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Thirteen Days (Infinifilm Edition)

starring: Shawn Driscoll, Kevin Costner, Drake Cook, Lucinda Jenney, Caitlin Wachs
directed by: Roger Donaldson

: Thirteen Days (Infinifilm Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780780634114
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 078063411X
Label: New Line Home Video
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 10, 2001
Running Time: 147 minutes
Sales Rank: 4715
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: January 12, 2001



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Product Description:
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. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 12/12/2006 Starring: Kevin Costner Steven Culp Run time: 145 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Roger Donaldson

Amazon.com:
When released in December 2000, Thirteen Days was pummeled for taking liberties with the facts of the Cuban missile crisis and smothering its compelling drama with phony Boston accents by its primary stars. More tolerant critics hailed it as one of the year's best films, and that's the opinion to believe for anyone who enjoys taut, intelligent political thrillers. For those too young to relate directly to the timeless urgency of the crisis that played out over 13 days in October 1962, Thirteen Days joins the classic TV treatment The Missiles of October (1973) as an intense and thought-provoking study of leadership under pressure.

The film (and costar-coproducer Kevin Costner) drew criticism for fictionally enhancing the White House role of presidential aide Kenneth O'Donnell, but while Costner's Boston accent may be grating, his fine performance as O'Donnell offers expert witness to the crisis, its nerve-wracking escalation, and the efforts of John F. Kennedy (Bruce Greenwood) and Robert F. Kennedy (Steven Culp) to negotiate a peaceful settlement with Russia. While Soviet missiles approach operational status in Cuba, director Roger Donaldson (who directed Costner in No Way Out) cuts to exciting U.S. Navy flights over the missile site, ramping up the tension that history itself provided. Donaldson's occasional use of black and white is self-consciously distracting, and he's further guilty of allowing a shrillness (along with repetitive, ominous shots of nuclear explosions) to invade the urgency of David Self's screenplay. Still, as Hollywood history lessons go, Thirteen Days is riveting stuff. You may find yourself wondering what might happen if reality presented a repeat scenario under less intelligent leadership. --Jeff Shannon



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Flawed ending
There are many things to admire in this well-ventilated political thriller. And some flaws, like Kevin ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - 13 Days
I'd never heard of this movie until 10 days ago. I'd worn a red CCCP tee to work and one of the guys asked ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Wish President & Congress All Saw This in 2003 Before Iraq II
I saw this film years ago before Iraq War II and was surprised at how well the story was told.

The ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - PROPAGANDA
This movie presents just a half of the truth.

Facts that weren't presented

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Outstanding film
Historical and New England accent accuracies aside, this was a fabulous cinematic endeavor. I'm no Kennedy fan by ... Read More

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