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The Kennedy Detail in the Press

Jake Gyllenhaal's dad making film about John F. Kennedy's security team


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WENN.com

 















The leader was fatally shot by Lee Harvey Oswald on 22 November, 1963 in Dallas, Texas and now Stephen Gyllenhaal is set to examine the Secret Service personnel assigned to protect the president in The Kennedy Detail.

Gyllenhaal is currently adapting the script from former agent Gerald Blaine's book of the same name, and he has been meeting with surviving members of Kennedy's security detail to make sure the film is as authentic as possible.

And the director is excited to explore the assassination story from a different angle.

He says, "This is the project of a lifetime and I could not be more excited to be part of it. Everyone knows how this story ends, but the true stories told through the eyes of this extraordinary band of brothers, from JFK's election to that awful day in Dallas, have never been told. It is time to share their perspective with the world."

Gyllenhaal will begin filming the project in January (13) with a proposed November, 2013 release date to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's passing.

Clint Hill being inducted into the Scandinavian American Hall of Fame

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Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame
Clint Hill





2012 Inductee




Clint Hill is a former United States Secret Service agent who, over the
course of his career, served Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson,
Nixon and Ford. He was in the motorcade in Dallas on November 22, 1963,
assigned to protect First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, when President
Kennedy was assassinated. He is credited with saving Mrs. Kennedy's
life. After rising through the ranks of the Secret Service, Hill retired
in 1975 as Assistant Director, responsible for all protective forces.
He remains in contact with the current US Secret Service and is actively
involved in training activities. His experiences during assignment to
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy are chronicled in a best-selling book he
co-authored, Mrs. Kennedy and Me, published in 2012. Hill will be
introduced by Lisa McCubbin, award-winning journalist and co-author of
Mrs. Kennedy and Me.

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"Many scholars of Arthurian legend believe that, if there was really a Camelot, it was in England," Stanfill says. "I've found compelling evidence that there was a Camelot -- in France! And I believe the Grail of legend was found nearby, in a grave."

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On a trip to Venice, Italy, for a wedding, she meets handsome archaeologist Giovanni Di Serlo, who's in no mood for a relationship. The couple nevertheless embark on a journey through time and geography, following the ancient trail of an enormous bronze vessel known as the Krater of Vix.

"In real life, this vessel was found in 1953 in a grave near Mont Lassois, France, where archaeologists unearthed a hilltop fortress in 2007," Stanfill says. "I believe that fortress was Camelot, and that the Krater is the Grail -- krater is a Greek word that evolved into the word 'grail.'

"Add to that, Mont Lassois is near Avallon, another important place name in Arthurian legend."

Arthur Riothamus, King of the Britons, (a real historical figure in the mid-400s A.D.), was known to have spent time in France and died in Avallon following a battle.

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About Terry Stanfill

Terry Stanfill is an Overseer of the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif., former international representative for Christie's auction house and former director of Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Calif. Stanfill is married to Dennis Stanfill, former CEO of 20th Century Fox and MGM Studios.



 

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Stephen Gyllenhaal To Pen, Direct ‘The Kennedy Detail’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | 




Stephen Gyllenhaal has signed as screenwriter and director of The Kennedy Detail , which focuses on the men of the
Secret Service protective detail assigned to President John F. Kennedy.
The project is targeted for a November 2013 release, coinciding with
the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination. “This is the project of a
lifetime and I could not be more excited to be part of it,” said
Gyllenhaal. “Everyone knows how this story ends, but the true stories
told through the eyes of this extraordinary band of brothers, from JFK’s
election to that awful day in Dallas, have never been told. It is time
to share their perspective with the world”.  Gyllenhaal has begun work
on the script with his research including interviews with many of the
surviving members of President Kennedy’s protective detail and their
family members. The film will be based on the New York Times
best-selling book The Kennedy Detail by former agent Gerald
Blaine and award-winning journalist Lisa McCubbin, with a foreword by
former agent Clint Hill. Hill has signed as a special advisor to the
project, and McCubbin and Hill will be associate producers. The Kennedy Detail
is being produced by Atchity Entertainment International (AEI) of Los
Angeles, Atchity and Chi-Li Wong producers, and Ramos & Sparks Group
of Tallahassee, Florida, with Richard Ramos and Rober