Mr. X's speech - JFK (1991, English Sub)

The full speech of Mr. X in Oliver Stone's JFK (1991).

[@jonnyspen8403]

It surprised everyone at the time that Sutherland didn't get a supporting actor Oscar nomination, for this tour de force performance.

[@donna25871]

It was one scene…a powerful one but not a supporting role in a long film.

[@DimBeam1]

Well thats just bs. Supporting actor nom need more screen time than this. No one would expect it for this. Do you lie on purpose or are you just gullible and repeat overs lies?

[@matthjas67]

@@DimBeam1 Look up Ned Beatty....

[@jonnyspen8403]

I beg to differ Dim. Judi Dench won for an 8 minute performance, as did Kim Bassinger for 15 minutes of screen time. You will find at last 7 Oscars awarded for less than 20 minutes on screen. Apology accepted.

[@Venmaylove]

It was nothing special. Bet if they asked a no name actor to play mr x, you wouldn't have mentioned it; but surely Suthetland deserves an O because he's a name

[@pauldurkee4764]

Leroy Fletcher Prouty was willing to speak out, he was in NZ when the news broke about Kennedy's assassination, he recognised the MO of a black operation, he worked in special operations at the pentagon, and he positively identified Edward Lansdale walking away from Dealey Plaza, a very courageous man.

[@billpugh58]

Nice stories cam from hundreds of people, all different. Most conflicting.

[@dredriesen2827]

Have you ever seen Donald Sutherland not act well? He couldn't, not even if he tried.

[@fiachramaccana280]

In my opinion this is the best and most important monologue in the history of cinema. Both in terms of subject matter and delivery........... He easily deserved an Oscar...

[@johnprosser5035]

Hahaha most of what he said was complete bollocks

[@slalomsteve]

Why subject matter? Most of the 'facts' in this film were made up. No idea why so many people see it as a factual drama.

[@fiachramaccana280]

@@slalomsteve yawn. some of the story is dramatised but frankly the essence/core is factbased. Tired of trolling by the Warren Conspiracy crew. I follow LBJ's final view. He didnt believe the report and he commissioned it. We have done the hours on this. So bored with the BS.

[@paulmatthews2175]

from a Hollywood film ???? Stones pile of garbage has been proven wrong over and over...

[@paulmatthews2175]

@@fiachramaccana280 you are uninformed on this, no supporting evidence of ANY of this

[@Ben_Gunner]

Hidden truths in the present can always be uncovered by the lies revealed from the past.

[@paulmatthews2175]

this whole scene was a lie !

[@ManOfMonism]

It is strange that the guy who was in the thick of the bay of pigs incident, fired for it, and then put on the committee to investigate his assassination! "Dulles"

[@paulmatthews2175]

try reading, he was there because of RFK, the Kennedy brothers and the Dulles brothers went back years, they were good friends

[@pauldurkee4764]

And Gerald Ford was on the commission, he was duly rewarded for services rendered later of course.

[@Paulg51-73]

And it was some, speech

[@paulmatthews2175]

Fiction, Garrison NEVER met anyone called x

[@Venmaylove]

True. It was a fluffy cat... Well, an alien in the form of a cat.

[@Jimmy_Bee]

Just story vehicle.

[@josephmarkey9096]

X I think was just a gestalt character as a plot device. Incredible performance

[@seanbonella]

sorry i didnt know you knew fiction....go away

[@Test4Echos]

You don't know much about story telling, do you? 😂

[@andykey78]

Those subtitles are 💩

[@jeremymerrifield7244]

Listen

[@Ben_Gunner]

Fun fact: One hundred billion in 65 is the equivalent of one trillion in todays money.

[@Venmaylove]

That's a lot of cat food

[@guillermobarrio55]

Fun fact #2: Def budget is about $920 billion nowadays, pretty close to $1 trillion.

[@laffo1980]

I think the cia has written 3/4s of the comments here by Saying that this movie is based in pure fiction .

[@Test4Echos]

Yup. They really glow in the dark nowadays.

[@pastlife960]

@@Test4EchosStuff written by algorithms never has a soul. You can just tell sometimes, this wasn’t written by a cognisant being

[@Test4Echos]

@@pastlife960 Yeah, trolls and bots are pretty easy to spot.

[@billpugh58]

Poor Oswald, he will never get the recognition he deserved.

[@Mrrobackenson1]

The Donald on point. RIP Sir. X

[@carlosbonorino6844]

Currently the military industrial complex relies on the Ukrainians to make its profits. In Vietnam it didn't work out very well because the South Vietnamese didn't have the innocence and disposition of the unsuspecting Ukrainians. Unfortunately for the military-industrial complex, the Ukrainians are running out of soldiers.

