Thirteen Days

Set in 1962, this film takes a detailed look at what happened in the US White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis. For those that don't know about this, during the Cold War between the USA and the USSR, the Russians started installing nuclear missiles in Cuba, off the American coast. This led to a game of political brinkmanship as President Kennedy and his advisors tried to get the missiles removed without war breaking out, and without alarming the American public.

145 minutes.
Parental Guidance (Language) .
Drama

Thank goodness Slick Willie was not in charge!

Credits

Cast	Kevin Costner, Drake Cook, Lucinda Jenney, Caitlin Wachs, Bruce Greenwood, Michael Fairman, Kevin Conway
Director	Roger Donaldson
Screenplay	David Self, based on a book by Ernest R. May, Philip D. Zelikow
Music	Trevor Jones
Cinematography	Andrzej Bartkowiak, Roger Deakins, Christopher Duddy
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Made in	2000
Produced by	Beacon Communications LLC

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Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
The Moviesite Ian Douglas	13
Cape Argus Adrian Monteath	15
Cape Argus Derek Wilson	15
The Cape Times Wilhelm Snyman	15
The Star Janine Walker	14
Die Burger Francois Smith	10
Sunday Times Barry Ronge	15
eye Weekly Catharine Tunnacliffe	10
Box Office Michael Tunison	13
ReelViews James Berardinelli	15
Total Film Simon Crook	15
Film Review James Cameron-Wilson	15
Uncut Gavin Martin	15
What the People say
Internet 2903 Netizens	16
Average .. 70%	14

Visitor Comments

Ian Douglas: An adult drama, youngsters may find it a bit slow. However older audiences, especially those who can remember back to 1962, are likely to find this engrossing.

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Thirteen Days

Credits

Ratings

What the Critics say

What the People say

Average .. 70%

Visitor Comments