 love field is a 1992 american independent drama film written by don roos and directed by jonathan kaplan, starring michelle pfeiffer and dennis haysbert. it was released on december 11, 1992 in the united states by orion pictures. this film is an example of a representation of the assassination of john f. kennedy in popular culture. the film was nominated for an academy award for best actress in a leading role (michelle pfeiffer). == plot == in november 1963, dallas housewife lurene hallett (michelle pfeiffer) is obsessed with first lady jacqueline kennedy. lurene feels a special connection with jackie through her own loss of a child. knowing that president john f. kennedy and his wife will be visiting dallas, lurene travels to love field airport to try to catch a glimpse of the couple as they arrive by plane on november 22, 1963. driving away a few hours later, she notices a quiet chaos developing, and discovers that the president has been assassinated. lurene leaves her car in the middle of the street and rushes to watch the news through a store window. lurene's anguish over the death of john f. kennedy reflects the collective grief of the nation over this tragedy. ignoring her overbearing husband ray (brian kerwin), she travels by bus to attend the funeral in washington, d.c. much to the chagrin of the black patrons on the bus, lurene talks constantly of the assassination during the bus ride. during her journey, she befriends jonell (stephanie mcfadden), the young black daughter of paul cater (dennis haysbert). after the bus has an accident, lurene notices wounds on jonell's body. lurene senses something is wrong, suspects paul and calls the fbi to report that there has been a kidnapping. moments after her well-intentioned interference, paul explains that jonell's wounds are from an orphanage that he rescued her from and he is indeed her real father. nevertheless, lurene's fbi call leads the three of them on an increasingly difficult road trip across america with both the police and ray in pursuit.{{cite
1990s_drama_films 1992_films American_drama_films American_films American_independent_films English-language_films Film_scores_by_Jerry_Goldsmith Films_about_the_John_F._Kennedy_assassination Films_directed_by_Jonathan_Kaplan Films_set_in_1963 Films_set_in_Texas Films_set_in_the_1960s Films_shot_in_North_Carolina Orion_Pictures_films