Thirteen Days ( film ) - wikipedia Thirteen Days ( film ) Thirteen Days Theatrical release poster Directed by Roger Donaldson Produced by Armyan Bernstein Peter Almond Kevin Costner Written by David Self Based on The Kennedy Tapes : Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis by Ernest May and Philip Zelikow Starring Kevin Costner Bruce Greenwood Steven Culp Dylan Baker Music by Trevor Jones Cinematography Roger Deakins Edited by Conrad Buff Production company Beacon Pictures Distributed by New Line Cinema Release date December 25, 2000 ( 2000 - 12 - 25 ) ( United States ) Running time 145 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $80 million Box office $66.6 million Thirteen Days is a 2000 American historical political thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson, dramatizing the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, seen from the perspective of the US political leadership. Kevin Costner stars as political consultant Kenneth P. O'Donnell, with Bruce Greenwood featured as President John F. Kennedy, Steven Culp as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and Dylan Baker as Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. While the film carries the same title as the book Thirteen Days by former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, it is in fact based on a different book, The Kennedy Tapes : Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Ernest May and Philip Zelikow. It is the second docudrama made about the crisis, the first being 1974 's The Missiles of October, which was based on Kennedy 's book. The 2000 film contains some newly declassified information not available to the earlier production, but takes greater dramatic license, particularly in its choice of O'Donnell as protagonist. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release and reception 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Plot In October 1962, U-2 aerial surveillance photos reveal that the Soviet Union is in the process of placing intermediate - range ballistic missiles carrying nuclear weapons in Cuba. President John F. Kennedy ( Bruce Greenwood ) and his advisers must come up with a plan of action to prevent their activation. Kennedy is determined to show that the United States will not allow a missile threat. The Joint Chiefs of Staff advise immediate U.S. military strikes against the missile sites followed by an invasion of Cuba. However, Kennedy is reluctant to attack and invade because it would very likely cause the Soviets to invade Berlin, which could lead to an all - out war. Citing The Guns of August, Kennedy sees an analogy to the events that started World War I, where the tactics of both sides ' commanders had not evolved since the previous war and were obsolete, only this time nuclear weapons are involved. War appears to be almost inevitable. The Kennedy administration tries to find a solution that will remove the missiles but avoid an act of war. They settle on a step less than a blockade, which is formally regarded as an act of war. They settle on what they publicly describe as a quarantine. They announce that the U.S. naval forces will stop all ships entering Cuban waters and inspect them to verify they are not carrying weapons destined for Cuba. The Soviet Union sends mixed messages in response. Off the shores of Cuba, the Soviet ships turn back from the quarantine lines. Secretary of State Dean Rusk ( Henry Strozier ) says, `` We 're eyeball to eyeball and I think the other fellow just blinked. '' The administration continues to order spy plane pictures, but one of Kennedy 's advisers, Kenny O'Donnell ( Kevin Costner ), calls the pilots to ensure the pilots do not report that they were shot at or fired upon, because if they were, the country would be forced to retaliate under the rules of engagement. John A. Scali, a reporter with ABC News, is contacted by Soviet `` emissary '' Aleksandr Fomin ( Boris Lee Krutonog ), and through this back - channel communication method the Soviets offer to remove the missiles in exchange for public assurances from the U.S. that it will never invade Cuba. A long message in the same tone as the informal communication from Fomin, apparently written personally by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, is received. This is followed by a second, more hard line cable in which the Soviets offer a deal involving U.S removal of its Jupiter missiles from Turkey. The Kennedy administration interprets the second as a response from the Politburo, and in a risky act, decides to ignore it and respond to the first message, assumed to be from Khrushchev. There are several mis - steps during the crisis : the defense readiness level of Strategic Air Command ( SAC ) is raised to DEFCON 2 ( one step shy of maximum readiness for imminent war ), without