Thirteen Days (2000)

Director:

Roger Donaldson

Writers (WGA):

David Self (written by)
Ernest R. May (book) ...
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Release Date:

12 January 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History | Thriller

Tagline:

You'll Never Believe How Close We Came

Plot:

The film is set during the two-week Cuban missile crisis in October of 1962, and it centers on how President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, and others handled the explosive situation.

Plot Keywords:

Kennedy Family | John F Kennedy | Helicopter | Mushroom Cloud | Statue Of Liberty

Awards:

3 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Shawn Driscoll	...	U-2 Pilot
Kevin Costner	...	Kenny O'Donnell
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
Stephanie Romanov	...	Jacqueline Kennedy
Bruce Greenwood	...	John F. Kennedy
Frank Wood	...	McGeorge Bundy
Dakin Matthews	...	Arthur Lundahl
Liz Sinclair	...	Kenny's Assistant #1
Colette O'Connell	...	Kenny's Assistant #2
Karen Ludwig	...	Operator Margaret
Audrey Rapoport	...	White House Operator #1
Marliese Schneider	...	White House Operator #2 (as Marliese K. Schneider)
Steven Culp	...	Robert F. Kennedy
Dylan Baker	...	Robert McNamara
Bill Smitrovich	...	Gen. Maxwell Taylor
Henry Strozier	...	Dean Rusk
Ed Lauter	...	General Marshall Carter
Michael Fairman	...	Adlai Stevenson
Walter Adrian	...	Lyndon Johnson
Tim Kelleher	...	Ted Sorensen
James Karen	...	George Ball
Dan Ziskie	...	General Walter 'Cam' Sweeney (as Daniel Ziskie)
Len Cariou	...	Dean Acheson
Peter White	...	John McCone
Kevin Conway	...	General Curtis LeMay
Kelly Connell	...	Pierre Salinger
Olek Krupa	...	Andrei Gromyko
Elya Baskin	...	Anotoly Dobrinyn
Timothy Jerome	...	Journalist
Jack McGee	...	Richard J. Daley
Lamar Smith	...	Aide
John Aylward	...	Orville Dryfoos
Madison Mason	...	Admiral George Anderson
Vivien Straus	...	White House Aide
Christopher Lawford	...	Commander William B. Ecker
David O'Donnell	...	Lieutenant Bruce Wilhemy
Gene Del Bianco	...	Petty Officer
Benjamin Koldyke	...	RF-8 Pilot (as Ben Koldyke)
Daniel Vergara	...	OAS Secretary General José A. Mora
Ruben Moreno	...	Argentine Diplomat (as Reuben Moreno)
Thomas Roberts	...	Sonar Operator
Sean Bergin	...	Chief Sonarman
Alan Francis	...	Executive Officer of USS Pierce
Robert Munstis	...	Radio Room Operator #1
Michael Gaston	...	Captain of USS Pierce
Joseph Repoff	...	Radio Room Operator #2
J. Tucker Smith	...	Captain of USS Kennedy
Chris Henry Coffey	...	Officer of Destroyer
Oleg Vidov	...	Valerian Zorin
Radu Gavor	...	Romanian Delegate
Zitto Kazann	...	Chilean Delegate
Alex Veadov	...	Radio Room Operator #3
Jack Blessing	...	John Scali
Tom Everett	...	Walter Sheridan
Karl Makinen	...	Young FBI Agent
Boris Lee Krutonog	...	Alexander Fomin
Charles Esten	...	Major Rudolph Anderson
Charles Barrett	...	Air Force NCO
Darryl Smith	...	Football Coach
Allan Graf	...	Football Referee (as Alan Graf)
Robert Miranda	...	RFK's Driver
Todd Sible	...	RFK's Staffer
Marya Kazakova	...	Soviet Woman
Cliff Fleming	...	Aerial Coordinator
Craig Hosking	...	Pilot
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Walter Cronkite	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hope Cruickshank	...	Kenny O'Donnell's Daughter (uncredited)
Tess Cruickshank	...	Kenny O'Donnell's Daughter (uncredited)
Ryder Davis	...	Boy Scout (uncredited)
Anna de Cardi	...	Extra (uncredited)
Paul Farber	...	Child Greeting President (uncredited)
Sierra Farber	...	Child Greeting President (uncredited)
Roger Ferreira	...	Lt. General Army (uncredited)
Armen Garo	...	Crewman on Freighter (uncredited)
Phil Hawn	...	UN Administrator (uncredited)
Rick Kain	...	Carpenter (uncredited)
John F. Kennedy	...	Himself (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Steven Koller	...	White House staff (uncredited)
Pramod Kumar	...	Uthant (uncredited)
Jennifer D. Lac Kamp	...	UN Secretary (uncredited)
John Michael	...	UN Manager (uncredited)
Ryan Notch	...	Boy Scout (uncredited)
Richard Rossi	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Larry Strauss	...	Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon (uncredited)
Marie Tringali	...	UN Administrator (uncredited)
Ron A. Williams	...	Man Walking in Building (uncredited)
Brad Yoder	...	Sorensen's Assistant (uncredited)

