The film, Thirteen Days, was effective as a tool to understand the significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis to end in peace and justice during the Cold War. The president and his advisors at the white house discover that the Soviet Union is trying to enter life threatening nuclear weapons into Cuba. To protect his country from a potential nuclear war, the president, along with the help of his advisors form a plan. It is up to the president to make an important decision that could end in peace or war. The film is based on a novel, The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis. The plot is based on a true event known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. This was a serious event that took place during the Cold War (1960s). …show more content…
First of all, the film shows a very stressed, anxious characterization to show the importance of the crisis. For example, JFK would always seem stressed out and nervous because his decision could lead to a “possible nuclear war” (Donaldson, 2000). Also, the director uses sound effects during the scenes that are intended to give the audience a dramatic feeling. For example, a suitable sound effect is shown when one of the pilot is entering the jet to fly through Cuba and capture shots of the missiles. Due to the fact that the pilot is about to do something very risky, a very heroic and dramatic sound effect is used to represent the mood of the scene. This sound effect gives the audience a worried feeling. They also use very inspiring, bright music at the end of the film to represent the resolution. Furthermore, it is the denouement (the ending) that shows the audience how important this event was in terms of peace and justice. As a result, JFK and his advisors establish an agreement with the Soviet leader. Based on the agreement, the Soviets remove their weapons from Cuba. This is the resolution of the
The movie Thirteen Days is 2000 docudrama and is directed by Roger Donaldson who is Australian and tries to portray the film in a serious manor. The movie is based on the 13 days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and shows the perspective of the US political leadership, specifically Special Assistant to the president Kenny O’Donnell, President John F. Kennedy and the Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. This film is not based on the book of the same name written by Robert F. Kennedy like the first docudrama film about the Cuban Missile Crisis, The Missiles of October; this film was meticulously researched and was based on The Kennedy Tapes: inside the white house during the Cuban Missile Crisis which was written by Ernest May and Phillip
President Kenneth O’Donnell is the main character and he had demonstrated transformational leadership style. During the Cuban missile crisis, President Kenneth O’Donnell conducted meetings with government officers to discuss alternatives for solving this problem. At the very first meeting, he had made a clear vision to everyone which is to get the missiles out of Cuba without starting the fire because he knew that what would happen if they start a war with Russian. President Kenneth O’Donnell also listened actively to every officer’s suggestion. Many of them want President Kenneth O’Donnell gave order to shoot Cuba first
The devastating outcome of a nuclear war could cause hatred and no peace even when there is always a chance to fix the problems without war. The poem has shown the terror the people have faced during the war. It states,”Listen for a piercing shriek, the whistle that will warn us as a poisonous A-bombs zoom close.” (6-9). In the stanzas, it was notifying the Cubans about the bomb that could possibly hit them and will even kill them.
Thirteen Days, by Robert Kennedy, is a portrayal of the drama surrounding the Cuban missile crisis, and an analysis of the ordeal. There are two sides to this conflict which was played out in the post-World War II era. On one hand you have the Communists of the Soviet Union, whose desire to bring all of Europe under their heel would nearly spark a war that would annihilate the human race. On the other stands the Americans who wished the "vindication of right" and to prevent the further spread of Communism.
This author realizes that even though O’Donnell was over exaggerated as a hero, there was no better point of view for the movie to be told from but O’Donnell because of his involvement in the events. Ernest is also intrigued by how the movie is a great thriller but is controversial on its historical accuracy. The author finds that the movie left out important elements of the Cuban Missile Crisis, but in order to keep the movie for stretching on for hours, it depicted the events as accurately as any movie might ever be able to. This article may be the most important article to the research essay over the Cuban Missile Crisis because it provides arguments on both sides, but chooses one side by the end. This article will be very useful as an example for how the research essay over Thirteen Days should
From the beginning of the movie, The President John F. Kennedy had to declare what his vision of the future was when dealing with The Unite States’ outlook on the problem. With this issue having multi-level complexities John F. Kennedy did not take his responsibility lightly. When it came to deciding how The United States should act John F. Kennedy used the authoritarian approach but strongly relied upon his political cabinet to provided their counsel on how The Cuban Missile Crisis should be handled moving forward
This creates a picture in the reader’s mind, by using imagery. The nuclear attack affected many people, left them with nothing and hurt them. Society is very important, because without it everything will fall apart. People's’ lives are lost, and sacrificed in a unspeakable
The Kennedy Tapes puts together real history and actual conversations directly from the White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The book remains true to history and exemplifies how close the U.S. was to a nuclear war. The book brings awareness to millions who may of not known of the Cuban Missile Crisis or those who lived through it without ever really knowing what almost happened. The Cuban Missile Crisis completely changed society during and after the 13 days of fear. Ernest R. May broke the barrier between government and citizens by giving the world the actual tapes that held the truth about the Cuban Missile Crisis. The author didn’t make an impact on the book. The story is mainly passages and transcripts from real recordings from
Thirteen Days is a movie about military story. This film is talking about the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, seen from the perspective of the US political leadership. Roger Donaldson is the director of the film and Kevin Costner as Special Assistant to the President Kenneth O’Donnell ; Bruce Greenwood featured as President John F.Kennedy ; Steven Culp as Attorney General Robert F.Kennedy and last but not least, Dylan Baker as Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. This movie carries the same name as the book Thirteen Days by former Attorney General F.Kennedy , it is in fact based on a different book.
