Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy
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35th President of the United States
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Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy, the 35th American president, include films, songs, games, toys, stamps, coins, artwork, and other portrayals.
Film and television[]
Fictionalized[]
- PT 109 (1963)
- The Missiles of October (1974; docudrama, made-for-TV play)
- Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy (1977)
- Kennedy (1983 miniseries)
- Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985 miniseries)
- Prince Jack (1985)
- Hoover vs. The Kennedys (1987)
- The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990 miniseries)
- JFK (1991)
- A Woman Named Jackie (1991 miniseries)
- JFK: Reckless Youth (1993 miniseries)
- Red Dwarf (1997 series)
- The Rat Pack (1998 film)
- Thirteen Days (2000)
- Clone High (2002-2003 animated series)
- Virtual JFK (2008 docudrama)
- The Kennedys (2011 miniseries)
- The Butler (2013)
- Parkland (2013)
- Killing Kennedy (2013 TV movie)
- Jackie (2016 film)
- LBJ (2016)
- The Crown (2017)
- "The Kennedy Curse" (2018, season 2, episode 5 of Timeless)
- Blonde (2021)
Documentaries[]
- Primary (1960)
- Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
- The Making of the President 1960 (1963; based on the book)
- John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums (1964)
- American Presidents: Life Portraits (1999 series)
- Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis (2001)
- The Search for Kennedy's PT 109 (2002)
- Bobby Kennedy for President (2018 series)
Stylistic[]
- Forrest Gump (1994)
- Timequest (2002)
- Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
- An American Affair (2008)
- Watchmen (2009)
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
- X-Men: First Class (2011)
Depictions of the John F. Kennedy assassination[]
Stage production[]
- JFK: A Musical Drama (1997)
- JFK (2016), a three-act opera by David T. Little with an English-language libretto by Royce Vavrek. Based on the final night of Kennedy's life at the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth.
Music[]
Over 200 musical works have been released about JFK, most of which were released following his assassination.[1] Among these are:
- The First Family, a comedic impersonation album written and performed by Vaughn Meader (1962)
- "PT-109", written by Marijohn Wilkin and Fred Burch, sung by Jimmy Dean (1962)
- "In the Summer of His Years", lyrics by Herb Kretzmer and music by David Lee, first sung by Millicent Martin (1963)
- "Elegy for J.F.K." by Igor Stravinsky (1964)
- "That Was the President", written and sung by Phil Ochs (1965)
- "He Was a Friend of Mine", written by Jim McGuinn, sung by The Byrds (1965)
- The Kennedy Dream, an album by Oliver Nelson (1967)
- "Crucifixion", written and sung by Phil Ochs (1967)
- "Abraham, Martin and John", written by Dick Holler, sung by Dion (1968)
- ”Murder Most Foul”, written by Bob Dylan, alludes to the events around Kennedy’s assassination throughout the song (2020)
Artwork[]
- Presidential portrait, painted by Aaron Shikler (1970)
- John F. Kennedy Memorial, 1965 Brooklyn portrait bust (replacement dedicated in 2010) by Neil Estern
- John F. Kennedy, 1988 Boston statue by Isabel McIlvain
Toys and games[]
- PT-109 (model kit)
- PT-109 edition John F. Kennedy "G.I. Joe" action figure
- Battlestations: Midway, in which Kennedy appears, commanding Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109, in the single player campaign mission "Defense of the Philippines".
- Call of Duty: Black Ops, in which Kennedy appears as a non-playable character in the single player campaign mission "U.S.D.D." as well as a playable character in the "Zombies" game mode on the map "Five".
Governmental images[]
- Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps § John F. Kennedy
- Kennedy half dollar
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Brummer, Justin. "John F. Kennedy (JFK) Songs". RYM. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
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