Re: Thirteen Days

On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 6:39:08 PM UTC-5, John Corbett wrote:
> Thirteen Days was the title of a book written by (or ghost written for) 
> RFK about the Cuban Missile Crisis. It was a source material for the made 
> for TV program The Missiles of October which was essentially a televised 
> stage play. Several decades later it was made into a major motion picture 
> of the same name as the book. However there was something curious about 
> the movie which I still don't understand. Kenny O'Donnell was barely 
> mentioned in the book and had only one scene in the Missiles of October. 
> In the movie Thirteen Days, he was made the central character played by 
> Kevin Costner. Essentially the crisis played out through his eyes. I've 
> always wondered why the producers chose to go in that direction when it 
> seemed from RFK's book that he was barely involved in the management of 
> the crisis. Was there other source material that indicated O'Donnell's 
> involvement was much greater than what it appeared in the book? If anyone 
> has an information as to why the movie expanded O'Donnell's role beyond 
> what the book indicated, I would appreciate it.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jan-22-ca-15450-story.html