Thirteen Days is a 2000 movie that depicts one of the most difficult and dangerous times in American history. The movie documents the chain of events that lead to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. The major movie roles consist of the President‚ John F. Kennedy‚ Attorney General‚ Robert F. Kennedy‚ Secretary of Defense‚ Robert McNamara‚ Secretary of State‚ Dean Rusk‚ members of the Executive Committee‚ and the President’s Assistant. The major event setting the crisis in motion is the revelation
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Movie Review: Thirteen Days April 20‚ 2013 Summary The movie Thirteen Days is based off of the real life situation of the Cuban Missile Crisis that occurred back in 1962. The United States learned that the Soviet Union was placing missiles with nuclear weapons in Cuba. The movie follows President John F. Kennedy and his advisors as they are trying to come up with a plan of action for how to handle the situation. The missiles are positioned to be close enough to hit almost any city
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The movie thirteen touched many important factors of adolescent’s development. Some of the ones I want to concentrate in this paper are: family system‚ developmental tasks‚ and peer pressure. The movie begins with Tracy‚ the main character‚ as a normal teenager whose life seems from the outside “ok”. However‚ even at this point in the movie‚ there are hints of Tracy’s inner pain and discomfort or distress with her world. Tracy lives a tough life. Her parents are separated‚ and do not have a good
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Thirteen days is a historical account of the Cuban Missile Crisis. It is told from the perspective of Robert F. Kennedy‚ senator and brother to President John F. Kennedy. It is an account of the thirteen days in October of 1962. It lasted from the 16th to the 28th. During this time many crucial events in United States. These thirteen days were the time period in which the fate of the world was decided. The focus of the book was on the decision of both the United States and Russia. The United
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"Thirteen Days"‚ written by Robert F. Kennedy‚ is an account of the Cuban Missile Crisis based on the view of Robert F. Kennedy. This book contains Kennedy’s thoughts about the Cuban Missile Crisis and the actions that he and the rest of the United States cabinet took to prevent a nuclear disaster and World War III. There is also a movie based on the book starring Kevin Costner. Most movies that are based on books are often exceeding inaccurate‚ due to Hollywood directors trying to "spice up" the
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The movie follows the Cuban missile crisis day by day and shows us what transpired in the White House‚ the Pentagon‚ in Cuba and America during those critical 13 days. One of the movie’s departures from history comes with its portrayal of Kenny O’Donnell‚ Kennedy’s special assistant and appointments secretary. In the movie‚ he is depicted as a crucial political and strategic advisor to President Kennedy during the
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Human Development Writing Project In the movie “Thirteen” (2003)‚ we are introduced to a character played by Evan Rachel Wood (Tracy) who comes from what appears as a broken‚ but loving home. Theorizing‚ it appears Tracy’s mom Melanie (played by Holly Hunter) has custody of Tracy and her brother Mason (played by Brady Corbet)‚ and that the father remarried and has only visitation rights with his children. Tracy starts off as a normal thirteen-year-old girl who is good in school‚ has nice friends
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that everyone in this world has in common is communication. Without effective communication the world wouldn’t be able to function. An important aspect of communication‚ which is highly displayed in the movie Thirteen Days‚ is the ability to resolve conflicts. Throughout the movie‚ Thirteen Days‚ the characters work through the process of mediation‚ negotiation and arbitration to develop a plan for dealing with the possibility or World War 3. Throughout this paper I will discuss the ideas of mediation
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Thirteen Days “Thirteen Days” is a thriller movie that reveals how close we came to World War III back in October 1962‚ after President John F. Kennedy discovered the Soviet Union had installed nuclear missiles inside Cuba that could kill over 80 million Americans. “Thirteen Days” is told from the point of view of presidential assistant Kenny O’Donnell. Through his eyes‚ we gain knowledge about President Kennedy’s inner most circle during the whole crisis. President John F. Kennedy and his
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The movie‚ thirteen days accurately displays the behavior and activities that were occurring during the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ which the movie is based upon. In a recent national study of the 13 days movie‚ against known fact the movie was given high ratings with accuracy and how true the facts where. But there were also problems and false facts‚ leading the movie to be more of a representation of the event than a total recall. The directors also had to have their analysis of the movie‚ pre and postproduction
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