Thirteen Days (2000)
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.
Director:
Roger Donaldson
Writer:
David Self
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Kevin Costner as Kenneth O'Donnell |
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Bruce Greenwood as John F. Kennedy |
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Steven Culp as Robert F. Kennedy |
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Dylan Baker as Robert McNamara |
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Michael Fairman as Adlai Stevenson |
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Henry Strozier as Dean Rusk |
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Frank Wood as McGeorge Bundy |
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Kevin Conway as Gen. Curtis LeMay |
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Tim Kelleher as Ted Sorensen |
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Len Cariou as Dean Acheson |
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Bill Smitrovich as Gen. Maxwell Taylor |
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Shawn Driscoll as U-2 Pilot |
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Drake Cook as Mark O'Donnell |
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Stephanie Romanov as Jacqueline Kennedy |
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Lucinda Jenney as Helen O'Donnell |
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Caitlin Wachs as Kathy O'Donnell |
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Jon Foster as Kenny O'Donnell, Jr. |
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Matthew Dunn as Kevin O'Donnell |
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Kevin O'Donnell as NPIC Photo Interpreter |
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Janet Coleman as Evelyn Lincoln |
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Bruce Thomas as Floyd |
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Dakin Matthews as Arthur Lundahl |
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Liz Sinclair as Kenny's Assistant #1 |
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Colette O'Connell as Kenny's Assistant #2 |
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Karen Ludwig as Operator Margaret |
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Audrey Rapoport as White House Operator #1 |
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Marliese Schneider as White House Operator #2 |
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Ed Lauter as Gen. Marshall Carter |
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Walter Adrian as Lyndon Johnson |
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James Karen as George Ball |
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Dan Ziskie as Gen. Walter 'Cam' Sweeney |
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Peter White as John McCone |
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Kelly Connell as Pierre Salinger |
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Olek Krupa as Andrei Gromyko |
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Elya Baskin as Anotoly Dobrinyn |
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Timothy Jerome as Journalist |
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Jack McGee as Richard J. Daley |
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Lamar Smith as Aide |
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John Aylward as Orville Dryfoos |
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Madison Mason as Adm. George Anderson |
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Vivien Straus as White House Aide |
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Christopher Lawford as Cmdr. William B. Ecker |
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David O'Donnell as Lt. Bruce Wilhemy |
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Gene Del Bianco as Petty Officer |
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Benjamin Koldyke as RF-8 Pilot |
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Daniel Vergara as OAS Secretary General José A. Mora |
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Ruben Moreno as Argentine Diplomat |
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Thomas Roberts as Sonar Operator |
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Sean Bergin as Chief Sonarman |
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Alan Francis Sullivan as Executive Officer of USS Pierce |
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Robert Munstis as Radio Room Operator #1 |
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Michael Gaston as Captain of USS Pierce |
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Joseph Repoff as Radio Room Operator #2 |
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J. Tucker Smith as Captain of USS Kennedy |
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Chris Henry Coffey as Officer of Destroyer |
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Oleg Vidov as Valerian Zorin |
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Radu Gavor as Romanian Delegate |
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Zitto Kazann as Chilean Delegate |
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Alex Veadov as Radio Room Operator #3 |
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Jack Blessing as John Scali |
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Tom Everett as Walter Sheridan |
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Karl Makinen as Young FBI Agent |
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Boris Lee Krutonog as Alexander Fomin |
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Charles Esten as Maj. Rudolf Anderson |
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Charles Barrett as Air Force NCO |
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Darryl Smith as Football Coach |
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Allan Graf as Football Referee |
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Robert Miranda as RFK's Driver |
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Todd Sible as RFK's Staffer |
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Marya Kazakova as Soviet Woman |
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Cliff Fleming as Aerial Coordinator |
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Craig Hosking as Pilot |
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Michael R. Bowman as Aide to JFK (uncredited) |
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Greg Bronson as Secret Service Agent (uncredited) |
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Walter Cronkite as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Ryder Davis as Boy Scout (uncredited) |
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Roger Ferreira as Army Lieutenant General (uncredited) |
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Armen Garo as Crewman on Freighter (uncredited) |
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Gilley Grey as Air Force Pilot (uncredited) |
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Phil Hawn as UN Administrator (uncredited) |
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Rick Kain as Carpenter (uncredited) |
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John F. Kennedy as Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Steven Koller as White House Staff (uncredited) |
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Pramod Kumar as U Thant (uncredited) |
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Richard Rossi as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Larry Strauss as Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon (uncredited) |
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Brad Yoder as Sorensen's Assistant (uncredited) |
| Directing | Roger Donaldson | Director |
| Writing | David Self | Screenplay |
| Production | Peter O. Almond | Producer |
| Production | Armyan Bernstein | Producer |
| Production | Marc Abraham | Executive Producer |
| Production | Thomas A. Bliss | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kevin Costner | Producer |
| Camera | Andrzej Bartkowiak | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Conrad Buff IV | Editor |
| Writing | Ernest R. May | Book |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gary Archer | Prosthetics |
| Crew | Allan Graf | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Ben Glass | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Christopher Duddy | Additional Photography |
| Sound | Trevor Jones | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Dianne Crittenden | Casting |
| Art | J. Dennis Washington | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Isis Mussenden | Costume Design |
| Art | Denise Pizzini | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Deirdre Horgan | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Richard Bryce Goodman | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | David E. Fluhr | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Adam Jenkins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Michael Herbick | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Wade Wilson | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Steven D. Williams | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Harry Cohen | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Carey Milbradt | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Geoffrey G. Rubay | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Ann Scibelli | Sound Effects Editor |
| Production | Angela Heald | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Paul Deason | Unit Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Toni-Ann Walker | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francisco X. Pérez | Makeup Department Head |
| Production | Nancy Rae Stone | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Camera | Tommy Klines | First Assistant Camera |
| Production | Lope V. Juban Jr. | Producer |
| Sound | Ralph Osborn | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Benjamin Beardwood | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Barbara Issak | Dialogue Editor |
| Production | Michael De Luca | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ilona Herzberg | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Daniel W. Barringer | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine L. Cantella | Costumer |