Beacon Pictures
New Line Cinema
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Thirteen Days
You'll never believe how close we came.
The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
- Original title
- Thirteen Days
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $80,000,000
- Revenue
- $34,566,746
GenerationofSwine
Jul 10, 2023 · via TMDB
Kevin Costner at least tried to do an accent in this movie, which probably means he got a new agent, a yes man that didn't bother to give him the advice that doing believable accents isn't his thing. It's almost like listening to your average Brit trying to sound like an American and completely overdoing it. Do we really sound that exaggerated to them? Who cares, ignore the above, it's still a good movie... despite Costner's accent. Or, possibly, in spite of it. It trashes Dean Achenson, and as a historian the only thing I like to see MORE than Dean getting his just deserts is Allen Dulles getting his... and it throws a jab at that a**hole too. In 2000 that would have been seen as pure liberal honesty, but now it sort of comes across as far right. I mean the movie is literally about avoiding Nuclear War with Russia as the entire Democratic party and the progressive movement seem to want to push us closer and closer to it. It's one of the better political films you can see, and it builds the pressure to the point where you are terrified that the world could end despite the fact it has long come and gone. And the shift from Jack and Bobby to Ken O'Donnel, a humble appointment secretary is probably one of the best approaches and best ideas any Historical Drama has ever had. Start to finish it is one of the best political thrillers of all time.
John Chard
Jul 25, 2015 · via TMDB
The art of political film making in all its glory. "Communicate with the Soviets? We can't communicate with the Pentagon - and it's just across the goddamn river!" October 1962, for 13 days the American government fought to avert a nuclear war when it was discovered that the Soviet Union had deployed nuclear missiles in Cuba. This is that story. Many superlatives can be chucked at Thirteen Days, and all are viable. In simple terms it's an intelligent and gripping political thriller, superbly scripted and performed by a cast firing on all cylinders. It's a treat to find a film of this type that educates while it pitches you into a world of political intrigue, to provoke real life thoughts even as the suspense takes a hold. Yes it's talky, of course it is, but these conversations are real and riveting. And while there's not a duff performance in the acting pack, Bruce Greenwood deserves special praise. He is the leader, the fulcrum, there's not a false note by him, JFK becoming the role he was born to play. Superlatives were invented for films like Thirteen Days. Assuredly so. 9.5/10
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Kenneth O'Donnell
Bruce Greenwood
John F. Kennedy
Steven Culp
Robert F. Kennedy
Dylan Baker
Robert McNamara
Michael Fairman
Adlai Stevenson
Henry Strozier
Dean Rusk
Frank Wood
McGeorge Bundy
Kevin Conway
Gen. Curtis LeMay
Tim Kelleher
Ted Sorensen
Len Cariou
Dean Acheson
Bill Smitrovich
Gen. Maxwell Taylor
Shawn Driscoll
U-2 Pilot
Stephanie Romanov
Jacqueline Kennedy
Lucinda Jenney
Helen O'Donnell
Caitlin Wachs
Kathy O'Donnell
Jon Foster
Kenny O'Donnell, Jr.
Bruce Thomas
Floyd
Dakin Matthews
Arthur Lundahl
Colette O'Connell
Kenny's Assistant #2
Karen Ludwig
Operator Margaret
Audrey Rapoport
White House Operator #1
Ed Lauter
Gen. Marshall Carter
James Karen
George Ball
Peter White
John McCone
Kelly Connell
Pierre Salinger
Olek Krupa
Andrei Gromyko
Elya Baskin
Anotoly Dobrinyn
Timothy Jerome
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Jack McGee
Richard J. Daley
John Aylward
Orville Dryfoos
Madison Mason
Adm. George Anderson
Christopher Lawford
Cmdr. William B. Ecker
David O'Donnell
Lt. Bruce Wilhemy
Benjamin Koldyke
RF-8 Pilot
Ruben Moreno
Argentine Diplomat
Thomas Roberts
Sonar Operator
Michael Gaston
Captain of USS Pierce
J. Tucker Smith
Captain of USS Kennedy
Chris Henry Coffey
Officer of Destroyer
Oleg Vidov
Valerian Zorin
Alex Veadov
Radio Room Operator #3
Jack Blessing
John Scali
Tom Everett
Walter Sheridan
Karl Makinen
Young FBI Agent
Boris Lee Krutonog
Alexander Fomin
Charles Esten
Maj. Rudolf Anderson
Allan Graf
Football Referee
Robert Miranda
RFK's Driver
Todd Sible
RFK's Staffer
Cliff Fleming
Aerial Coordinator
Craig Hosking
Pilot
Greg Bronson
Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ryder Davis
Boy Scout (uncredited)
Armen Garo
Crewman on Freighter (uncredited)
Phil Hawn
UN Administrator (uncredited)
Rick Kain
Carpenter (uncredited)
John F. Kennedy
Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pramod Kumar
U Thant (uncredited)
Richard Rossi
Reporter (uncredited)
Brad Yoder
Sorensen's Assistant (uncredited)
Denise Pizzini
Set Decoration
Andrzej Bartkowiak
Director of Photography
Isis Mussenden
Costume Design
Gary Archer
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Allan Graf
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Roger Donaldson
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Nancy Rae Stone
Executive In Charge Of Production
Ilona Herzberg
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Marc Abraham
Executive Producer
Michael De Luca
Executive Producer
Armyan Bernstein
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Kevin Costner
Producer
Trevor Jones
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Harry Cohen
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David E. Fluhr
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