Four Days in November

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John F. Kennedy in Four Days in November (1964)

From more than eight million feet of newsreels, amateur footage, tape-recordings and more, David L. Wolper presents a priceless detailed account of the time and events surrounding the assass... Read allFrom more than eight million feet of newsreels, amateur footage, tape-recordings and more, David L. Wolper presents a priceless detailed account of the time and events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.From more than eight million feet of newsreels, amateur footage, tape-recordings and more, David L. Wolper presents a priceless detailed account of the time and events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

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7.5/10

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Richard Basehart

Self - Narrator
(voice)

John Brewer

Self

Raymond Buck

Self
(archive footage)

Earle Cabell

Self
(archive footage)

John Connally

Self
(archive footage)

Nellie Connally

Self
(archive footage)
(as Mrs. John Connally)

Joan Crawford

Self
(archive footage)

Jesse E. Curry

Self
(archive footage)

Richard Cushing

Self
(archive footage)
(as Richard Cardinal Cushing)

Charles de Gaulle

Self
(archive footage)

Everett Dirksen

Self
(archive footage)

Alec Douglas-Home

Self
(archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self
(archive footage)

Ludwig Erhard

Self
(archive footage)

Wesley Frazier

Self

David Frost

Self
(archive footage)

Barry Goldwater

Self
(archive footage)

Andrei Gromyko

Self
(archive footage)

Director
- Mel Stuart
Writer
- Theodore Strauss
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Trivia
The film's home-video sleeve notes declare that this film was produced "from more than 8,000,000 feet of professional newsreel and amateur footage, stills, snapshots and tape recordings."

Goofs
The narration states that school in Dallas had been let out for the day to enable children to see the President's motorcade. This did not happen, as the school district was debating what to do with early release after the assassination and finally determined that the school buses would run at the regular times that afternoon.

Quotes
Himself - Narrator: There are only two occasions when the cannon of the military district of Washington fire a 50 gun salute to the nation; Each 4th of July to celebrate the country's birth and after the death of a President of the United States.

Connections
Edited from ABC News Close-Up: Adventures on the New Frontier (1961)

Soundtracks
In the Summer Of His Years
Performed by Millicent Martin

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Affecting period piece

You can't go by the IMDb vote of 6.3 because, if you check out the age/gender breakdown on the voters, its the women (sorry, ladies) who sink the average on this project -- probably giving it a low rating because "it's sad." The men give it a higher rating, presumably because they know it's supposed to be sad.

At any rate, it's a great period piece, a product of its immediate era.

While it's just a compilation of footage and doesn't address anything controversial (e.g., Oswald is presumed "guilty") it's a poignant time capsule, with its noble-tragic tone -- managing to be touchingly doom-riddled and yet somehow ice cold.

It couldn't be anything else.