[@LonnieLogan-gk2cd]

What a performance! Donald Sunderland intense exposition regarding the events of President J.F Kennedy's assassination is a masterclass of acting. He should of won an Oscar. R.I.P.

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

Not really Oscar material just reading out a lot of lines. Besides, the top actors get well paid, stuff the awards.

[@benjaminjonathanjamessisko7095]

They would have got away with it if it wasn't for Zapruder. Everyone can see the lie for themselves.

[@leeeastwood6368]

thanks, Scooby Doo!🐕😁

[@benjaminjonathanjamessisko7095]

@@leeeastwood6368 Lol! That was unintentional. Now I can't unsee it. :)

[@gpapa31]

Regardless on whether you think this is completely BS or not, it makes for some of the best political thrillers of all time. Even if it’s all pure fiction you are riveted start to finish and stay in complete awe about how massive the assassination plot is, the powers of interest to be and the power of the people behind all this. Oliver Stone at his best.

[@Cliffjumper24]

For me the primary fault in this movie was the 'magic bullet' claim. It forgot/removed the fact that the rear seat was raised higher than the front seats, debunking the magic bullet theory.

[@SilojensenDK]

@@Cliffjumper24 Still hard to believe the extraordinary sniper skills it would have required on Oswald's part to make such precise kill shots from that distance, in so little time, at a moving target with a bolt action rifle designed in 1890, don't you think?

[@Cliffjumper24]

@@SilojensenDK The age of something doesn't deminish it's ability... a couple of examples; The M2 .50-caliber machine gun is still in use with the US today, and that was from 1912, so over a century. The oldest KC-135R tanker planes still in use today date back to 1958!

[@GodOfVictory501]

Couldn't agree more. I think it's one of the best *edited* films I've ever seen. It moves along at such a breathless pace, it's hard to take one's eyes off it. The fact that it's so bloody persuasive a film is a credit to Oliver Stone as a filmmaker (even though much of it is pure baloney).

[@Test4Echos]

"Regardless on whether you think this is completely BS or not...." Well, it sure makes a hell of a lot more sense than any official explanation they have put out there.

[@MichaelMason-qt4rw]

This for me is the best part of the film, delves deep into the secret service operations around the world makes this film sit on the edge of your seat,Donald Sutherland nailed this part perfectly

[@coolhand1964]

From Oddball, to the pyromaniac in Backdraft, to Mr X in JFK, to a Mad Scientist in a Kate Bush music video, Donald Sutherland was a chameleon as an actor. RIP.

[@jonathanbell7752]

America is a fast country. Look both ways before crossing the road

[@Simon-gv6uh]

From the UK and we did a roadtrip back in 2010 past Dallas and went to the dealy plaza site. Two things I noted were the window (you cant stand at Harveys window but the one above it) I felt it was a lot closer than made out and 'doable' but when I stood at the grassly knowl fence I had a chill it was literally a 'killing box' perfect for multiple shots as the car came toward

[@davidb6681]

Delves into every sinister facet involved in the assassination,a great piece of filmmaking!

[@Zongooo]

An expertly made movie but it did feature a lot of great and well respected actors who were regrettably adding to the sum total of hogwash surrounding the case.

[@TT_1221]

This is more or less the big picture..... The detail on the ground is that there were 7 gunshot wounds in both Kennedy and Gov Connolly, the car windshield was hit, the windshield surround was hit, a man standing at the underpass was nicked with a bullet .... Limo driver Greer said "it rained bullets into the car". Impossible by any one man with a manual bolt action in 5 or 6 seconds.

[@jacobjorgenson9285]

And WTC building 7 fell into its own foot print in free fall speed ….

[@GloryCarrier22]

The real Garrison appears in the movie as Earl Warren

[@stephenmartin2737]

The real perry russo also makes a cameo appearance at beginning of the movie in the new Orleans bar berating kennedy as the news of his assassination is announced to the public!!!

[@MEMUNDOLOL]

so many 3 letter bots here wasting taxpayers money to cover 60+ y/o operation damn

[@luishumbertovega3900]

As soon as he says Operation Mongoose at 9:21 those eerie strings begin to frame the rest of his description of the events in a haunting atmosphere, great story telling combined with John Williams magical score. The best scene of a great movie.