Directed by
Roger Donaldson

Writing credits (WGA)
David Self		(written by)
Ernest R. May		(book "The Kennedy Tapes - Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis") &
Philip D. Zelikow		(book "The Kennedy Tapes - Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis")

Produced by
Marc Abraham	....	executive producer
Peter O. Almond	....	producer
Armyan Bernstein	....	producer
Thomas A. Bliss	....	executive producer
Kevin Costner	....	producer
Paul Deason	....	co-producer
Michael De Luca	....	executive producer
Ilona Herzberg	....	executive producer
Staci A. Hunter	....	associate producer (as Staci A. Silva)
Lope V. Juban Jr.	....	producer: Philippines (as Lope V. Juban, Jr.)
Mary Montiforte	....	associate producer
Mary Montiforte	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Trevor Jones

Cinematography by
Andrzej Bartkowiak
Roger Deakins
Christopher Duddy

Film Editing by
Conrad Buff IV		(as Conrad Buff)

Casting by
Dianne Crittenden

Production Design by
J. Dennis Washington		(as Dennis Washington)

Art Direction by
Ann Harris
Thomas T. Taylor

Set Decoration by
Denise Pizzini

Costume Design by
Isis Mussenden

Makeup Department
Gary Archer	....	dental prosthetics
Lorraine Boushell	....	makeup artist: Washington D.C.
Juanita Camantique	....	hair stylist: Philippines (as Nita Camantique)
Ardis Cohen	....	hair stylist: Washington, D.C. Crew
Remy Desampare	....	makeup artist: Philippines (as Remedios Desamparo)
Vincente Diquit	....	hair stylist: Philippines
Carolyn Elias	....	hair stylist (as Carolyn L. Elias)
Elle Elliott	....	hair stylist: Kevin Costner (as Elle Elliot)
Kimberly Felix	....	makeup artist (as Kimberly Felix-Burke)
Ora Green	....	hair stylist (as Ora Tillman Green)
Brenda McNally	....	key hair stylist: Rhode Island
Matthew W. Mungle	....	special makeup effects artist (as Mathew W. Mungle)
Francisco X. Pérez	....	makeup department head (as Francisco X. Perez)
Stephen Robinette	....	hair stylist
Joe Rossi	....	key makeup artist: Rhode Island
Rick Sharp	....	makeup artist
Teresa Villaflor	....	makeup artist: Philippines (as Ma. Teresa Villaflor)
Toni-Ann Walker	....	hair department head
Brad Wilder	....	makeup artist
Clinton Wayne	....	prosthetic technician (uncredited)

