Thirteen days / presented by New Line Cinema in association with Beacon Pictures ; a Roger Donaldson film ; produced by Armyan Bernstein, Peter O. Almond and Kevin Costner ; written by David Self ; directed by Roger Donaldson.

"For thirteen extraordinary days in October 1962, the world stood on the brink of an unthinkable catastrophe. After the discovery of Soviet weapons in Cuba, events and tension escalate between two military superpowers and within the White House. President John F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy and Special A...

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Main Author: Jones, Trevor, 1949 March 23- (Composer)
Corporate Authors: New Line Cinema Corporation, Beacon Productions, New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Bernstein, Armyan (Producer), Almond, Peter O. (Producer), Costner, Kevin (Actor, Producer), Self, David (Screenwriter), Donaldson, Roger (Director), Greenwood, Bruce, 1956- (Actor), Culp, Steven (Actor), Baker, Dylan (Actor), Bartkowiak, Andrzej (Cinematographer), Deakins, Roger A., 1949- (Cinematographer), Duddy, Christopher (Cinematographer), Buff, Conrad (Film editor), Washington, Dennis (Designer)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: [United States] : New Line Home Entertainment, [2001], ©2000.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Infinifilm.
Subjects:
Kennedy, John F. > (John Fitzgerald), > 1917-1963 > Drama.
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, > 1894-1971 > Drama.
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 > Drama.
Feature films.
Historical films.
Video recordings.
Cuba > History > 1959-1990 > Drama.
Political films.
Political drama.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Political films.
Video recordings.
Historical films.
Political drama.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (147 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
13 days.
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
"For thirteen extraordinary days in October 1962, the world stood on the brink of an unthinkable catastrophe. After the discovery of Soviet weapons in Cuba, events and tension escalate between two military superpowers and within the White House. President John F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy and Special Assistant to the President Kenneth P. O'Donnell are in the hot seat as they struggle to prevent nuclear war."--Container notes.
Note:Based on the book "The Kennedy tapes : inside the White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis", edited by Ernest R. May and Philip D. Zelikow.
Special features: filmmaker commentary with Kevin Costner, Roger Donaldson, David Self and others ; historical commentary ; documentary 'Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis' ; documentary 'Bringing history to the silver screen' ; historical figures biography gallery ; visual effects scene demonstrations ; deleted scenes with director commentary ; cast and crew filmographies ; theatrical trailers ; DVD-ROM content: script to screen screenplay, link to original website.
Videorecording.
Call Number:PN1995.9.D65 T55 2001 VideoDVD
AF6 D0005422 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: PG-13.
ISBN:9780780634114
078063411X
Credits:Cinematographers, Andrezej Bartkowiak, Roger Deakins, Christopher Duddy ; editor, Conrad Buff ; original music, Trevor Jones ; production designer, Dennis Washington.
System Details:DVD ; Region 1 ; widescreen (1.85:1) ; Dolby digital, DTS surround sound.
Cast:
Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp, Dylan Baker.