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Bruce Grenwood and Stephen Culp have more than passing resemblences to JFK and Bobby Kennedy in this politcal thriller about the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Kevin Costner is not bad as Kenney O'Donnell, special asistant to the President but his screenplay role is far more invvoled than O'Donnell's actual historic role. Other actors are skillfully chosen and the film, like, say, "The Day of the Jackal" has us on edge even though we know the real outome of events.
I have seen this about four times and recommend it highly. For once, most of the actors have the New England accents down (except Costner, who is clearly straining). And the portrait of Air Force General and Joint Chief Chairman is a bit over the top and he comes acroos as a nuclear psycho.
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Costner's attempt at a New England accent was so pathetic as to be laughable-my wife and I both mentioned it at the same time while we were watching the film. It's a toss-up as to whether or not this one was worse than his equally bad English accent in Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves.The Gen. LeMay role was a complete caricature, as you noted-just a few ticks shy of Buck Turgidson (George C. Scott in Dr. Strangelove).
The whole thing struck me as a bit of a love letter to JFK, although Greenwood certainly did a fine job.
For some reason Hollywood cannot get the New England accent down. Only Ben affleck and Matt Damon and others from the area can do it.
Tom Hanks in "Catch Me if You Can" and Kevin Bacon in "Mystic River" are good examples of moviedom's general inability to master Bahston speech patterns and tonality.
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