Production Management
Paul Deason	....	unit production manager
Angela Heald	....	production supervisor
Steven Kaminsky	....	post-production supervisor
Lito Mabalot	....	unit production manager: Philippines (as Lito 'Zebra' Mabalot)
Stuart Neumann	....	unit production manager: Philippines
Denise Pinckley	....	unit production manager: Rhode Island
Nancy Rae Stone	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ada Bautista	....	third assistant director: Philippines (as Ada Denise Bautista)
Joan G. Bostwick	....	second second assistant director: Rhode Island (as Joan Bostwick)
Anne Carroll	....	dga trainee: Rhode Island
Robert Huberman	....	first assistant director
Melinda Johnson	....	dga trainee
Carlos Medina	....	second assistant director: Philippines
Miles A. Perman	....	second second assistant director: Washington D.C.
Korey Scott Pollard	....	second second assistant director (as Korey Pollard)
Robert Rooy	....	first assistant director: Washington D.C.
Alison C. Rosa	....	second assistant director: Washington D.C. (as Alison Rosa)
L. David Silva	....	second assistant director
Arturo Soquerata	....	first assistant director: Philippines
David Ticotin	....	second assistant director (as David A. Ticotin)
J. Dennis Washington	....	second unit director (as Dennis Washington)

Art Department
John Aldays	....	greensman (as John W. Aldays)
Sammy Aranzamendez	....	set decorator: Philippines (as Sammy Araanzamendez)
Lisa Arnone	....	art department production assistant: Rhode Island
Alan Baptiste	....	set dresser
Bryan Belair	....	construction coordinator
Michelle R. Belair	....	assistant to Bryan Belair
Charles W. Belisle	....	swing (as C.W. 'Rusty' Belisle)
Tony Belmonte	....	upholsterer (as Anthony Belmonte)
Kelly Berry	....	assistant set decorator
Ben Campita	....	set dresser: Philippines
Frank Capello	....	propmaker foreman
A. Charles Carnaggio	....	props assistant: Washington, D.C.
Mike Carroll	....	plasterer
Don 'Tex' Clark	....	swing (as Don Clark)
Doug Cluff	....	charge scenic artist
Jack Cornelius	....	swing (as Jack B. Cornelius Jr.)
Thomas A. Cottrill	....	labor foreman (as Tom Cottrill)
Rodolfo Damaggio	....	storyboard artist
Bobby Lee Deal Jr.	....	stand-by painter: Washington, D.C. (as Bobby L. Deal)
Gary DeBortoli	....	paint gangboss (as Gary DeBartoli)
Genevieve Duraive	....	construction estimator
Guy Dyas	....	illustrator
Bernardo Espinosa	....	art department coordinator: Philippines (as Bernard Espinosa)
Laura Evans	....	art department coordinator: preproduction
Daniel Fernández	....	assistant art director: Philippines (as Daniel Fernandez)
Kyra Friedman	....	assistant set decorator: Rhode Island
Wilfredo Gajardo	....	prop assistant: Philippines
Gilbert Garantuza	....	set dresser: Philippines
Scott C. Garrett	....	drapery foreman (as Scott Garrett)
Julia Garrison	....	painter
Paul W. Gorfine	....	stand-by scenic: Rhode Island (as Paul Gorfine)
Loreto Grandecila	....	set dresser: Philippines
James Guerrera	....	welding gangboss
Ted Harms	....	propmaker foreman
Kenny Hayes	....	propmaker foreman
John Holcombe	....	propmaker foreman
Mike Holowach	....	fixtures (as Michael Holowach)
Tim Jackson	....	general foreman (as Timothy Jackson)
Roy Lachica	....	art director: Philippines
Greg Lipit	....	prop master: Philippines
Mario Lipit	....	set dresser: Philippines
Robert Lucas	....	lead person
Juliana Lukowiecki	....	set decoration coordinator
Gregory Lynch Jr.	....	carpenter
Rodelio N. Mabalot	....	prop assistant: Philippines
Charles J. Macguire	....	property master: Washington, D.C.
Salustiano Maestro	....	assistant prop master: Philippines
Kacy Magedman	....	art department coordinator
April Martens	....	greens foreman (as April K. Martens)
Randy Martens	....	key greens supervisor
Cameron Matheson	....	key construction
John Hammer Maxwell	....	on-set dresser (as John H. Maxwell)
Dana McCall	....	props assistant
Nancy Mickelberry	....	set designer
Michael George Miller	....	set dresser (as Michael G. Miller)
