US Edition'They're Real People': Mob Focus of JFK Assassination Flick Filmed in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG, CANADA, AUG 3 – The film uses 1,500 extras and 75 to 80 period cars to authentically depict the Chicago Outfit's role in the 48 hours before JFK's assassination, says producer Nicholas Celozzi.
- Amid demands for historical accuracy, 'November 1963'
began filming in Winnipeg, with the Exchange District doubling for 1960s Chicago and Dealey Plaza recreated at Birds Hill Provincial Park. - Relying on Pepe Giancana's firsthand stories, Celozzi centered the narrative on the 48 hours before the shooting, based on Pepe’s accounts.
- Featuring 1,500 extras and 75 to 80 period cars, Celozzi said, "I was always aware of who they were. These aren't things that everybody just kind of goes home and talks about. It's kind of a strange reality that you're born into," said Celozzi.
- Amid historic debate, Kevin DeWalt predicts viewers will be blown away by the film's authenticity, emphasizing the family's desire to tell the truth before they die, DeWalt said.
- Looking toward its impact on history, Nicholas Celozzi aims to reconceptualize the Kennedy assassination by focusing on the Chicago Outfit, exploring family accounts to humanize its role.
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JFK assassination movie seen through the lens of an Italian-American mob wraps filming in Winnipeg
After decades of film and television portrayals of Sam Giancana, Nicholas Celozzi is reconceptualizing the 1963 shooting of John F. Kennedy with a focus on the major players in the Chicago Outfit, a powerful Italian-American criminal organization, with a movie that was filmed in Winnipeg this summer.
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‘They’re real people’: Mob focus of JFK assassination flick filmed in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - Nicholas Celozzi has spent much of his life revisiting the events leading up to the assassination of former U.S. president John F. Kennedy.
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'They're real people': Mob focus of JFK assassination flick filmed in Winnipeg
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Nicholas Celozzi has spent much of his life revisiting the events leading up to the assassination of former U.S. president John F. Kennedy. Hushed stories […] Source
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