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Chappaquiddick (2018)

★ 6.1 · 286 ratings on TMDB

The Untold True Story

Chappaquiddick poster★ 6.1

Ted Kennedy's life and political career become derailed in the aftermath of a fatal car accident in 1969 that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.

DirectorJohn Curran
CastBruce Dern, Clancy Brown, Ed Helms, Gillian Mariner Gordon, Jason Clarke, Jim Gaffigan
GenresDrama, History, Thriller
The emergence reading

Chappaquiddick keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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