From: saltzman@crd.ge.com (Bob Saltzman)
Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy.jfk
Subject: New book on Stone movie "JFK"
Date: 26 Aug 92 14:33:53 GMT
Reply-To: saltzman@crd.ge.com
Organization: GE Corporate Research & Development, Schenectady, NY

Several months ago I obtained a copy of an interesting new book that may 
have value to researchers and other interested persons.  I recommend it.
(This is not a review.)

       +-----------------------------+
       | "JFK": The Book of the Film |
       +-----------------------------+

	By:
	Oliver Stone and Zachary Sklar

	Based on:
	"On the Trail of the Assassins" by Jim Garrison, and
	"Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy" by Jim Marrs

	Published in 1992 by:           Applause publishes many titles
	Applause Books                  under its "The Book of the Film"
	211 West 71st Street            Screenplay Series.
	New York, NY 10023
	212-595-4735, fax: 212-721-2856, order line 1-800-937-5557

	ISBN: 1-55783-127-0 (paper cover)
	ISBN: 1-55783-128-9 (cloth cover)

	Paper cover: 593 pages, $18.95 U.S., $26.95 Canada, L12.99 U.K.

This book is typically displayed in the "performing arts", "movies" or
"films" section of most bookstores, although some have displayed it under
"current non-fiction" with other books on the JFK assassination.  I 
found it in Waldenbooks, Lauriats, and B. Dalton.

On the frontispiece is printed:

    "Study the past...
     Past is prologue...
     Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty..."

I believe that these are the mottoes cut into the stone walls of the 
National Archives in Washington, D.C.  I recall them appearing in the 
final scene of the movie.

This books contains the complete screenplay of the movie "JFK" with 340 
research notes, a debate on the JFK assassination which includes 97 
reactions and commentaries by such persons as Norman Mailer, Tom Wicker, 
Gerald R. Ford, David Belin, L. Fletcher Prouty, Garry Trudeau, etc.,
followed by some interesting historical documents, and listings of 
credits, references and sources.  

Table of Contents (printed here without permission)

I. "JFK": The Documented Screenplay
-----------------------------------
    Screenplay with historical annotations                        1

Includes numerous black and white photographs of various scenes from
the movie.  Also includes embedded research notes and references.
The research notes were compiled for Oliver Stone by Jane Rusconi.

II. The JFK Debate: Reactions and Commentaries
----------------------------------------------
The editors state:
"Certain authors whose work was sought to form the following cross
section of reaction declined to be included.  The editors especially
regret the absence of George Will, Arlen Specter and Anthony Summers
from our selection."

Most of these articles had been previously published in various
newspapers and magazines, and were reprinted with permission by the editors.

