Winter Kills (1979)
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 97m
Director: William Richert
Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins
Synopsis:
The brother of a deceased President discovers several new angles on his assassination nineteen years after the fact.
Review:
Obviously based on the Kennedy-Dallas assassination this is in fact a black comedy rather than a conspiracy thriller. It depicts a brutally nightmarish world and makes less and less sense with each successive false trail, but John Huston steals the show playing a variation of Noah Cross from Chinatown, made voguishly likeable by our cynical times. An enviable supporting cast is marshalled with relish by the director, but the film experienced a troubled post-production which to some made it seem jinxed by its very subject matter.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 97m
Director: William Richert
Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins
Synopsis:
The brother of a deceased President discovers several new angles on his assassination nineteen years after the fact.
Review:
Obviously based on the Kennedy-Dallas assassination this is in fact a black comedy rather than a conspiracy thriller. It depicts a brutally nightmarish world and makes less and less sense with each successive false trail, but John Huston steals the show playing a variation of Noah Cross from Chinatown, made voguishly likeable by our cynical times. An enviable supporting cast is marshalled with relish by the director, but the film experienced a troubled post-production which to some made it seem jinxed by its very subject matter.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 97m
Director: William Richert
Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins
Synopsis:
The brother of a deceased President discovers several new angles on his assassination nineteen years after the fact.
Review:
Obviously based on the Kennedy-Dallas assassination this is in fact a black comedy rather than a conspiracy thriller. It depicts a brutally nightmarish world and makes less and less sense with each successive false trail, but John Huston steals the show playing a variation of Noah Cross from Chinatown, made voguishly likeable by our cynical times. An enviable supporting cast is marshalled with relish by the director, but the film experienced a troubled post-production which to some made it seem jinxed by its very subject matter.