History Film / Jackie

'''The Priest''':Because we do. You did this morning, you will again tomorrow. But God, in his infinite wisdom, has made sure it is just enough for us.

* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: While she's not actually the sovereign, there's a similar dynamic at work. Jackie is very conscious of her family's image, and is constantly aware that she's putting on a show even as she's working through her grief.

--> '''Ladybird Johnson.''' Can I send somebody to help you change? Before we land. All those cameras. People will be watching.
--> '''Jackie.''' There were [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wanted_for_treason.jpg Wanted posters everywhere]]. For Jack. With Jack's face on them. ''Let them see what they've done.''

--> '''Valenti.''' I just can't have my President walking.
--> '''Bobby Kennedy.''' ''Your'' President?
--> '''Valenti.''' My President.
--> '''Bobby Kennedy.''' Well, regardless of what happens, my brother's going to be carried in a box.
--> '''Valenti.''' And I am sorry, sir.
--> '''Bobby Kennedy.''' [considers for a moment, then:] Fuck off.

It stars Creator/NataliePortman as UsefulNotes/JacquelineKennedy, who is coping with the aftermath of her husband UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy's assassination.

* RaisedCatholic: Jackie is an Irish Catholic like her husband and children. In one scene, she visits a church to meet with a priest after the assassination of JFK.

''Jackie'' is a 2016 film directed by Pablo Larraín and produced by Creator/DarrenAronofsky, starring Creator/NataliePortman as UsefulNotes/JacquelineKennedy coping with the aftermath of her husband UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy's assassination. The film also features Creator/PeterSarsgaard, Creator/BillyCrudup, Creator/GretaGerwig, and Creator/JohnHurt in his last film performance before his death in 2017.
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** "The Journalist" isn't named in the film although he is based on Theodore H. White, Arthur M. Schlesinger and William Manchester, three reporters that did interview Jackie.

* PlotTriggeringDeath: John Kennedy's murder happens at the very start of the film, and almost everything else that happens is the fallout.
* PosthumousCharacter: John Kennedy, who's almost TheGhost -- he only appears briefly in a few flashbacks.

* AnachronicOrder: The film hops around between several timelines: the events directly following Kennedy's murder, a tour of the White House a few years earlier, an interview with a reporter about a week later, and a conversation with a priest some time after that.

* CharacterTitle: The movie is named after Jackie Kennedy herself.

* PinkMeansFeminine: Jackie, both in the film and in real life.

''Jackie'' is a 2016 film directed by Creator/PabloLarraín and produced by Creator/DarrenAronofsky, starring Creator/NataliePortman as UsefulNotes/JacquelineKennedy coping with the aftermath of her husband UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy's assassination. The film also features Creator/PeterSarsgaard, Creator/BillyCrudup, Creator/GretaGerwig, and Creator/JohnHurt in his last film performance before his death in 2017.

''Jackie'' is a 2016 film directed by Pablo Larraín and produced by Creator/DarrenAronofsky, starring Creator/NataliePortman as UsefulNotes/JacquelineKennedy coping with the aftermath of her husband UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy's assassination. The film also features Creator/PeterSarsgaard, Creator/BillyCrudup, Creator/GretaGerwig, and Creator/JohnHurt in his last film performance before his death in 2017.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Virtually everyone including Jackie are real-life historical figures. The only exceptions are The Journalist and The Priest.

* NoNameGiven: "The Journalist" isn't named in the film although he is based on Theodore H. White, Arthur M. Schlesinger and William Manchester, three reporters that did interview Jackie.

* NoNameGiven: Although the reporter is clearly meant to be Theodore H. White, who interviewed Jackie for ''Life'' magazine shortly after the assassination, he's only credited as "The Journalist."

* HeroicBSOD: An excellent depiction of the real First Lady's one of these.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: After Jackie's flinty "let them see what they've done" to Ladybird Johnson, Kenny O'Donnell[[note]]JFK's special assistant/appointment secretary[[/note]] in the background finishes off his whiskey this way.