Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000.

Based on the book "The Kennedy tapes : inside the White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis", edited by Ernest R. May and Philip D. Zelikow.

Special features: filmmaker commentary with Kevin Costner, Roger Donaldson, David Self and others; historical commentary; documentary "Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis"; documentary "Bringing history to the silver screen"; historical figures biography gallery; visual effects scene deconstructions - multi-angle feature; deleted scenes with director commentary; cast and crew filmographies; theatrical trailers; DVD-ROM content: script-to-screen access to the film; link to original website; exclusive access to on-line Infinifilm features.

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Director of photography, Andrzej Bartkowiak ; editor, Conrad Buff ; music, Trevor Jones ; production designer, Dennis Washington ; costume designer, Isis Mussenden ; co-producers, Paul Deason, Mary Montiforte ; executive producers, Ilona Herzberg, Michael De Luca, Thomas A. Bliss, Marc Abraham.

Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp, Dylan Baker, Michael Fairman, Henry Strozier, Frank Wood, Kevin Conway, Tim Kelleher, Len Cariou, Bill Smitrovich, Dakin Matthews, Madison Mason, Christopher Lawford, Ed Lauter, Elya Baskin, Boris Krutonog, Peter White, James Karen, Tim Jerome, Olek Krupa, Lucinda Jenney, Oleg Vidov.

For thirteen extraordinary days in October 1962, the world stood on the brink of an unthinkable catastrophe. After the discovery of Soviet weapons in Cuba, events and tension escalate between two military superpowers and within the White House. President John F. Kennedy (Bruce Greenwood), Bobby Kennedy (Steven Culp) and Special Assistant to the President Kenneth P. O'Donnell (Kevin Costner) are in the hot seat as they struggle to prevent nuclear war.

MPAA rating: PG-13.

DVD, region 1; Dolby digital, 5.1 surround sound.

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.