Terry Ballard Miller	....	toolman (as Terry Miller)
Tom Miller	....	assistant property master
Bong Pangilinan	....	draftsman: Philippines
Dennis J. Parrish	....	prop master: Philippines (as Dennis Parrish)
Hope M. Parrish	....	property master
Neil David Pontecorvo	....	greens foreman
Eugene Pope	....	carpenter
Bruce Purcell	....	swing
Kim Quam	....	construction medic
Julie Ray	....	set designer
G. Jeanette Rivera	....	set decoration coordinator
Kenneth Robertson	....	paint foreman (as Kenneth H. Robertson)
Paul Rylander	....	assistant property master
Greg Sanger	....	second lead person
Henry Schaub	....	stand-by painter (as Hebry Schaub III)
Alex Sessing	....	greensman
Michelle Souza	....	assistant property master (as Michelle L. Souza)
Jay Stump	....	greensman: Washington, D.C.
Theodore Suchecki	....	set dresser: Rhode Island (as Ted Suchecki)
Juan Torres	....	greens laborer
Edgar Valencia	....	set dresser: Philippines
Jason Vanover	....	greensman
Teresa Visinare	....	additional buyer
Frank White	....	welding foreman
Greg Whitfield	....	plasterer foreman
Donald B. Woodruff	....	set designer
Mark Woods	....	lead man: Philippines
Gary Worthington	....	greensman
Richard Bryan Douglas	....	carpenter foreman (uncredited)
Kent Jones	....	painter (uncredited)
Cameron Matheson	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Benjamin Beardwood	....	dialogue editor
Greg Burgmann	....	sound mixer: Philippines
Prisciano Canafe	....	cable man: Philippines (as Prisciano Canape)
Rick Canelli	....	adr recordist
John Cannon	....	second assistant foley mixer
Harry Cohen	....	sound effects editor
Gareth Cousins	....	synthesizer recordist
Thomas DeGorter	....	foley supervisor
David E. Fluhr	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard Bryce Goodman	....	production sound mixer
Peter Gregory	....	sound recordist
Catherine Harper	....	foley artist (as Katheryn Harper)
Michael Herbick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Hilda Hodges	....	foley artist
Benjamin Ing	....	consultant: SDDS
Barbara Issak	....	dialogue editor (as Barbara Issack)
Adam Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bobby Johanson	....	additional adr mixing: New York
Dave Johnson	....	sound consultant: RF-8
Kenneth L. Johnson	....	foley editor (as Ken Johnson)
Randall L. Johnson	....	boom operator (as Randy Johnson)
Bradley C. Katona	....	foley editor (as Brad Katona)
Marti Lakin	....	post sound facilities
Duke Lim	....	post sound facilities
Anna MacKenzie	....	foley editor (as Anna McKenzie)
David Melhase	....	adr editor
Carey Milbradt	....	sound effects editor (as Carey Milbrodt)
Mark Narramore	....	sound recordist
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer
Ralph Osborn	....	dialogue editor (as Ralph Osbourne)
Bryan Pennington	....	consultant: Dolby film sound
Steve Price	....	assistant synthesizers recordist (as Steven Price)
Alex Raspa	....	adr mixer: New York
Bill Ritter	....	supervising sound engineer
Geoffrey G. Rubay	....	sound effects editor (as Geoff Rubay)
Brian Ruberg	....	foley mixer
Donald Santos	....	boom operator: Philippines
David Schneider	....	utility sound
Ann Scibelli	....	sound effects editor
Branden Spencer	....	first assistant foley mixer
David Stanke	....	digital assistant foley mixer
Daniel J. Victor	....	consultant: DTS
Gayle Wesley	....	first assistant foley mixer
Jim Williams	....	foley editor
Steven D. Williams	....	supervising sound editor
Tom Williams	....	boom operator: Rhode Island
Wade Wilson	....	sound editor
Guy Tsujimoto	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Connie Brink	....	special effects: Rhode Island
Jonathan Campbell	....	special effects assistant: Rhode Island (as Jon Campbell)
Danny Dominguez	....	special effects coordinator: Philippines (as Danny 'Boom Boom' Dominguez)
Bruce Allan Donnellan	....	model effects: Grant McCune Design (as Bruce Donnellan)
Santiago Intal	....	special effects assistant: Philippines
Edjourian Jack	....	model effects: Grant McCune Design
