Jim Garrison’s Unlikely Rise To Power In New Orleans. Born on November 20, 1921, Jim Garrison spent the first half of his life like many men from his generation.

Though New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) was the film's protagonist, Stone said Garrison did not have a very strong case in 1969. "He had a thin case, no question about it ...

From the moment that New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison dealt himself into the Kennedy assassination controversy last fall, he has forced up the ante with one bizarre theory after another.