Release Date: 7/10/2001 Original Release: 2000 Format: DVD Widescreen Length: 147 minutes Rating:PG-13 (MPAA) Rating Reason: brief, strong language UPC: 794043520228 Studio: Warner Home Video
Dramas, Politics, War, History, Theatrical Release, 1960s
Description
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.
DVD Features
Region 1 Keep Case Letterbox - 1.85 Widescreen - 1.85 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Additional Release Material: Deleted Scenes Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer Making Of: Visual Effects Scene Deconstructions 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 Documentary: 1. ROOTS OF THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS 2. BRINGING HISTORY TO THE SILVER SCREEN Interactive Features: Interactive Menus: Full-Motion Menus Pop-Ups Text/Photo Galleries: Filmographies: Cast & Crew Biographies: Historical Figures Biographies Gallery Additional Text: Historical Information Subtitle Track DVD-ROM Features: Weblinks Script-To-Screen
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