Thirteen Days

War, Thriller

Kevin Costner	Kenny O'Donnell
Bruce Greenwood	President John F. Kennedy
Dylan Baker	Robert McNamara
Len Cariou	Dean Acheson
Ed Lauter	Lt. Gen. Marshall Carter
Steven Culp	Atty. Gen Robert F. Kennedy
Michael Fairman	Adlai Stevenson
Henry Strozier	Dean Rusk
Frank Wood	McGeorge Bundy
Kevin Conway	Gen. Curtis LeMay
Shawn Driscoll	U-2 Pilot
Drake Cook	Mark O'Donnell
Lucinda Jenney	Helen O'Donnell
Caitlin Wachs	Kathy O'Donnell
Jon Foster	Kenny O'Donnell, Jr.
Matthew Dunn	Kevin O'Donnell
Kevin O'Donnell	NPIC Photo Interpreter
Janet Coleman	Evelyn Lincoln
Bruce Thomas	Floyd

Director	Roger Donaldson
Producer	Armyan Bernstein; Kevin Costner; Marc Abraham; Peter O. Almond
Writer	Ernest R. May; Philip D. Zelikow; David Self

The movie "Thirteen Days" is about the Cuban missile crisis. It is told from the point of view of Special Assistant to The President Kenny O'Donnell (Kevin Costner). This movie covers the entire plot, but does not provide much of a political or historical context. It shows how President Kennedy (Bruce Greenwood) covered up the situation at the beginning while he prepared a response, and then, unlike other presidents told America exactly what was going on. The movie reveals how Kennedy took an unprecedented amount of control over the armed forces. The top generals wanted to go to war with Cuba, and Kennedy went around them and prevented armed conflict with delicate control.