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Reclaiming Parkland
- Tom Hanks, Vincent Bugliosi, and the JFK Assassination in the New Hollywood
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 19 hrs and 37 mins
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Summary
Reclaiming Parkland details the failed attempt of Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman - cofounder of the production company Playtone - to make Vincent Bugliosi’s mammoth book about the Kennedy assassination, Reclaiming History, into a miniseries. It exposes the questionable origins of Reclaiming History in a dubious mock trial for cable television, in which Bugliosi played the role of an attorney prosecuting Lee Harvey Oswald for murder, and how this formed the basis for the epic tome. Author James DiEugenio details the myriad problems with Bugliosi’s book, and explores the cooperation of the mainstream press in concealing these many faults during the publicity campaign for the book and how this lack of scrutiny led Hanks and Goetzman to purchase the film rights. DiEugenio then shows how the film eventually adapted from that book, entitled Parkland, does not even resemble Reclaiming History, though the script for that film displays the same imbalance that Reclaiming History does.
Reclaiming Parkland also includes extended looks at the little-known aspects of the lives and careers of Bugliosi, Hanks, and Goetzman - including Bugliosi’s three attempts at political office and a review of the Tate-LaBianca murders in the light of today’s knowledge of that case. DiEugenio also looks at the connections between Washington and Hollywood, as well as the CIA influence in the film colony today. Reclaiming Parkland is a truly unique audiobook that delves into the Kennedy assassination, the New Hollywood, and the political influence on how films are made today.
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In Reclaiming Parkland: Tom Hanks, Vincent Bugliosi, and the JFK Assassination in the New Hollywood, James DiEugenio looks at the John F. Kennedy assassination through the lens of Hollywood.
Voiced with urgency by Brian Troxell, Reclaiming Parkland is a takedown of Reclaiming History, Vincent Bugliosi’s defense of the Warren Commission report and Tom Hanks’ attempt to dramatize it as a feature film. In his polemic, he painstakingly attacks the claims made in Bugliosi’s volume.
Troxell uses a full voice and brusque delivery, particularly in passages of scene, for this book that will delight conspiracy seekers.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-02-23
biased media history in JFK case
loved it Hollywood is biased to the JFK Case
when will Tom hanks learn do Ur research in to history
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- Mark Lynch
- 02-05-17
Comprehensive Vincent Bugliosi takedown
With this book Jim DiEuginio has produced a fantastically well researched and documented rebuttal to Vincent Bugliosi's book Reclaiming History. Poor old Mr Bugliosi really doesn't stand much of a chance once Mr DiEuginio's gets going delivering one literary broadside after another. Mr Bugliosi's book and the Warren Commissions fiction are brutally torn to pieces. In the process we learn some quite astonishing details about the JFK assassination. This is a very good and well narrated book from one of the leading JFK researchers.
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- Bwilson
- 02-02-18
Thank goodness
Buglisoi has fame....and having loved Helter Skelter, I was crestfallen after his reclaiming history/ 4 days in November books. As is pointed out so well in this here book, the irony almost leaps out the pages as he uses discrediting methods when criticising conspiracy theorists, so familiar to his own writing in the two aforementioned biopics.
This redress is vital and beautifully done
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- Amelia Marshall
- 18-01-23
worth a listen
Thorough, wide-ranging, thought provoking. Really impressed.
Highly recommended and a great listen, too. All the best.
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- Rohib45
- 05-12-22
RECLAIMED
I can understand DiEugenio's frustration with Vincent Bugliosi. Having read 'Reclaiming History', I discovered Bugliosi to be masterful in the art of misinformation and misdirection but was also amazed how he, a reputed top American lawyer, had little understanding of the meaning of the phrase 'beyond all reasonable doubt'. His book, supposedly full of 'irrefutable' facts turned out to be liberally littered with conjecture and refutable supposition. The simplest example of this was his convincingly citing the probability that the supposed Secret Service man encountered on the grassy knoll was Military Intelligence man James W. Powell. He knew of Powell's existence and presence in Dealey Plaza yet, in a book published in 2007, chose to ignore Powell's interview on 12th April 1996 by staff of the Assassination Records Review Board which showed that, on timing and descriptive events alone, he could not have been the elusive 'Secret Service' man and anyway one would like to think that Officer Smith, if he noticed the man's dirty fingernails, might have noticed the camera Powell had hanging from his neck at the time (being off duty). Bugliosi is vehement in his denegration of those who did not support the official view but his tactics mirror the CIA memo advice on how to deal with such people and everything he accuses the 'detractors' of doing he does himself, with I have to say much aplomb. Not having seen 'Parkland' I can't comment on its contents but can say that DiEugenio's scorn for Tom Hank's involvement in that film comes nowhere close to Bugliosi's for Oliver Stone (and indeed Jim Garrison). I enjoyed the listen, it not only echoed my own independent findings on 'Reclaiming History' but gave more besides.
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- Diane Creel
- 16-04-14
Illuminating!
Where does Reclaiming Parkland rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
I am a huge fan of James DiEugenio's writing and as such this was another enjoyable book.
What other book might you compare Reclaiming Parkland to, and why?
I'd compare it to 'You'll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again' by Julia Phillips - her account of her career as a film producer.
What does Brian Troxell bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
Some books sound as if they're being read and some books sound as though the author himself is telling the story (sometimes they are): this book falls into the latter category.
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I did not have an emotional reaction to the book as I know the story somewhat well, having now listened to or read a number of books on the subject. It did not make me laugh or cry but it did make me feel somewhat disillusioned with those who have a lot of power.
Any additional comments?
Great book. The narrator did a super job and he had me entertained to the very last word. This is a book I will listen to at least a half dozen times again.
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- G A Johnstone
- 19-09-19
Informative, Entertaining, Researched
This should be compulsory reading for the odd stragglers that still believe the Warren Report or think that Bugliosi's massive tome is accurate. not only does this book say they are inaccurate, it shows how.
The JFK assassination is one of the great mysteries of modern times with everyone having an opinion. I urge anyone with even a passing interest in the subject to get this. You may never believe the Mainstream Media again.....but then it is better to be uninformed than misinformed
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- Nigel R Benson
- 10-03-22
Fine but not for me
I only got an hour in and then gave up. That's no reflection on the book, it was simply very heavy going and with 18 hours remaining I didn't feel it was for me.
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