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Thirteen Days (DVD)

Kevin Costner (actor), Bruce Greenwood (actor) and Roger Donaldson (director)
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Review

Los Angeles Times, 12/25/2001, p.F1, "...Crisp and involving....Efficient and low-key, THIRTEEN DAYS takes itself seriously enough while maintaining a powerful dramatic momentum..."

Film Comment, 01/01/2001, p.75-6, "...A very good articulation of values at a timely moment..."

Total Film, 04/01/2001, p.86, "...Eerie, compelling viewing....This riveting thriller will have you talking and thinking long after the lights have gone up..." -- 4 out of 5 stars

Chicago Sun-Times, 01/12/2001, p.29, "...Intelligent....Steven Culp makes a good Bobby Kennedy, sharp-edged and protective of his brother, and Dylan Baker's resemblance to McNamara is uncanny..."

USA Today, 12/21/2000, p.1D, "...The actor who steals [the film] is the one who should: Bruce Greenwood as JFK..." -- 3 out of 4 stars

Entertainment Weekly, 12/22/2000, pp.106-17, Ranked #10 in Entertainment Weekly's "Owen Gleiberman's BEST MOVIES OF 2000"
-- "...Vividly detailed, pulse-quickening..."

Box Office, 01/01/2001, p.63, "...Genuinely gripping....Virtually nonstop suspense..."

Title Note

Theatrical release: December 20, 2000.

THIRTEEN DAYS was shot on location in Glendale, California; Washington, D.C.; Newport, Rhode Island, and in the Philippines.

The spectacular atomic explosions shown at the opening of THIRTEEN DAYS are the work of special effects producer, Peter Kuran.

Among the many real-life people vividly portrayed on the screen in THIRTEEN DAYS are President Kennedy's Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara (Dylan Baker); his Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (Henry Strozier); Former Secretary of State (for President Truman), Dean Acheson (Len Cariou); UN Representative Adalai Stevenson (Michael Fairman); Admiral George Anderson (Madison Mason); General Maxwell Taylor (Bill Smitrovich); General Curtis LeMay (Kevin Conway); and Kennedy's Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger (Kelly Connell).

Jami Bernard of the New York Times and Owen Glieberman of Entertainment Weekly named THIRTEEN DAYS one of the top ten films of 2000.

The Broadcast Film Critics Association nominated THIRTEEN DAYS for Best Picture in 2000.

Bruce Greenwood was named Best Supporting Actor, Drama and Conrad Buff was awarded Best Film Editing by the Golden Satellite Awards presented by the International Press Academy.

Release Note

Additional Release Materials:
Bonus Feature - 1. BRINGING HISTORY TO THE SILVER SCREEN

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Roger Donaldson - Director, Kevin Costner - Star, David Self - Screenwriter, Michael DeLuca - Executive Producer
2. John F. Kennedy, Sergei Krushchev, Ernest R. May, Philip D. Zelikow, Pierre Salinger
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Deleted Scenes
Making-Of - 1. Visual Effects Scene Deconstructions
Documentary - 1. ROOTS OF THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
2. BRINGING HISTORY TO THE SILVER SCREEN
Full-Motion Menus
Interactive Features:
Pop-Ups
Text/Photo Galleries:
Additional Text - 1. Historical Information Subtitle Track
Filmographies - 1. Cast & Crew
Biographies - 1. Historical Figures Biographies Gallery
DVD-ROM Features:
Script-To-Screen
Weblinks

Product Notes

A series of beautiful but devastating atomic explosions provides a vision of gorgeous, appalling destruction that hangs ominously over the political drama of THIRTEEN DAYS. It's October 16, 1962 and, it is not just another day at the office for Kenneth O'Donnell (Kevin Costner), the Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy (Bruce Greenwood). The President has just been handed a series of photographs taken from a U-2 spy plane over Cuba, showing deployed Soviet missile launchers capable of firing medium-range ballistic missiles that could hit most major US cities within minutes.

THIRTEEN DAYS is a vivid dramatization of what happened in the Kennedy White House during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Seen through the eyes of O'Donnell, it is a close-up view of President Kennedy and his brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (Steven Culp), as they try to handle a crisis that has many of their closest advisors ready to wage what all feared might have been the ultimate war. The script, by David Self, is based on interviews, CIA documents, and White House tapes. Director Roger Donaldson captures the extraordinary tension in the White House as he brings to life every heart-stopping moment.

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