[@philster611-ih8te]

John Williams soundtrack adds so much gravitas to this scene

[@siypic]

History repeating itself in 2024

[@ACE-gk5gi]

Funny how history repeats itself...ya Goofy m8te from Australia

[@Zongooo]

"Nothing was left to chance". What? There were hundreds of eye-witnesses, dozens of people taking photographs and several people filming the event. Any one of them could have exposed the presence of multiple gunmen in a way that could not have been covered up.

[@klee4969]

Great work by Oliver Stone team & the cast, I remember enjoyed watching this years ago

[@fawziekefli2273]

2:48 Dale Dye's voice is so damn iconic, you know it's him before you even see him.

[@anniew4105]

Why doesnt Oliver stein ever mention israel?

[@adrianwarner8686]

A masterclass in exposition.

[@MrTruckman1971]

Reality is worst than fiction,

[@BellaRainDrops]

I loved this film as a 14 year old it blew my mind.

[@DJCroBar]

Now google the one company that owns every single defense contractor supplying the Ukraine war....

[@qttelescope8363]

"Noting is left to chance"...yes. For JFK case he was destined to die. However, Trump case...there were lot of chance to escape and he did escape. That is the QUESTION!

[@gglen2141]

I hope we don't have to deal with this again but with Trump shutting down the Ukraine war being the reason.

[@GuildOfTheBlackCrow]

Four agents from the government disliked this video.

[@Test4Echos]

There are more of them in the comment section.

[@DavidArbuckle-sc8zc]

My only complaint about Oliver Stone was that he spent too much time on the New Orleans part of the story instead of the evidence in Dealey Plaza. In his defense, we know a lot more about the evidence NOW than we did in the 1990s. But this was a fantastic movie. One of the strange things that sticks out about that day, is there was lots of evidence of a threat long before the Motorcade. There was an almost identical plot in Chicago using Anti Castro Cubans and low and behold, a U.S. Marine who was stationed at the same Airbase as Oswald. They found rifles, and it was busted and the campaign visit was canceled. It was foiled by the first Black Secret Service Agent (Abraham Boulden) in History after he received a tip from a man named Lee.

[@guillermobarrio55]

I don't quite believe this conspiracy, but I could not stop watching this scene over and over when the movie came out. Brilliant piece of acting.

[@bottletree33]

Everything that is hidden will be shouted from the rooftops. In that day all will be revealed. Kiss the son lest you be found wanting.

[@trickers2269]

Donald Sutherland was quite simply brilliant in this movie. I love watching this movie it really makes you think about how people in power want war regardless of the consequences of the people on the front line

[@philbranagan3137]

Just brilliant work from Sutherland. The change in tone, the pauses, in what is nearly a monologue over a quarter of an hour... outstanding

[@joseerasmocolmenaressalas9681]

"All is about the bucks , Kid, The rest is conversation!" Geko told this great expression in Wall Stree Movie !

[@mattlenton2012]

Without doubt...one of the greatest pieces of acting I've ever witnessed by Sutherland.

[@justinmorgan2126]

Makes no difference if it is true, rich people got rich some people didn't... nothing changed and never will.

[@paultaylor7059]

one of the very best movie scenes that you will see. superbly paced with X's story unfolding piece by piece

[@bobosmith8012]

7pm Dallas time is 11am NZ Time, or Midday in Daylight Savings time. BTW, I live in NZ

[@joseerasmocolmenaressalas9681]

Well , Do u thing that in my country Venezuela this kind Black Ops is carry on ? What do u think?

[@markusgolling9318]

... ja, ... makes complete sense (cui bono, simple as that)...

[@mark-o-man6603]

This movie wouldn't even exist in the first place if there was any truth in what was said in the scene.

[@Pyrrhic537]

Call me cringe, but I got goosebumps the first time I saw this. And 2nd time.

[@xfire7]

Same thing now with Trump . Swamp deems you an enemy you`re in a bad place .

[@martyboy4386]

Donald Sutherland RIP. Great actor of our time.

[@OlikValera]

"The truth is on your side, Bubba"

[@jonboy9912]

At 6.02 e called Lee Harvey Oswald Harvey Lee Oswald!!!!

[@michaeldonovan4793]

Too wordy even for stone..Great performance from costner...

[@CNCTEMATIC]

10:55 - Kennedy's death warrant explained in five sentences

[@colinstewart1432]

Fletcher Prouty is Mr X. But Bill Harvey was in charge of Op Mongoose. He was CIA Staff D so the character of Mr X conflates two different real people. It's still a good film though.

