Java Post Production was very pleased to contribute some of the visual effects to the new Minds Eye Entertainment feature film, November 1963.

Directed by two-time Academy Award nominee Roland Joffé (The Killing Fields, The Mission), the movie stars John Travolta (Pulp Fiction), Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty, Trainspotting), Dermot Mulroney (Anyone But You), Mandy Patinkin (The Princess Bride), Jefferson White (Yellowstone), and Thomas Fiscella (Jersey Boys National Tour).

The story unfolds over the 48 hours leading up to the assassination of U.S. president John F. Kennedy, centering on the figures in the shadows - the mobsters, intermediaries and political players whose backdoor dealings helped shape one of the most debated events in modern history.

Nicholas Celozzi, the grand-nephew of mobster and Chicago Outfit boss Sam Giancana, wrote the screenplay based on the accounts of Joseph “Pepe” Giancana, who spent two days with Sam prior to Kennedy’s assassination. The film also draws on eyewitness testimonies and declassified Kennedy files.

John Travolta (right) on the set of November 1963 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Photo by David Lipnowski / ChrisD.ca)

November 1963 is produced by the film’s writer Nicholas Celozzi (left) and the president and CEO of Regina-based Minds Eye Entertainment, Kevin DeWalt (right). (Photo by Allen Fraser)

Above: a period car on-set with a modern camera crane. Below: the Exchange District of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, standing in for 1960s Chicago and Dallas.  (Photos by Allen Fraser)