Chappaquiddick

2017
PG-13
1h 46m

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6.4/10

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Bruce Dern, Jason Clarke, Kate Mara, and Ed Helms in Chappaquiddick (2017)

Ted Kennedy's life and political career become derailed after he is involved in a fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.

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Depicting Ted Kennedy's involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.Depicting Ted Kennedy's involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.Depicting Ted Kennedy's involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

15K

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See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 7 nominations

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You Put Us In A Difficult Postion

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Serious Legal Trouble

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Im Not Going to be President

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Run In His Place

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Trivia
The bridge where they were driving on was the Dike Bridge on the eastern part of the island, that connects the main part of Chappaquiddick with a strip of beach that runs north/south. While there are some homes along that eastern strip of beach on the north end, the party was not at one of them. The mystery of why they were driving on Dike Bridge has never been answered.

Goofs
Ted asks the operator to make a collect call and gives his name, but never gives a phone number. The operator patches the call without it. By the late 1960s, pay phones allowed callers to directly dial a collect call by dialing a 0 rather than a 1 before the area code and phone number, and then telling the operator who picked up that it was a collect call and giving the operator his/her name.

Quotes
Joseph Kennedy: You'll never be great.

Connections
Featured in The Ben Shapiro Show: A Big Leftist Myth Implodes on Taxes (2017)

Soundtracks
Lila
Written by Merrell Fankhauser (as Merrell Wayne Fankhauser)
Performed by Fapardokly
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8/10

Teddy's lies finally exposed.

Powerful and corrupt politicians, cops and judges all backed up Teddy's involvement and instead of manslaughter charges, he became the Lion of the Senate. This movie is superb and doesnt condemn or vilify the late Senator. Rather, it illustrates what people, like me, who lived through the time period believed: that Teddy successfully used his family connections to get special treatment from the criminal justice system. It also portrays the Kopchene as regular, trusting people who had no choice but to believe, or at least pretend to believe, the powerful Kennedys version of events. Go see it and form your own opinion.