Thirteen Days (2000)

Actors

• John Aylward (actor)
• Dylan Baker (actor)
• Charles Barrett (actor)
• Elya Baskin (actor)
• Sean Bergin (actor)
• Jack Blessing (actor)
• Michael R Bowman (actor)
• Len Cariou (actor)
• Chris Henry Coffey (actor)
• Kelly Connell (actor)
• Kevin Conway (actor)
• Drake Cook (actor)
• Kevin Costner (actor)
• Walter Cronkite (actor)
• Walter Adrian (actor)

Genres

• Drama
• History
• Thriller

Taglines:

You'll Never Believe How Close We Came

Quotes:

Robert McNamara: We'd look pretty bad shooting up a freighter full of baby food.

Kenny O'Donnell: The sun came up. Every day the sun comes up says something about us.

Kenny O'Donnell: If the sun comes up tomorrow, it is only because of men of good will. And that's - that's all there is between us and the devil.

Robert McNamara: This is not a blockade. This is language. A new vocabulary, the likes of which the world has never seen! This is President Kennedy communicating with Secretary Khrushchev!

Kenny O'Donnell: Adlai! It's Ken; how you doin'?::Adlai Stevenson: Busy, Ken. What do you need?::Kenny O'Donnell: The president told me to pass the word to you: Stick it to them!::Adlai Stevenson: I hear you. I'm glad it's you calling; I thought it would be Bobby.::Kenny O'Donnell: Adlai, the world has to know we're right. If we're gonna have a chance at a political solution we need international pressure... You gotta be tough, Adlai. You need to find it, buddy.::Adlai Stevenson: If they're still sticking to their stonewalling stategy, I'll get them. I'm an old political cat, Kenny, but I've got one life left.::Kenny O'Donnell: I know you do.

[about the Joint Chiefs of Staff]::Kenny O'Donnell: They want a war, Jack, and they're arranging things to get one.

General Curtis LeMay: Those goddamn Kennedys are gonna destroy this country if we don't do something about this!

President Kennedy: [slams fist] *I* have the authority! I am the commander in chief of the United States, and I say when we go to war!

Adlai Stevenson: [asking the Russian ambassador if there are any Soviet missile bases in Cuba] Sir, I am prepared to wait for your answer till Hell freezes over, if that's your decision.

Robert Kennedy: We gave up so much to get here... I don't know; sometimes I think, "What the hell did we do it for?"::Kenny O'Donnell: Well, I don't know about you, but... I'm in it for the money.

Thant, U Filmography

• The Doomsday Clock
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Century of Warfare
  1994, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Executive Action
  1973, role: actor , character name: Himself - Applauds Test Ban Treaty
• Malcolm X
  1972, role: actor , character name: Himself - UN
• Strike Zion!
  1967, role: actor , character name: Himself - UN

Famous quotes by U. Thant:

"I am afraid (if the present trend in Vietnam continues) that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking, is inevitable"

"I don't like to be disturbed at home; I tell the cable office not to call me before 6:30 AM, unless there's a war."

"The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity."

"Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace."

"Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves."