Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: With the election almost upon us and the Obama drama Southside With You coming soon to theaters, we tweak an old Watch This topic and hail some of our favorite films about real U.S. Presidents.
Thirteen Days (2000)
After seeking to unravel a conspiracy regarding President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1991’s JFK, Kevin Costner opted to spend time alongside America’s 35th commander-in-chief in Thirteen Days, a gripping (if factually suspect) recounting of 1962’s Cuban Missile Crisis. Based on Ernest May and Philip Zelikow’s book, director Roger Donaldson’s film takes its greatest license with regards to its focus—specifically, on Costner’s Kenneth O’Donnell, the special assistant to JFK, who’s here elevated to the role of prime facilitator during the emergency. It ...
Thirteen Days (2000)
After seeking to unravel a conspiracy regarding President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1991’s JFK, Kevin Costner opted to spend time alongside America’s 35th commander-in-chief in Thirteen Days, a gripping (if factually suspect) recounting of 1962’s Cuban Missile Crisis. Based on Ernest May and Philip Zelikow’s book, director Roger Donaldson’s film takes its greatest license with regards to its focus—specifically, on Costner’s Kenneth O’Donnell, the special assistant to JFK, who’s here elevated to the role of prime facilitator during the emergency. It ...
- 8/24/2016
- by Nick Schager
- avclub.com
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