informing the President ; a nuclear weapon test proceeds ( Bluegill Triple Prime ) and a routine test launch of a U.S. offensive missile is also carried out without the President 's knowledge. In a bid for time while under intense pressure from the military for an immediate strike, President Kennedy authorizes attacks on the missile sites and an invasion of Cuba, to commence the following Monday. An Air Force U-2 reconnaissance plane is sent over Cuba to gather intelligence for the attack, but is shot down, killing the pilot. After much deliberation with the Executive Committee of the National Security Council, Kennedy makes a final attempt to avoid a war by sending his brother, Robert F. Kennedy ( Steven Culp ), to meet with Soviet ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin on Friday night. Bobby reiterates the demand that the Soviets remove their missiles from Cuba, and in return promises not to invade or assist in the invasion of Cuba. Dobrynin insists that the U.S. must also remove all Jupiter missiles from Turkey, on the border of the Soviet Union. Bobby says that a quid pro quo is not possible, but in exchange for Khrushchev removing all the missiles from Cuba, there will be a secret understanding that the U.S. will remove all of its `` obsolete '' missiles from Turkey within six months as part of a pre-scheduled plan. The Soviets announce on Sunday that they will remove their missiles from Cuba, averting a war that could have escalated to the use of nuclear weapons. The film ends with President Kennedy dictating a letter of condolence to the family of the reconnaissance pilot, Rudolf Anderson, who was shot down over Cuba as part of the preparations for the invasion, and the Kennedy brothers and O'Donnell outside of the Oval Office as actual audio of President Kennedy 's commencement speech at American University played in the background. Cast Bruce Greenwood as President John F. Kennedy Steven Culp as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Stephanie Romanov as First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Kevin Costner as Special Assistant to the President Kenneth O'Donnell Dylan Baker as Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara Michael Fairman as United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson II Daniel Vergara as Secretary General of the Organization of American States José Antonio Mora Bill Smitrovich as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell Taylor, USA Jack Blessing as ABC News correspondent John A. Scali Frank Wood as National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy Ed Lauter as Deputy Director of the CIA Lieutenant General Marshall Carter, USA Madison Mason as Chief of Naval Operations Admiral George Whelan Anderson Jr. Kevin Conway as Chief of Staff of the USAF General Curtis LeMay, USAF Pramod Kumar as United Nations Secretary General U Thant Tim Kelleher as White House Counsel Ted Sorensen Len Cariou as Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson Chip Esten as U-2 pilot Major Rudolf Anderson, USAF Olek Krupa as Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko Lucinda Jenney as Helen O'Donnell, wife to Kenneth O'Donnell Jack McGee as Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago Janet Coleman as Evelyn Lincoln President Kennedy 's Secretary Tom Everett as Walter Sheridan Special assistant to President Kennedy Oleg Vidov as Valerian Zorin, Soviet Ambassador to the United Nations. John Aylward as Orvil Dryfoos publisher of The New York Times Elya Baskin as Anatoly Dobrynin Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the United States Larry Strauss as Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon Alex Veadov as Radio Room Operator # 3 Henry Strozier as Secretary of State Dean Rusk Walter Adrian as Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson Christopher Lawford as RF - 8 Crusader pilot, Commander William Ecker, USN. Lawford, son of Patricia Kennedy Lawford, is nephew to President and Robert Kennedy Kelly Connell as Press Secretary Pierre Salinger Peter White as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John McCone Boris Lee Krutonog as Alexander Feklisov ( a.k.a Alexander Fomin ), KGB spy Dakin Matthews as Arthur C. Lundahl James Karen as George Ball Dan Ziskie as General Commander of the Tactical Air Command Walter ' Cam ' Sweeney ( USAF ) Marya Kazakova as Soviet Woman Production The film was co-produced by several companies, including New Line Cinema, Costner 's Tig Productions and Armyan Bernstein 's Beacon Pictures. The Department of Defense cooperated to some extent, allowing the producers to film on several bases. In order to keep the film `` in period '' filming took place on ships from the time of the crisis that still existed in the active fleet ( USS Enterprise ), and ships preserved