[@paulmatthews2175]

ridiculous if you believe Prouty, no hope

[@ivantopolcic]

One of the best movie scene in history of film making...

[@duncancurtis5108]

Classic Oliver Stone, this. Frantic and fast paced.

[@SaltimusMaximus]

now they are doing it again

[@nigelrequiem]

Thus is how things really work behind the scenes!

[@jameskelly5672]

These murderers are still protected,wtf

[@petercampbell87]

I still say Johnson was involved.

[@roddyboyno1]

Trump dodged ot twice 😂

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

Conspiracy theories aside it's still a brilliant piece of film making that not enough people have seen

[@Test4Echos]

Why do you think it's "Conspiracy theories".

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

@@Test4Echos because it is. It's a theory of a conspiracy that negates the official verdict but lacks credibility. Pretty much the definition of a conspiracy theory. BTW I'm not a denier, I like to keep an open mind

[@Test4Echos]

@@A-small-amount-of-peas Have you read any of the (50 + ?) books about it or any of the documents that has been released even after this film came out? Quite a few documents that existed before the film has been verified too.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

@@Test4Echos I've read one a few years back and saw a few documentaries in the early days of the Internet which I can't seem to find online anymore these days but after hearing both sides I realised life is too short and I didn't really care

[@Test4Echos]

@@A-small-amount-of-peas American Untold Stories here on yt goes in dept on the subject if you want to touch up on what have come out since then.

[@SvendSved-p1u]

no smoke without fire

[@paulyjones3966]

Best acting I ever saw

[@TAKLUFC]

Was the New Zealand newspaper story true?

[@KiwiCatherineJemma]

I don't know, but as someone born and bred in Christchurch NZ (the small city with a big enough airport, being at 44 degrees South Latitude, that it is the service area for the Antarctic flights and servicing there). I can tell you we had 2 major 6-day a week newspapers, an evening newspaper "The Christchurch Star" and a morning paper "The Press", so if you are able to find online digitised versions of them, that is background info you could try to verify yourself. A couple of decades back, as evening newspapers declined as evening broadcast TV news gained popularity, the evening paper "The Christchurch Star" changed to being just a twice a week free newspaper, paid for entirely by advertising. Maybe now known as "The Star" still exists as a free twice weekly paper (with some limited local news) paid for by advertising. "Some" older newspaper material has been digitised by a free website "papers past". Not sure if you can find something there. Remember that NZ is AHEAD of USA date/time and November is our early Summer, so we will probably have been on Daylight Savings/Summer time, then. (But I was but a wee bairn m'self in 1963, so cannot say for sure).

[@derekgorman7939]

When Oddball sobers up and gets clean, he becomes, Mr. X.

[@nolickspittle4753]

Name of movie please.

[@bloodmuffin123]

Dimona

[@нетсубда]

Edward Landsdale

[@freddagg12]

Echos what happened at Trump’s attempted assassination.

[@jantestowy123]

They've tried to pull of the same thing with Trump.

[@waterkaren3636]

this is, in Oliver Stones own words, a work of fiction

[@NoEyeBrows4u]

A great film. Great scene but pure fiction

[@adrianwelch1435]

complete nonsense

[@Ian-lx1iz]

The first ever _Conspiracy Theory_ The start of ALL the lies.

[@LFC4LIFEJEDI]

Greet film, complete work of fiction but still a great film

[@gpapa31]

IMHO this film has set a very very high bar on how political Cold War thrillers should be. Nolan borrowed some of that vibe from this film style and implemented in some form in Oppenheimer. Especially the second part which becomes more of a political court room thriller. Absolutely incredible filmmaking craft by Stone. It just feels soooo real, although as you said more than 90% of it is BS.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

I think "complete" might be a step too far

[@seanbonella]

Wrong 😂

[@jackthelad15]

LFC for life GO BACK TO SLEEP 💤

[@Test4Echos]

How do you know it's complete fiction?

[@Halotest100]

It is one of the all time best cameo's. Mr X (Col Fletcher Prouty) meeting Jim Garrison.

[@michaelsargeant5923]

Fromer president Trump knows 🇬🇧

[@jasonhunter6125]

all these conspiracies are taking focus away from what needs to be done; we need a system where this is not possible.

[@crispytendies1433]

Interesting timing this one popping up in my feed, after watching 2 assassination attempts on a particular presidential candidate who has repeatedly announced his desire to end the two major conflicts currently raging.

[@stephenmurray2851]

Bingo.

[@mlann2333]

​@@stephenmurray2851nothing to do with stirring hatred and attempting a coup with his proud boys, no ?