Thirteen days [videorecording] / from Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment, Beacon Pictures presents a Roger Donaldson film ; produced by Armyan Bernstein, Peter O. Almond, and Kevin Costner ; written by David Self ; directed by Roger Donaldson.
Kennedy tapes: inside the White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Notes:
DVD release of the 2000 motion picture. 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 figures commentary featuring archival audio of John F. Kennedy, Robert McNamara, Kenneth P. O'Donnell and others ; historical documentary 'Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis' ; production documentary 'Bringing History to the Silver Screen'; historical figures biographical sketches ; introduction to visual effects ; theatrical trailer. Cast: Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp.
Summary:
For thirteen extraordinary days in October of 1962, the world stood on the brink of an unthinkable catastrophe. Across the globe, people anxiously awaited the outcome of a harrowing political, diplomatic, and military confrontation that threatened to end in an apocalyptic nuclear exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union. In Thirteen Days, the power and peril of the American presidency is dramatically explored by director Roger Donaldson, who captures the urgency, suspense and paralyzing chaos of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The alarming escalation of events during those fateful days really brought President John F. Kennedy and his brother Bobby to the fore, and it's through the eyes of a trusted presidential aide and confidante, Kenneth P. O'Donnell that the story unfolds. Inspired by the real-life events that took place in the Kennedy White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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