This movie depicts what happens during the Cuban Missile crises. It focuses on the role of the President of the United States, who at the time was John F. Kennedy. After coming to the conclusion that the Soviet Union, who decided to ally with Cuba during the Cold War, was in the process of placing nuclear weapons in Cuba, it was up to Kennedy and his advisors to come up with a plan. These nuclear weapons had the ability to wipe out a massive number of people and the United States had to be prepared to prevent this and fight back if they needed to. In addition to the millions of American lives that would be lost to the nuclear attack from Cuba, there would be a tremendous amount of Damage done to the United Stated military bases. What many of the advisors wanted to do was go forth and invade Cuba to begin to attack. Kennedy, rightfully, was worried about the outcome of that decision. If the United States went into Cuba to attack, the Soviet Union could not only attack us, but take out some of their frustrations of countries allied to the United States in Europe as well. The United States needed to find a solution. Kennedy knew he had to find a way to remove the missiles. He did not know if he should advance and take care of this using coercion or to try to do it peacefully. They try to advance diplomatically. They decide to try their best to keep the peace so this war that was at a cold
The reenactment of “Thirteen Days” was based off of the thirteen days in October of 1962 where the US and the USSR had a nuclear war standoff, the Cuban Missile Crisis. Under the presidency of JFK, he was able to twist the situation and avoid the military to take control and end world peace. The Cuban missile crisis was one of the most extraordinary and unexpected catastrophes in world history. Hollywood took its interpretation of this event and adapted it to the viewer lens. Movies and the real events are almost one hundred percent of the time not accurate, they always have adaptations on the screenplay. Thirteen days is not only showing the world what happened behind the big news, but it is also shedding some light on the golden side of the Kennedy’s.
The Cuban Missile Crisis is definitely known as a very major event in U.S. history. The movie Thirteen Days does a great job of conveying what happened during this crisis. According to the movie, there were a few things that happened that lead to the end of the crisis. For one, the U.S. used a spy. The event that had the greatest impact in the movie, however, is when the U.S. and USSR made a deal.
The “Thirteen Days” movie describes how the 35th president of United States of America (USA), John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) dealt with the Cuban Missile Crisis during the period of October 14-28, 1963. It shows how JFK’s leadership saved the world from having World War III (WWIII), or worse, Nuclear War. JFK’s crisis management and decision-making skills was tested during this period. He was under an extreme pressure, having the Cuban missiles were about to be ready to become operational and most of his Generals suggested him to launch a military strike, while he didn’t want to start a war and prefer to avoid one. To make things worse, the Joint Chiefs, who most of them were older than JFK, pressurized
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a frightening moment for the entire world. It started October 14th, 1962 after the Soviet Union planted nuclear missiles inn Cuba. The U.S. found out that these missiles were being planted without their knowledge, but the Soviet Union continued the construction of these nuclear missile sites, even after President Kennedy, the president of the U.S., sent out a warning against these weapons in Cuba. Even after this warning, Kennedy once again found out that the construction was still happening. Following the discovery of the ongoing construction, Kennedy wanted to meet with people at the White House to solve the problem that they were encountering. There were multiple sides during their talk about the missiles. Some of the people at the meeting wanted to take a more aggressive approach and destroy these missiles and then follow up with an attack. Kennedy eventually decided to quarantine Cuba. After Kennedy quarantined Cuba, there were many messages sent between the White House and the Kremlin to try and solve the problem. The Cuban Missile Crisis lasted for thirteen extremely tense days. At the end of these thirteen days, the Cuban Missile Crisis ended with an agreement between the United States and Soviet Union. The Cuban Missile Crisis greatly impacted history. It strengthened the bond between the United States and Soviet Union, showed people how to come to a
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.