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  • 2002
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2002
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 28 m
Interview with the Assassin

Summary Sometimes it only takes one man to make a conspiracy. Ron Kobeleski, an out-of-work TV news cameraman, may have just stumbled onto the story of a lifetime. His shadowy older neighbor, Walter Ohlinger claims he was the "grassy knoll gunman" - the second assassin of President John F. Kennedy. Is he telling the truth? As Ron and Walter sear...

Directed By: Neil Burger

Written By: Neil Burger

  • 2002
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2002
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 28 m

Interview with the Assassin

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Summary Sometimes it only takes one man to make a conspiracy. Ron Kobeleski, an out-of-work TV news cameraman, may have just stumbled onto the story of a lifetime. His shadowy older neighbor, Walter Ohlinger claims he was the "grassy knoll gunman" - the second assassin of President John F. Kennedy. Is he telling the truth? As Ron and Walter sear...

Directed By: Neil Burger

Written By: Neil Burger

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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4% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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52% Positive
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43% Mixed
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80
Barry's deliberately unspectacular performance makes this even more powerful. He gives "Assassin" a disquieting authority.
By Desson Thomson FULL REVIEW
75
Neil Burger's sharply conceived, inventive movie is a highly involving piece of work.
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70
Do not read too much into Burger's mockumentary, then; it's just having a lark, poking fun at conspiracy theorists, taking the piss out of the dozens of docs out there that present themselves as The Real Story About the Killing of John Kennedy.
By Robert Wilonsky FULL REVIEW
63
Like ''Blair,'' it never quite finds a way out of its own built-in dead-end.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
58
It's an interesting effort (particularly for JFK conspiracy nuts), and Barry's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile.
By Kim Morgan FULL REVIEW
50
No "JFK," but the story is weirdly compelling when it focuses on the journalist's growing paranoia as he plunges ever more deeply into a world of conspiracies that may or may not really exist.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
30
It's just a gimmick, right down to its Washington release date.
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Production Company Interview Productions, Magnolia Pictures
Release Date Nov 15, 2002
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating R
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Tagline Almost forty years after the John F. Kennedy assassination an ex-marine named Walter Ohlinger has come forward with a startling claim.
Website http://www.interviewwiththeassassin.com/
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Awards

Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 3 Nominations
Woodstock Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Avignon Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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