Parkland (2013)

Parkland is a historical drama that focuses on people directly affected by the aftermath of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

The movie was produced by Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Nigel Sinclair, and Matt Sinclair. It has a large cast including James Badge Dale, Zac Efron, Jackie Earle Haley, Colin Hanks, Paul Giamatti, Ron Livingston, and Billy Bob Thorton.

The film is based on the 2008 book Four Days in November: The Assasination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi.

Parkland opened to a limited release in October 2013 and was made available on DVD & Bluray the following month to correspond with the 50th anniversary of the assasination.

Rating: PG-13 for bloody sequences of ER trauma procedures, some violent images and language, and smoking throughout.

Length: 1 hour 33 minutes.


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Parkland (2013)

Category Severity Time Description Sentence Before
0:07:06-0:07:12 Brief flyover view. Announcer: "The President's car is now turning on to Elm Street."
0:09:39-0:10:06 Bloody gore is seen. Agents: "Get those gurneys here!" "Move! Let's go!" "This way!"
0:13:07-0:15:48 Operating room gore is seen. Zapruder's employee: "They've saying he's alive." Zapruder: "You saw."
0:17:20-0:17:51 Bloody gore is seen. Reporter: "The Dallas News can develop it."
0:18:25-0:23:08 Bloody gore is seen. Zapruder: "There's a Kodak lab out by Love Field."
0:25:42-0:26:43 Bloody gore is seen. Kronkite: "...shot by an assassin at the intersection of Elm & Houston street."
0:29:35-0:29:39 Suicide alluded to briefly. Hosty: "He defected to the Soviets a couple years back."
0:35:18-0:36:34 Bloody gore is seen. Agent: "No, no, no. He came with us. He's going to leave with us."
1:03:42-1:03:45 Brief gore on filmstrip is shown. Zapruder: "Turn off the lights please."
1:10:47-1:12:27 Bloody gore is shown. Nurse Nelson: "No! He is not livin' or dyin' in there. Room 2."
1:11:37-1:11:40 Large needle is seen & used. Doctor: "I've got the lung. Massage the heart. Nothing. Adrenaline now."
1:13:16-1:13:19 Brief gore is seen. Robert Oswald: "Shut up, mother."

Reviewed October 2013; Updated April 2015

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