Parkland (2013) on Netflix
PG-1320131h 33mDramaHistoryMysteryThriller
President John F. Kennedy is shot in Dallas and rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where resident surgeon Dr. Jim Carrico is alerted. Dressmaker Abraham Zapruder films the motorcade.
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Plot summary
On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy travels through Texas with Jackie Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, and after a Fort Worth speech the group flies to Dallas, where a motorcade is planned. Dressmaker Abraham Zapruder brings his employees downstairs to watch the cars pass, Dr. Jim Carrico answers a call at Parkland Memorial Hospital, and Secret Service agent Forrest Sorrels waits at Love Field. Zapruder films the motorcade as it moves through Dealey Plaza. Three gunshots ring out. Parkland is told the president is coming, and nurse Doris Nelson alerts Carrico. Agents try to move the unconscious Kennedy inside while Jackie, in shock, holds them back. Sorrels asks Zapruder for the footage, and Zapruder, after a tip from reporter Harry McCormick, confirms that he filmed the motorcade.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Parkland (2013)
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- The major hospital scenes in Parkland were filmed at a building on the campus of Austin State Hospital in Austin, chosen for its period look and feel.
