Thirteen Days 2000

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 145 min

genre: historical

theme: political thriller

director: Roger Donaldson

Score: 7 / 10

Thirteen Days is a 2000 American historical political thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson. It dramatizes the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, seen from the perspective of the American political leadership. Kevin Costner stars as top White House assistant Kenneth P. O'Donnell, with Bruce Greenwood featured as President John F. Kennedy, Steven Culp as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and Dylan Baker as Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.

Plot

In October 1962, U-2 aerial surveillance photos reveal that the Soviet Union is placing intermediate-range ballistic missiles carrying nuclear weapons in Cuba. U.S. President John F. Kennedy and his advisers must come up with a plan to prevent their activation. Kennedy wants to show that the United States will not allow a missile threat. The Joint Chiefs of Staff advise military strikes against the missile sites followed by an invasion of Cuba. Kennedy is reluctant to this because it would likely cause the Soviets to invade West Berlin, which could lead to an all-out war. Kennedy sees an analogy to the events that started World War I, where the tactics of both sides' commanders had not evolved since the previous war and were obsolete, only this time nuclear weapons are involved. War appears to be almost inevitable.

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More details

author	David Self
contentLocation	Connecticut Cuba Florida Oval Office Washington, D.C. White House
director	Roger Donaldson
editor	Conrad Buff IV
events	Cold War Cuban Missile Crisis
genre	drama historical political thriller
keywords	abc news air force aleksandr fomin alexander feklisov anatoly dobrynin blockade bluegill triple prime defcon defcon 2 excomm executive committee of the national security council follow force intermediate-range ballistic missile john a. scali john f. kennedy joint chiefs of staff jupiter kennedy administration kenneth o\'donnell kill killing the pilot lockheed u-2 missile threat national security nikita khrushchev nuclear weapons pgm-19 jupiter politburo politburo of the communist party of the soviet union premier premier of the soviet union presidency of john f. kennedy president of the united states quarantine quid pro quo robert robert f. kennedy rudolf anderson rules of engagement soviet union strategic air command the national turkey u-2 u.s. president understand united states west berlin world war i
musicBy	Trevor Jones
producer	Armyan Bernstein Kevin Costner Peter Almond
productionCompany	Beacon Pictures
publisher	Buena Vista International New Line Cinema Variety
recordedAt	Alhambra Glendale Los Angeles Newport Philippines The Biltmore Los Angeles USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Washington, D.C.
theme	docudrama political thriller war