If CBS Sunday Morning knew what it was doing, it would be terrifying.
But this morning they led with a piece about a very sketchy movie coming next month. It’s called “November 1963,” about the JFK assassination.
I told you about this movie in May. It’s all about the Giancana family cashing on the beloved president’s murder.
Sam Giancana is the mobster who shared a girlfriend with JFK. Her name was Judith Campbell Exner. They’ve each been part of the lore of the assassination. But in the movie, Exner does not exist. She’s the main character, but they’ve apparently left part out.
Giancana’s grand nephew wrote the film and produced it with all the members of his family. In other words, the Giancanas have found a way to cash in on the assassination.
Of course, king of the straight to video movies, John Travolta, is involved. Why not? He already played John Gotti in a disastrous flop.
“November 1963” is a total low end job. The Giancana nephew is on the far fringes of Hollywood. The director they hired, Roland Joffe, is famous for “B” films. Distributor Ketchup Entertainment rescued “Coyote vs. Acme” this year, but they are also on the outskirts of town. If you can’t get a regular distributor, Ketchup is just a notch above the bottom, i.e. Vertical.
CBS Sunday Morning is often clueless about these matters. This episode was pretty egregious, just like their “You Can See Everything” segment. More on that later.
Meantime, the Giancana family — famous for being vicious Mafia — reap some kind of monetary award for being involved in the JFK assassination. Let’s not give them our money.
