I saw the movie "Parkland" today.

[gopiscrap]

Has anyone else seen it, if so, what did you think?

[opiate69]

1. I don't think I've even heard of it.. Makes me think of PLU and Spanaway, though.

Is it set in Washington?

[gopiscrap]

3. about the Kennedy assassination

hey, I have sung and preached in Parkland and Spanaway..where do you live, I am in North Tacoma

[opiate69]

4. Ah.. I'll have to look for it..

I'm in Lacey these days, but spent about a dozen years in Tacoma (all over the place). Still work up in the 253 too..

[Ilsa]

5. "Parkland" is the name of the trauma center he was taken to.

Recounting the chaotic events that occurred in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, Parkland weaves together the perspectives of a handful of ordinary individuals suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances: the young doctors and nurses at Parkland Hospital; Dallas' chief of the Secret Service; an unwitting cameraman who captured what became the most watched and examined film in history; the FBI agents who nearly had the gunman within their grasp; the brother of Lee Harvey Oswald, left to deal with his shattered family; and JFK's security team, witnesses to both the president's death and Vice President Lyndon Johnson's rise to power over a nation whose innocence was forever altered. From IMDB.

[opiate69]

6. Ah.. Thanks for the info.. Definitely one cultural issue I'm embarrassingly not up to snuff on..

[w8liftinglady]

8. A Few DUers still work there.

It's the one source for healthcare for the uninsured in Dallas County.

[Ilsa]

13. I volunteered for three years there.

Mostly in Med ER. It's a big, mean place. But great doctors and nurses and ancillary staff.

[duffyduff]

2. It might be worth going to see.

I always prefer historic documentaries about the assassination, but this might be good considering the source material.

[gopiscrap]

7. I thought it was worth going to see

Target will have it on sale on Tuesday for 9.99

[duffyduff]

9. That's good to know.

There's one just down the street from where I live.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. So...you liked it? I want to see it ! Kidding about Target, right? nt

[gopiscrap]

11. Not kidding starting Tuesday

9.99 at the Tacoma Target South 23rd Street. I was in there today and the guy confirmed it.

[davidpdx]

12. I saw it last week

I though it was pretty good. Some of the bloody scenes made me flinch a little. The way they just manhandled LBJ throwing him in back of the car and then into the file room in the hospital was quite intense. When the secret service came back after Kennedy died and they said to Johnson, "Mr. President, he's gone" took me by shock a bit. It was really strange. I was also moved by the part where the secret service agents struggled to get the seats out of the plane when they realized there was no place for the coffin.

[gopiscrap]

14. If you read William Manchester's book "Death of a President"

much of that is in there.