Based the true events of tragic car accident in 1969 involving U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (Jason Clarke) and
campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne (Kate Mara), the film also stars Ed Helms, Jim Gaffigan, Clancy Brown, Taylor Nichols, Olivia Thirlby, and Bruce Dern; -LSB-...]
Directed by John Curran, the film recalls the mysterious events of tragic car accident in 1969 involving U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (Jason Clarke) and
campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne (Kate Mara); take a look -LSB-...]
Chappaquiddick (PG - 13 for smoking, profanity, mature themes and disturbing images) Historical docudrama recounting Ted Kennedy's (Jason Clarke) summer of ’69 car accident that claimed the life of 28 year - old,
campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne (Kate Mara).
The film chronicles the tragedy when Ted Kennedy drove his car off a bridge, ending the life of
campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne and his chance at the White House.
The movie never made during Ted Kennedy's lifetime purports to examine his role in events leading to the death of
campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne (Kate Mara).
Chappaquiddick (****) This retelling of the death of
campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne (Kate Mara) during a car accident in 1969 while riding with Senator Ted Kennedy (Jason Clarke) is absolutely perfect.
There's also Chappaquiddick, a retelling of the 1969 car accident that almost ended the political career of Senator Ted Kennedy (Jason Clarke) and resulted in the death of his brother's former
campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne (Kate Mara).
Not exact matches
Nevertheless, he's entertaining some
campaign workers, including a young woman named
Mary Jo Kopechne (Kate Mara), who joins Ted for a late - night drive that winds up with their car flying off a bridge and becoming submerged in a pond.
Kennedy (Jason Clarke) attends a party celebrating
campaign workers for his late brother Bobby's 1968 presidential
campaign and offers to drive one of them,
Mary Jo Kopechne (Kate Mara), home.
I refer not to the abject cowardice of Edward «Teddy» Kennedy in the summer of 1969, when the Senator from Massachusetts drunkenly drove a car off a bridge into a lake, leaving a
campaign worker,
Mary Jo Kopechne, trapped inside.
During a celebration for a group of women known as the Boiler Room Girls (who worked on his brother Bobby's ill - fated presidential
campaign the year before), he went off for a night drive with one of the female
campaign workers, 28 - year - old
Mary Jo Kopechne (Kate Mara).
During this time
Mary also volunteered at the
Workers» Action Centre, where she provided assistance with employment standards matters and took part in
worker and advocate - organized
campaigns to raise the minimum wage and achieve systemic legal reform.