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Format:
Video disc
Title:
Thirteen Days
Uniform Title:
Thirteen days (Motion picture)
ISBN:
9780780634114

9780780636323
Publication:
[United States] : New Line Home Entertainment, [2001]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 147 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000.

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 commentary, documentary 'Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis', documentary 'Bringing history to the silver screen', historical figures biography gallery, visual effects scene demonstrations, deleted scenes with director commentary, cast and crew filmographies, theatrical trailers; DVD-ROM content: script to screen screenplay, link to original website.
Contents:
Special features: Widescreen version presented in a "letterboxed" widescreen format ; enhanced for widescreen TVs -- Filmmaker commentary featuring director Robert Donaldson, Kevin Costner and others -- Deleted scenes with director commentary -- Visual effects scene deconstructions -- multi-angle feature -- Cast and crew filmographies -- Beyond the Movie features: Historical figures commentary ; Documentary: Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis ; Historical figures biographical gallery ; Historical information track -- DVD-ROM features. This disc supports parental lock.
Summary:
Inspired by the real-life events that took place in the Kennedy White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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. President John F. Kennedy and Special Assistant to the President Kenneth P. O'Donnell are in the hot seat as they struggle to prevent nuclear war"--DVD sleeve
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: PG-13.
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