as museums ( USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. ). Aircraft ( both a preserved F - 8 Crusader and Lockheed U-2 spyplane were featured ) that still exist from the period were refurbished to appear operational as well. The RF - 8 Crusader ( and an F - 5 ) plus the scenes of Cuba were shot in the Philippines. The air base scene was taken at Clark Air Base, Philippines a former American facility, which substituted for NAS Key West, Florida, where the actual RF - 8As of Light Photographic Squadron SIX TWO ( VFP - 62 ) launched from on their Cuban overflight missions. At the time of the shooting, the F - 8 was still in the inventory of the Philippine Air Force, but no longer operational. The F - 5s were retired in 2005. Release and reception The film was given a limited theatrical release on Christmas Day 2000, and a wide release on January 12, 2001, with a staggered release to various countries throughout most of the year. The film grossed $66,579,890 worldwide against an $80 million budget. Rotten Tomatoes reports that 83 % of 117 critics have given the film positive reviews, with an average rating of 7.2 / 10, and the consensus : `` Thirteen Days offers a compelling look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, and its talented cast deftly portrays the real - life people who were involved. '' Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream film critics, gives Thirteen Days a score of 67, indicating `` generally favorable reviews ''. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun - Times gave Thirteen Days a rating of 3 stars out of 4, and said `` The movie 's taut, flat style is appropriate for a story that is more about facts and speculation than about action. Kennedy and his advisers study high - altitude photos and intelligence reports, and wonder if Khrushchev 's word can be trusted. Everything depends on what they decide. The movie shows men in unknotted ties and shirt - sleeves, grasping coffee cups or whiskey glasses and trying to sound rational while they are at some level terrified... ( T ) hings might not have happened exactly like this, but it sure did feel like they did. '' However, some former Kennedy administration officials and contemporary historians, including Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Special Counsel Ted Sorensen, and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, have criticized the film for the depiction of Special Assistant Kenneth O'Donnell as chief motivator of Kennedy and others during the crisis. Prior to seeing the movie, McNamara reacted to the premise in a PBS NewsHour interview : `` For God 's sakes, Kenny O'Donnell did n't have any role whatsoever in the missile crisis ; he was a political appointment secretary to the President ; that 's absurd. '' According to McNamara, the duties performed by O'Donnell in the film were closer to the role Sorensen played during the actual crisis : `` It was not Kenny O'Donnell who pulled us all together -- it was Ted Sorensen. '' However, after seeing the movie McNamara remarked that while he still thought the filmmakers took some creative liberties with certain characters, he ultimately thought that it was a reasonable historical portrayal of the crisis : `` I think it 's an absolutely fascinating portrayal and a very constructive and responsible portrayal of a very, very serious crisis not only in the history of this nation but in the history of the world. '' See also Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy References Jump up ^ `` Thirteen Days ( 12 ) ''. British Board of Film Classification. December 13, 2001. Retrieved October 12, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Thirteen Days ''. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 5 December 2011. Jump up ^ `` Thirteen Days ''. Jump up ^ http://www.metacritic.com/movie/thirteen-days Thirteen Days Reviews - Metacritic Jump up ^ http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/thirteen-days-2001 Thirteen Days Movie Review & Film Summary - Roger Ebert Jump up ^ Nelson, Michael ( February 2, 2001 ). `` ' Thirteen Days ' Does n't Add Up ''. The Chronicle Review. Chronicle of Higher Education : B15. Retrieved December 1, 2013. ^ Jump up to : McNamara, Robert ( March 2001 ). https://web.archive.org/web/20010905114944/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/february01/thirteendays3.html `` Online NewsHour Forum : Thirteen Days ''. PBS NewsHour. PBS. Retrieved December 1, 2013. External links Wikiquote has quotations related to : Thirteen Days ( film ) Thirteen Days on IMDb Thirteen Days at Rotten Tomatoes Thirteen Days at Box Office Mojo Thirteen Days in 145 minutes -- commentary by Ernest R. 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Question: who does kevin costner play in 13 days
Answer: Kenneth P. O'Donnell