Talk:Thirteen Days (film)

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"The movie was based on the book The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis." Wouldn't it have, in fact, been based on the memoir of the same name by Robert Kennedy? Sheesh, non-fiction is poorly covered here. I'll make this a disambig with links to movie and book. Marskell 10:29, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

This tag actually appears at the end of the credits to the movie. So, unless the movie credits are incorrect, the original citation stands and should be restored. The Cuban Missile Crisis described in both the movie and Robert Kennedy's book takes place over the course of thirteen days, so while the movie covers the same events as the book, it is not based on the book of the same name. 65.213.220.62 19:50, 31 August 2006 (UTC)databoyecho@aol.com

[edit] Inaccuracies

In the film, it is made plain by LeMay that the USA is aware of the presence of battlefield nuclear weapons on Cuba, speaking of the Frog tactical nuclear missiles they've identified. But in real life i am sure that the US was unaware of these tactical nukes, and had they been so then a land invasion would have been considered out of the question. Robert McNamara made clear years later that the US did not know about the tactical nukes. --Corinthian 10:02, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Actual inaccuracy

In the article, it is stated that the movie says the missles would reach DC in 5 minutes, which was untrue, and thus an inaccuracy. In fact, the movie states they would have "5 minutes warning", and does not specify DC, but rather "cities and military installations in the southeast". I feel unless someone wishes to clarify the alleged inaccuracy, it should be deleted. -- rybock 10:52, 6 January 2007

Agreed, I logged on to point out the same fact. The movie says only "5 minutes warning" -- jph6t 20 January 2007