13-12-2011, 07:45 AM
(This post was last modified: 13-12-2011, 06:45 PM by Adele Edisen.)
When I first saw the movie, "JFK", I almost fell off my seat in the movie theater when the actress Lolita Davidson, playing the role of Beverly Oliver, said to Kevin Costrner, as Jim Garrison, 'If they can kill the President of the United States like that, they wouldn't think twice about killing a showgirl like me."
These words were almost identical to those I had said to the real Jim Garrison in October, 1974, when I told him of my experiences in April, 1963, when Jose Rivera spoke of the impending assassination of President Kennedy. I had said, "If they can kill the President of the United States like that, they wouldn't think twice about killing someone like me." I recall when I said these words to Garrison, he looked at me for the longest time, as if studying me for some reason, or memorizing my statement (?).
Jim Garrison, District Attorney in New Orleans, had brought Clay Shaw, Director of the International Trade Mart, to trial in 1969. He lost his case against Shaw because he lacked some critical evidence about Shaw that was not yet available at the time. Garrison was an advisor to Oliver Stone, and actually appeared in the film as Chief Justice Warren. I believe Garrison was the one who provided those words of mine to Stone and his script writers.
By the time the film was made, some buildings of importance had been torn down. Such was the case of the Newman Building where Guy Banister had his office. This building had two addresses: 531 Lafayette Street and 544 Camp Street (on the Camp Street side entrance), because it was at the corner of Lafayette and Camp Streets. Therefore, in the movie, another similar building was substituted.
The Federal Buildiing was directly opposite to the Newman Building on Camp Street, but its front entrance was at 600 South Street (now renamed). This was one of the borders of a small park, Lafayette Square or Park (enclosed by St. Charles Avenue, North Street, Camp Street, and South Street in 1963). The Federal Building was where I spoke with New Orleans Secret Service Agent John Rice and Orrin Bartlett, Special Liaison Agent of the FBI, who was there from Washington, D.C., on November 24,1963.
Adele Edisen
These words were almost identical to those I had said to the real Jim Garrison in October, 1974, when I told him of my experiences in April, 1963, when Jose Rivera spoke of the impending assassination of President Kennedy. I had said, "If they can kill the President of the United States like that, they wouldn't think twice about killing someone like me." I recall when I said these words to Garrison, he looked at me for the longest time, as if studying me for some reason, or memorizing my statement (?).
Jim Garrison, District Attorney in New Orleans, had brought Clay Shaw, Director of the International Trade Mart, to trial in 1969. He lost his case against Shaw because he lacked some critical evidence about Shaw that was not yet available at the time. Garrison was an advisor to Oliver Stone, and actually appeared in the film as Chief Justice Warren. I believe Garrison was the one who provided those words of mine to Stone and his script writers.
By the time the film was made, some buildings of importance had been torn down. Such was the case of the Newman Building where Guy Banister had his office. This building had two addresses: 531 Lafayette Street and 544 Camp Street (on the Camp Street side entrance), because it was at the corner of Lafayette and Camp Streets. Therefore, in the movie, another similar building was substituted.
The Federal Buildiing was directly opposite to the Newman Building on Camp Street, but its front entrance was at 600 South Street (now renamed). This was one of the borders of a small park, Lafayette Square or Park (enclosed by St. Charles Avenue, North Street, Camp Street, and South Street in 1963). The Federal Building was where I spoke with New Orleans Secret Service Agent John Rice and Orrin Bartlett, Special Liaison Agent of the FBI, who was there from Washington, D.C., on November 24,1963.
Adele Edisen