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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788603228
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0788603221
Label: Mpi Home Video
Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Mpi Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 26, 2001
Running Time: 150 minutes
Sales Rank: 6411
Studio: Mpi Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 18, 1974
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Without becoming didactic, The Missiles of October does an outstanding job of presenting many points of view on the Cuban missile crisis. The film humanizes Kennedy's near impossible task of avoiding war without compromising national security. The earnestness of this 1974 made-for-television dramatization may briefly remind one of social studies class--indeed it is at times difficult to maintain consciousness while the extensive cast of characters is being introduced at the opening. Not to worry, though--soon the power plays begin and The Missiles of October becomes completely gripping. Actual news footage is spliced in with the action, nicely serving as exposition and driving home just how very close the world came to nuclear war. A crew of excellent character actors flesh out the story and reveal the psychological games behind the language of diplomacy. William Devane takes on the difficult task of playing John F. Kennedy. While he doesn't quite capture Kennedy's charisma, he does occupy the role comfortably and effectively conveys the president's deep worry and determination to avoid war. Martin Sheen plays an engaging Robert Kennedy and Michael Lerner, oddly enough, manages to make Pierre Salinger absolutely fascinating. --Ali Davis
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A Movie Everyone Should See
I lived through the Missiles of October. It is still amazing and truly frightening to see how close we came to nuclear war. No Senator, Congressional Rep, candidate for President, or informed voter should miss this film. I'd seen it on TV, then bought the video. The DVD makes the scenes even more immediate. All the acting is superb. Want to know why we need a President who can THINK? This is why.
Rating: - THE ULTIMATE WMDS
THE MISSILES OF OCTOBER is a tense, tight, made for TV, docudrama about the Cuban missile crisis. It is a Golden Laurel award-winning film based on all historical evidence about those 13 days in October, 1962. Many of us have forgotten or never knew the crisis 45 years ago that brought us to the edge of nuclear war and possible extinction of life as we know it. Unbeknown to America and with full denial from Russia, the USSR had begun to build a nuclear missile arsenal in Cuba that was capable of ... Read More
Rating: - A classic confrontation between Kennedy and Kruschauve
This docudrama shows the Kennedy Adminstration at its very best. William Devene makes a very believable President John F. Kennedy who handles the pressure of dealing with the threat of Soviet Nuclear Missiles a mere 90 miles from our shores. This film is very nicely restored and is complete and uncut. It also showed how President Kennedy and his brother Robert Kennedy dealt with the pressures of whether or not to evade Cuba. A young Martin Sheen proves what a good actor he was back then bringing ... Read More
Rating:  - Cuban Missile Crisis History Lesson in 155 Minutes
First, here's some technical information. "The Missiles of October" is a 1974 or '74 ABC-TV/Viacom television movie running at 155 minutes, probably a miniseries, shot on videotape in NTSC. The DVD version is an NTSC version. The picture quality of the DVD is extremely good considering the age and means of the production.
HERE'S MY AMAZON DISCLAIMER: Regarding other reviews here, it's hard to argue against any statement that this movie "idolizes JFK," because it's based on RFK's book ... Read More
Rating: - The Missiles of October
Interspersed with newsreel footage to heighten its gripping realism, Page's riveting and groundbreaking made-for-TV docudrama reaches for "you-are-there" verisimilitude in its depiction of the thirteen days in October 1962 when JFK agonized over whether to go to war with Russia, a time when the world came close to nuclear annihilation. Well-scripted and directed with nail-biting intensity by Page, "Missiles" boasts tremendous performances by Devane, Sheen, and Howard Da Silva as Premier Khrushchev. See ... Read More
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