13 Days

[Dadwasinflame]

Watched this this afternoon about the Cuban missle crisis(bay of Pigs) , thought it was excellent , in which the world stood on the brink of Nucclear War , when Ussr planned to bulid Nuclear missles in Cuba , jfk, then sent a Fleet to confront the Soviets, in which the world held its breath for 2 weeks in oCTOBER 62 excellent Performance by Costner who played Ken o Donnell Jfks sec of state, not sure who played Kennedy , but he was good too , some good lines in it as well "those god dam Kennedys are going to kill us all, lets hiope someone gets them before we all die said the us Air Marshall

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Funny line in it as well, in which Bobby Kennedy is driving in Rain, Mind the puddles we dont want any Accidents do we (yeah i know it was Teddy at Chappaquddick )

[Marky B]

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Watched this this afternoon about the Cuban missle crisis(bay of Pigs) , thought it was excellent , in which the world stood on the brink of Nucclear War , when Ussr planned to bulid Nuclear missles in Cuba , jfk, then sent a Fleet to confront the Soviets, in which the world held its breath for 2 weeks in oCTOBER 62 excellent Performance by Costner who played Ken o Donnell Jfks sec of state, not sure who played Kennedy , but he was good too , some good lines in it as well "those god dam Kennedys are going to kill us all, lets hiope someone gets them before we all die said the us Air Marshall

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Funny line in it as well, in which Bobby Kennedy is driving in Rain, Mind the puddles we dont want any Accidents do we (yeah i know it was Teddy at Chappaquddick )

This is a subject I have been interested in since watching the excellent Kennedy starring Martin Sheen as JFK. I have always joked that I was born in September 1962 and World War III nearly broke out the following month (no connection). It is a film I am keen to watch one day.

Ta Ta

MArky B

[rjd0309]

Much of the dialogue is taken verbatim from Kennedy's actual audio recordings of his meetings. (A recording system that would become problematic for Richard Nixon.)



Keven Costner's role is overblown, but the two actors playing the Kennedy brothers are terrific.



An excellent film, well worth your time.

[Kitty Whiskers]

Bruce Greenwood and Steve Culp played the Kennedys - and I agree, they were fab. Even Kevin Costner was better than usual in 13 Days (I usually find him a bit flat). Bruce Greenwood to me will always be Captain Pike off the new Star Trek movie. Steve Culp was in Enterprise. (Good Lord, I need to get out more. )



Actually, an entire thread could be done on which actors made the best Kennedy. I think Linus Roache was my favourite Bobby and Cliff Robertson as JFK. As I recall Martin Sheen has played both brothers, but I may be wrong there.

[Mark O]

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This is a subject I have been interested in since watching the excellent Kennedy starring Martin Sheen as JFK. I have always joked that I was born in September 1962 and World War III nearly broke out the following month (no connection). It is a film I am keen to watch one day.

Ta Ta

MArky B

Hi Marky, it's available from play.com for £2.99, I enjoy this film also, the DVD has some extra scenes inserted, it's longer than the version seen in the Cinema, love the old cars, particularly the Lincoln with the reverse-rake rear window, it inspired the Ford Anglia, the window never steamed up.



http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/98736...s/Product.html