Thirteen Days
For thirteen extraordinary days in October of 1962, the world stood on the brink of an unthinkable catastrophe. It's when the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.
29 July 1951, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
17 May 1961, USA
2 September 1954, Tuba City, Arizona, USA
24 January 1969, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
18 March 1947, Rybnik, Slaskie, Poland
9 October 1942, San Francisco, California, USA
30 October 1938, Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA
22 April 1943, Richmond, Virginia, USA
25 October 1973, Seattle, Washington, USA
20 November 1974, Los Angeles, California, USA
12 August 1956, Noranda, Québec, Canada
18 August 1971, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, USA
2 March 1963, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
11 June 1943, Filimonki, Leninskiy rayon, Moskovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Filimonki, Moscow, Russia]
1 September 1944, Buenos Aires, Argentina
25 February 1934, New York City, New York, USA
April 4, 1939 in New York City, New York, USA
11 August 1950, Riga, USSR [now Latvia]
7 October 1959, Syracuse, New York, USA
February 15, 2010
Suspenseful and efficient--to the point that it feels like a soulless, though remarkably well-calibrated, machine.
June 25, 2004
Thirteen Days will not satisfy young viewers looking for a thriller or older audiences eager to look behind the scenes of an unforgettable two weeks in history.
November 21, 2010
a slightly more accurate mythology of the Cuban Missile Crisis
January 12, 2001
Suspenseful, well-crafted.
December 29, 2010
An outstanding movie for families with older kids.
January 12, 2001
Shrewd and tender in equal measure, Thirteen Days is an insider drama par excellence.
January 12, 2001
Who would've thought this nearly 40-year-old piece of history could be turned into such a riveting motion picture?
October 31, 2010
"Days" terrifically evinces those days' timorous uncertainty of whether Red dread over ending the world matched Yankee angst. The knowing glances at its conclusion speak volumes: The planet's lucky break had only to do with random chance.
January 12, 2001
Thirteen Days is more suspenseful than the car crashes and breathless chases of most run-of-the-mill action movies.
January 12, 2001
Though the outcome is a foregone conclusion, this movie still delivers a thrilling ride.
January 12, 2001
Thirteen Days is a good movie about a profound moment in world history.
