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| Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald | |
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| Genre | |
| Written by | Steve Bello |
| Directed by | Robert Dornhelm |
| Starring | |
| Composer | Harald Kloser |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Paul Pompian |
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| Cinematography | Yuri Neyman |
| Editor | Gerry Hambling |
| Running time | 88 minutes |
| Production companies | Elliot Friedgen & Company |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | November 15, 1993 |
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald is a 1993 American biographical drama television film directed by Robert Dornhelm and starring Helena Bonham Carter, Robert Picardo, and Frank Whaley. [1] [2] It tells the story of Marina Oswald (played by Bonham Carter), the widow of Kennedy's assassin Lee Harvey Oswald (played by Whaley).
The film marked the 30th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, which occurred on November 22, 1963. Bonham Carter earned her first Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance. Whaley had previously played an imposter of Lee Harvey Oswald in Oliver Stone's JFK (1991). [3]
The story focuses on Marina Oswald (Helena Bonham Carter), the wife of Lee Harvey Oswald. Barely able to speak English, she is thrust into questioning by David Lifton (Robert Picardo). It portrays deep sadness, and explores the story of a woman ending up alone in a foreign country, subjected to considerable shunning, even after her remarriage.
The story is based on the widow of Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President Kennedy. Via flashbacks, the story traces the woman's life from her days in the Soviet Union, the turmoil following the assassination, raising her family, and coming to grips with the fact that, she too, may have been a pawn in a grand conspiracy.
The film was the idea of its producer, Bernard Sofronski, who got the idea in 1988 when he saw a newspaper article featuring a picture of Marina Oswald hanging up her children's laundry on a clothesline. Sofronski began research and then had conversations with Marina and her two daughters. Filming took place in Dallas and Moscow. [4]
In a review for the Los Angeles Times , Howard Rosenberg wrote: "“Fatal Deception” appears to say nothing that hasn't already been said ad infinitum during the nation's nonstop dialogue concerning Kennedy and his assassination. All in all, it seems like just another bump on a very long log." [5] Drew Voros of Variety called it "a slow-mover for a topic that has been covered over and over again". [6] John J. O'Connor for The New York Times praises Bonham and Whaley's "chillingly persuasive performances", but adds that the film gets "caught, it might be added, between speculations that can neither be proved nor disproved". [7]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref. |
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| 1994 | 51st Golden Globe Awards | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Helena Bonham Carter | Nominated | [8] |
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