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Originally Posted by AnamorphicWidescreen

It seems obvious that they probably had to wait until the actual people featured in this case died before they made a film based on the event.

Interestingly enough, there was pressure from high power individuals not wanting the film to be released.

In a March 2018 interview, Byron Allen, CEO of Entertainment Studios, which distributed the film, stated that "there are some very powerful people who tried to put pressure on me not to release this movie". Boston Herald journalist Howie Carr speculated that this was a reference to Chris Dodd, who had been a longtime friend and ally of Kennedy's when he served in the U.S. Senate, and had more recently been president of the Motion Picture Association of America

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappa...nd_politicians

Perhaps that's why it took so many years to get a film about.