---
title: 'Chappaquiddick (2018)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Curran'
released: '2018-04-06'
runtime_minutes: 107
certification: 'PG-13'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/chappaquiddick-2018'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5270948/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Chappaquiddick (2018)

2018 · PG-13 · 107 min · United States


## Synopsis

Chappaquiddick is a 2017 American political drama film directed by John Curran, and written by Taylor Allen and Andrew Logan. The film stars Jason Clarke as U.S. Senator from Massachusetts Ted Kennedy and Kate Mara as Mary Jo Kopechne, with Ed Helms, Bruce Dern, Jim Gaffigan, Clancy Brown, and Olivia Thirlby in supporting roles. The plot details the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident, in which Kennedy's negligence caused an automobile accident which resulted in the death of his 28-year-old passenger Mary Jo Kopechne trapped inside the vehicle, and the Kennedy family's response.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Curran](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-curran)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Garth Stevenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/garth-stevenson)
- **Producer:** [Mark Ciardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-ciardi), [Chris Cowles](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-cowles)
- **Director of Photography:** [Maryse Alberti](https://cinepixo.com/people/maryse-alberti)

## Cast

- [Clancy Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/clancy-brown) as Robert McNamara
- [Jason Clarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-clarke) as Ted Kennedy
- [Olivia Thirlby](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivia-thirlby) as Rachel Schiff
- [Bruce Dern](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-dern) as Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
- [Ed Helms](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-helms) as Joseph Gargan
- [Vince Tycer](https://cinepixo.com/people/vince-tycer) as David W. Burke
- [Jim Gaffigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-gaffigan) as Paul F. Markham
- [Taylor Nichols](https://cinepixo.com/people/taylor-nichols) as Ted Sorensen
- [Patrick Sheehan](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-sheehan) as John V. Tunney
- [Bill Humphreys](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-humphreys) as James Reston
- [Alison Wachtler](https://cinepixo.com/people/alison-wachtler) as Liz Trotta
- [Andria Blackman](https://cinepixo.com/people/andria-blackman) as Joan Bennett Kennedy
- [Kate Mara](https://cinepixo.com/people/kate-mara) as Mary Jo Kopechne
- [David De Beck](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-de-beck) as Sargent Shriver
- [Victor Warren](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-warren) as Stephen Edward Smith

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