Louie Lantieri	....	special effects coordinator (as Louis Lantieri)
Jimmy Leeward	....	aviation technical advisor
Manny Macapagal	....	special effects supervisor: Philippines
Grant McCune	....	special effects supervisor
Mike McDougal	....	model builder: RF-8 (as Mike 'Maj' McDougal)
Shook Monty	....	special effects foreman: Grant McCune Design
Ray Moore	....	miniatures
Saturnino Munoz	....	special effects assistant: Philippines
Ian O'Connor	....	miniature pyrotechnics supervisor
Won Rick	....	miniatures
Dwight Shook	....	miniatures
William Shourt	....	engineering: Grant McCune Design
Boy Tirado	....	special effects assistant: Philippines
Rush Tom	....	miniatures
Matt Vogel	....	special effects: Rhode Island
Robert Wilcox	....	turbine specialist (as Wilcox Bob)
Chris L. Ward	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Matthew Adams	....	digital artist: Cinesite
David Altenau	....	digital supervisor: Cinesite (as David T. Altenau)
Jonathan Alvord	....	avid editor: Cinesite
Jeffrey Edward Baksinski	....	motion tracking supervisor: Cinesite
Scott Ballard	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Lynn Basas	....	motion tracker: Cinesite
Shawn Broes	....	digital intermediate editor: Cinesite
Floyd Burks	....	visual effects
Ruth Caspary	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Shankar Chatterjee	....	software developer: Cinesite
Wally Chin	....	data operator: Cinesite
Erin M. Cullen	....	rotoscope supervisor: Cinesite
Jose L. De Juan	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Joe Dubs	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Jack Edjourian	....	miniature crew
Kevin Elam	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
Kent Estep	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Gil Gagnon	....	vice president/head of production: Cinesite
John Hewitt	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Dennis Hoffman	....	visual effects executive producer: Cinesite
Paul Howarth	....	visual effects editor: Cinesite (as Paul R. Howarth)
Lubo Hristov	....	visual effects art director: Cinesite
Karin Joy	....	bidding producer: visual effects
Bruce Jurgens	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Darren Kiner	....	digital artist: Cinesite (as Darren D. Kiner)
Kino	....	concept artist: Cinesite
Karen Klein	....	digital artist: Cinesite (as Karen D. Klein)
Bridgitte Krupke	....	visual effects coordinator: Cinesite (as Bridgitte Nance)
Peter Kuran	....	producer: atom bomb sequences: VCE.com
Peter Kuran	....	visual effects supervisor: VCE
Bill LaBarge	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Christopher Lance	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Krystine Lankenau	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Vincent Lavares	....	digital asset manager: Cinesite
Chris Lentz	....	digital artist: Cinesite (as Christopher Lentz)
Robert Mance	....	computer services: Cinesite
Allen Maris	....	visual effects coordinator
Michael J. McAlister	....	visual effects supervisor
Valerie McMahon	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Kama Moiha	....	motion tracker: Cinesite
Sarah Moore	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Patrick Paul Mullane	....	digital compositor
Craig Mullins	....	matte painter: Cinesite
Serena Naramore	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Lori J. Nelson	....	visual effects producer
Sean O'Connor	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
James Peterson	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Jason Piccioni	....	compositing supervisor: Cinesite
Corinne Pooler	....	paint supervisor: Cinesite
Jerry Pooler	....	restoration supervisor: Cinesite
Jon Quon	....	technical assistant: Cinesite
Michael Ramirez	....	motion tracker: Cinesite
Dylan Robinson	....	lead animator: Cinesite
Jeff Roe	....	crew: VCE.com
Ramprasad Sampath	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Todd Sarsfield	....	datacine assistant
Mark Sawicki