    About the Debate
	Frank Mankiewicz                                        187
    "JFK" Movie and Book Attempt to Rewrote History
	Jon Margolis                                            189
    On the Set: Dallas in Wonderland
	George Lardner, Jr.                                     191
    Stone's "JFK": A Higher Truth?
	Oliver Stone                                            198
    Outlook: Or Just a Sloppy Mess?
	George Lardner, Jr.                                     202
    More Shots in Dealey Plaza
	Richard Zoglin                                          205
    Oliver Stone's "JFK"
	Oliver Stone                                            207
    The Shooting of "JFK"
	Robert Sam Anson                                        208
    Stone Shoots Back
	Oliver Stone                                            229
    The Political Rorschach Test
	Jefferson Morley                                        231
    The Garrison Probe: The Story Hollywood Won't Tell
	James O'Byrne                                           234
    Does "JFK" Conspire Against Reason?
	Tom Wicker                                              241
    Via the Director's Viewfinder
	Oliver Stone                                            246
    An Adviser Speaks Out
	L. Fletcher Prouty                                      248
    Interview with Oliver Stone
	Robert Ebert                                            249
    Kennedy Assassination: How About the Truth?
	Gerald R. Ford and David W. Belin                       253
    The JFK Assassination - What About the Evidence?
	Oliver Stone                                            257
    Free for All
	L. Fletcher Prouty                                      262
	Roger Kosson                                            263
	Donald Squires                                          263
	Jaime Aparisi                                           264
	Cyril H. Wecht                                          265
	Harold Weisberg                                         266
    "JFK": Tragedy into Farce
	Andrew O'Hehir                                          269
    A Better Conspiracy Theory than Oliver Stone's
	Jonathan Kwitny                                         274
    Who is Rewriting History?
	Oliver Stone                                            276
    Oliver Stone's Patsy: "JFK" Film Revives a Malicious Prosecution
	John P. MacKenzie                                       278
    Is History That Which Gets Broadcast the Loudest?
	Bob Katz                                                280
    The Politics of "JFK"
	Thomas Oliphant                                         282
    The Sum of All Fears
	David Klinghoffer                                       283
    Twisted History
	Kenneth Auchincloss, Ginny Carroll, Maggie Malone       289
    What Does Oliver Stone Owe History?
	David Ansen                                             294
    The Troublemaker for Our Times
	David Ansen                                             295
    Plunging Into the Labyrinth
	Lance Morrow, Martha Smilgis                            298
    Hollywood Wonders if Warner Brother's Let "JFK" Go Too Far
	Bernard Weinraub                                        303
    Switching Channels on JFK Memories
	Jimmy Breslin                                           307
    Facts Knit the Single-Bullet Theory
	Kenneth Klein                                           309
    History by Default: The Blame Transcends Oliver Stone
	Brent Staples                                           311
    Suppression of the Facts Grants Stone a Broad Brush
	Alan M. Dershowitz                                      313
    Chicago Tribune Editorial                                   315
    Students Seek the Truth in The JFK Case
	John Hanc                                               316
    The Blurred Vision of "JFK"
	Steve Parks                                             319
    The Many Theories of a Jolly Green Giant
	Michael Dorman                                          322
    Oliver's Twist
	Bill Marvel                                             325
    The Paranoid Style
	Daniel Patrick Moynihan                                 328
    Stone's Film Trashes Facts, Dishonors J.F.K.                332
    The Plot to Assassinate the Warren Commission
	Richard M. Mosk                                         333
    "JFK" is Not Irresponsible - Choosing to Ignore the Evidence Is
	Oliver Stone                                            335
    The Case Against Jim Garrison
	Nicholas Lemann                                         337
    For the Defense
	Zachary Sklar                                           345
    Lemann Replies
	Nicholas Lemann                                         348
    Oliver Stone Talks Back
	Oliver Stone                                            349
    Conspiracy? ... Not!
	Michael Albert                                          358
    "JFK" and Us
	Michael Albert                                          364
    Conspiracy Theory Wins Converts
	Robert O'Harrow, Jr.                                    370
    New Film Fires a Bullet at Specter's Re-election
	Katherine Seelye                                        372
    Reflections on the Grassy Knoll
	Stefan Kanfer                                           376
    Stone Doubts Bush's Faith in Warren Report
	David Robb                                              377
    J.F.K. and "JFK"
	Alexander Cockburn                                      379
    Overkill
	Garry Trudeau                                           384
    Shadows on the American Storybook
	Tom Hayden                                              386
    "JFK"
	Anthony Lewis                                           387
    Warren Panel Findings Should Stir Outrage
	Oliver Stone                                            389
    Kennedy and Vietnam
	Leslie H. Gelb                                          391
    "JFK": Truth and Fiction
	Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.                                 393
    Taking a Darker View
	Ron Rosenbaum                                           396
    The 'Gimmick' in J.F.K.'s Vietnam Withdrawal Plan
	John Newman                                             401
    Speech to the National Press Club
	Oliver Stone                                            403
    Get the Rest of the J.F.K Story                             408
    The Zapruder Film: Shots Seen Round the World
	Richard B. Stolley                                      410
    J.F.K.'s Murder: Where Are the Media?
	Robert Hennelly                                         413
    Seeking J.F.K.'s Missing Brain, 'Secret' Files
	Michael Isikoff                                         416
    Boren Seeks Opening of Assassination Papers                 418
    Pundits Go Astray Taking Aim at "JFK"
	Robert Ebert                                            419
    Critic Sees Stars After Editor Kills Review of "JFK"        421
    A Concoction of Lies and Distortions
	Joseph A. Califano, Jr.                                 422
    Ford Urges House Leaders to Seek Release Of All Records
     on Kennedy Assassination
	George Lardner, Jr.                                     423
    Ex-Warren Staffers Urge J.F.K. Data Release
	Geroge Larnder, Jr.                                     424
    The Conspiracy That Won't Go Away
	Carl Oglesby                                            425
    Footfalls in the Crypt
	Norman Mailer                                           438
    "JFK"
	Edward S. Herman                                        448
    No Evidence for a Conspiracy to Kill Kennedy
	William Manchester                                      451
    In 60's, They Missed Assassination Evidence
	Alfred Lee                                              453
    The Stoning of Oliver
	Todd Gitlin                                             454
    The Big 'Lies' of "JFK"
	David W. Belin                                          458
    Turn to Stone
	Oliver Stone                                            462
    Earl Warren's Assassins
	David W. Belin                                          464
    In Defense of the Warren Commission
	Alexander Cockburn                                      466
    Exchange: Jousting After Camelot
	Zachary Sklar                                           472
    The Quest for the Grail
	Peter Dale Scott                                        473
    Morte D'Arthur
	Michael Parenti                                         477
    Cockburn Replies
	Alexander Cockburn                                      478
    J.F.K.: How the Media Assassinated the Real Story
	Robert Hennelly and Jerry Policoff                      484
    The Kennedy Assassination
    Stepping on Stone: Who Can You Trust?
	Gaeton Fonzi                                            499
    Valenti Calls "JFK" 'Hoax' and 'Smear'
	Bernard Weinraub                                        506
    Heart of Stone
	Jeff Yarbrough                                          508
    Gates Orders Release of Secret CIA Files on Oswald Before '63
								517
    A Stone's Throw
	Oliver Stone                                            519
    Loose Bazooka
	John Newman                                             520
    Hunkered in the Bunker
	Philip Green                                            522
    Liebeler Replies
	Wesley J. Liebeler                                      524
    Cockburn Replies
	Alexander Cockburn                                      525

III. Historical Documents
-------------------------
    Overview: J.F.K. and Vietnam Policy                         531
    National Security Action Memo No. 55                        534
    National Security Action Memo No. 56                        535
    National Security Action Memo No. 263                       536
    Draft of National Security Action Memo No. 273              537
    National Security Action Memo No. 273                       540
    National Security Action Memo No. 57                        543
    Jim Garrison's Closing Statement                            545
    CIA Document #1035-960                                      550
    1992 Joint House and Senate Resolution to Open the
     Files on the J.F.K. Assassination                          555

IV. Credits
-----------
    Bibliography                                                573
    Information on Sources                                      578
    Movie Credits                                               581

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Prepared, July, 1992 by:
Robert B. Saltzman
Committee to Investigate Assassinations
Schenectady, NY USA

Not responsible for typographical errors.

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