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Main Characters
•Kevin Costner : as Kenny O’Donnell
(Assistant to the President)
•Bruce Greenwood: as John F.
Kennedy(President)
•Steven Culp: as Robert F.
Kennedy(Attorney General)
Forty years after the blockade by the
United States, the Soviet Union and Cuba
brought the world to the brink of the
unthinkable nuclear war. On the evening of
October 16, 1962, President John F.
Kennedy was confronted with what could
have been the biggest world disaster he
would ever encounter. The CIA had detailed
information of Soviet nuclear installations
under construction on the island of Cuba,
and if these nuclear weapons should get
launched, over 80 million people could have
been killed in a matter of 5 minutes. Cuba
being only 90 miles off the Florida Coast,
the President and his advisors had to make a
very wise decision about how the United
States would respond. The movie portrays
how close we came to nuclear warfare
during the “Cuban Missile Crisis.”
Kenny O’Donnell played by (Kevin Costner ) is speaking to a pilot in
the U.S. Air Force before he and his men execute this last mission to
find out the progress of the installation of nuclear missiles by the
Soviet Union in Cuba, but during this conversation Kenny O’Donnell
makes it very clear by orders of the President that no words are to be
said to anyone if he should happen to get fired upon or even shot
down, for whatever the reason the answer will not be that the Soviet
Union or the Cubans were responsible—otherwise the Joint Chiefs of
Staff would retaliate and probably provoke a nuclear response from
the Soviets.
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The music gave a feeling of
anticipation. There was violin
sounds that grew louder as the
threat of danger approached.
A trumpet played when the plane
completed it’s journey; this
indicated a successful mission.
There was a line of F-16 planes
which indicated that they were
going to be used to shoot pictures of
Cuba.
A camera was shown as evidence
that pictures of Cuba were being
taken.
Missiles were shown as proof
that the installations of nuclear
missiles were close to becoming
operational.
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Wispy sounds
 fire sounds
 drums
 Bullets
 people yelling
 engine sounds from the thrust of the
fighter jets as they flew over Cuba
 the sounds of cameras clicking as
they flew over the targeted area
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The bluish sky and the majority of the colors in this
scene were camouflage, with lots of greens and tans,
including the scenery when they fly over the bright
green land with a murky river that ran through it. Also
a blue shadow of mountains was highlighted in the
background.
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Throughout the entire movie the
costumes that were used were
all professional attire, just as
you would expect for politicians
and presidential advisors.
The attire was suit and tie,
except for the military uniforms.
As for the scene, the pilots were
dressed in flight suits, black
gloves and a blackish colored
helmet.
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The camera angles were
close-ups of the characters
and the planes. The
camera angled down as
the plane flew over Cuba
and focused on the lands,
as the Cubans and
Russians surround the
missiles.
The positioning and
movement were very
quick as the planes flew
over Cuba. The planes
twisted and turned as they
maneuvered through the
air avoiding gun fire.
There were minimal shadows
on the land, which portrayed
it as being an overcast day in
Cuba.