Donald Sutherland Videos : JFK Movie Jim Garrison meets Mr.X (Full Scene)

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JFK Movie Jim Garrison meets Mr.X (Full Scene)

One of the most crucial scenes of Oliver Stone's JFK occurs when a mystery man portrayed by Donald Sutherland steps out of the shadows to speak to New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner). "Something about his manner speaks of authority, knowledge, and above all, old-fashioned honesty. "Everything I'm going to tell you is classified top secret," he tells Garrison, and gives the DA what the script calls a "significant look." And then he proceeds to fill Jim Garrison in on the truth behind the conspiracy that killed John F. Kennedy. There is only one small problem: the mystery man "X" never existed; Jim Garrison never had any such informant, and the story "X" tells is nothing more than a combination of speculation and outright fiction. Like all good fiction, however, Oliver Stone's mystery man is inspired, however distantly, by real life. The real-life model for the character portrayed by Donald Sutherland. As the documented JFK screenplay tells us, "'X' is loosely based on Col. L. Fletcher Prouty USAF (Ret.) who served as Chief of Special Operations with the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Kennedy years. While the authors met with Prouty, Jim Garrison did not meet him until several years after the Clay Shaw trial." There is no doubt that Prouty's credentials are in order, but when Oliver Stone says that his mystery man is "loosely based" on Prouty, what exactly does he mean? Perhaps Stone is referring to the fact that Col. L. Fletcher Prouty's position ...

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