to be looking straight ahead, when she should have been looking to the left.
Otherwise, aside from the plethora of AR-15 rifles portrayed in the Parkland movie (I think there was only the one, although I concede that there may have been a second one in Johnson's follow-up car), I thought the movie was pretty good.
Parkland Movie
I recently bought a used copy of the Parkland movie DVD through Amazon.com, specifically so I could take a close look at the very brief overhead clip showing the limousine turn onto Elm Street. The "Molly Cruz" who noted that a "Secret Service man accidentally shot the President" in the original Sam Pate broadcast mentioned the overhead film, saying that it showed the "muzzle flash," which is one reason I was so sure of what I saw when I finally saw Parkland on TV. Much to my dismay, the overhead clip of the limousine turn from Houston onto Elm Street that I remembered from my initial viewing of the Parkland movie did not appear in this DVD version. The clip I remember was in color, showed the Texas School Book Depository (but not the triple underpass), and showed the limousine in the turn. There is another overhead clip on the DVD, black and white, which does not show the limo in the turn, and doesn't look like motorcade footage at all, sandwiched in between clips from the Robert Hughes film and the Mark Bell film. I've written a letter to the director of Parkland (Peter Landesman) to see if the clip was switched out for the DVD, or if my memory is betraying me. If I get a response, I'll post it here. And if anybody reading this also saw the clip which I'm referring to, or knows of such an overhead film (and where I might access it), I'd appreciate your contacting me through the "Contacts" page of this website.
In the meantime, I do note that the Parkland DVD does contain an archival audio soundbite (at about counter 00:25:53, from a TV in the background) that the President "was shot by an assassin at the intersection of Elm and Houston Streets, just as he was--" The rest is cut off.
I also note that Parkland contains a clip of the Mark Bell film (just after where I expected to see the overhead clip of the turn). As I "stepped" through the Bell film clip, I realized that neither Rosemary Willis, nor the woman running behind her (both seen in the Elsie Doorman film) were visible in the Bell film, although they should have been, and that Jackie appeared to be looking straight ahead, when she should have been looking to the left.
Otherwise, aside from the plethora of AR-15 rifles portrayed in the Parkland movie (I think there was only the one, although I concede that there may have been a second one in Johnson's follow-up car), I thought the movie was pretty good.