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Thirteen Days( 2000)

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You'll never believe how close we came.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Kevin Costner

      Kenneth O'Donnell

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      Bruce Greenwood

      John F. Kennedy

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      Steven Culp

      Robert F. Kennedy

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      Dylan Baker

      Robert McNamara

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      Michael Fairman

      Adlai Stevenson

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      Henry Strozier

      Dean Rusk

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      Frank Wood

      McGeorge Bundy

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      Kevin Conway

      Gen. Curtis LeMay

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      Tim Kelleher

      Ted Sorensen

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      Len Cariou

      Dean Acheson

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      Bill Smitrovich

      Gen. Maxwell Taylor

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      Shawn Driscoll

      U-2 Pilot

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      Drake Cook

      Mark O'Donnell

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      Stephanie Romanov

      Jacqueline Kennedy

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      Lucinda Jenney

      Helen O'Donnell

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      Caitlin Wachs

      Kathy O'Donnell

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      Jon Foster

      Kenny O'Donnell, Jr.

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      Matthew Dunn

      Kevin O'Donnell

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      Kevin O'Donnell

      NPIC Photo Interpreter

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      Janet Coleman

      Evelyn Lincoln

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      Bruce Thomas

      Floyd

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      Dakin Matthews

      Arthur Lundahl

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      Liz Sinclair

      Kenny's Assistant #1

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      Colette O'Connell

      Kenny's Assistant #2

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      Karen Ludwig

      Operator Margaret

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      Audrey Rapoport

      White House Operator #1

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      Marliese Schneider

      White House Operator #2

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      Ed Lauter

      Gen. Marshall Carter

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      Walter Adrian

      Lyndon Johnson

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      James Karen

      George Ball

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      Dan Ziskie

      Gen. Walter 'Cam' Sweeney

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      Peter White

      John McCone

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      Kelly Connell

      Pierre Salinger

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      Olek Krupa

      Andrei Gromyko

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      Elya Baskin

      Anotoly Dobrinyn

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      Timothy Jerome

      Journalist

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      Jack McGee

      Richard J. Daley

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      Lamar Smith

      Aide

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      John Aylward

      Orville Dryfoos

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      Madison Mason

      Adm. George Anderson

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      Vivien Straus

      White House Aide

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      Christopher Lawford

      Cmdr. William B. Ecker

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      David O'Donnell

      Lt. Bruce Wilhemy

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      Gene Del Bianco

      Petty Officer

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      Benjamin Koldyke

      RF-8 Pilot

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      Daniel Vergara

      OAS Secretary General José A. Mora

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      Ruben Moreno

      Argentine Diplomat

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      Thomas Roberts

      Sonar Operator

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      Sean Bergin

      Chief Sonarman

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      Alan Francis Sullivan

      Executive Officer of USS Pierce

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      Robert Munstis

      Radio Room Operator #1

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      Michael Gaston

      Captain of USS Pierce

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      Joseph Repoff

      Radio Room Operator #2

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      J. Tucker Smith

      Captain of USS Kennedy

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      Chris Henry Coffey

      Officer of Destroyer

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      Oleg Vidov

      Valerian Zorin

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      Radu Gavor

      Romanian Delegate

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      Zitto Kazann

      Chilean Delegate

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      Alex Veadov

      Radio Room Operator #3

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      Jack Blessing

      John Scali

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      Tom Everett

      Walter Sheridan

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      Karl Makinen

      Young FBI Agent

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      Boris Lee Krutonog

      Alexander Fomin

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      Charles Esten

      Maj. Rudolf Anderson

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      Charles Barrett

      Air Force NCO

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      Darryl Smith

      Football Coach

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      Allan Graf

      Football Referee

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      Robert Miranda

      RFK's Driver

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      Todd Sible

      RFK's Staffer

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      Marya Kazakova

      Soviet Woman

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      Cliff Fleming

      Aerial Coordinator

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      Craig Hosking

      Pilot

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      Michael R. Bowman

      Aide to JFK (uncredited)

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      Greg Bronson

      Secret Service Agent (uncredited)

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      Walter Cronkite

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Ryder Davis

      Boy Scout (uncredited)

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      Roger Ferreira

      Army Lieutenant General (uncredited)

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      Armen Garo

      Crewman on Freighter (uncredited)

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      Gilley Grey

      Air Force Pilot (uncredited)

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      Phil Hawn

      UN Administrator (uncredited)

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      Rick Kain

      Carpenter (uncredited)

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      John F. Kennedy

      Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Steven Koller

      White House Staff (uncredited)

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      Pramod Kumar

      U Thant (uncredited)

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      Richard Rossi

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Larry Strauss

      Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon (uncredited)

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      Brad Yoder

      Sorensen's Assistant (uncredited)

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    Review 2Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    9.5
    Written by John Chard on Sat Jul 25 2015
    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 t...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    80000000.00

    Revenue

    34566746.00

    Keywords

    • usa president
    • politics
    • atomic bomb
    • cold war
    • john f. kennedy
    • threat
    • cuban missile crisis
    • diplomacy
    • 1960s