A nine-minute film with clips from the movie Thirteen Days and interviews with Bruce Greenwood, Roger Donaldson and Kevin Costner is available for viewing at Yahoo's Entertainment site. Billed as a "Yahoo Media Presentation", the clips of Bruce are very good and include the confrontation scene with LeMay in which JFK says, "They'll do something, General; I can promise you that," along with the full televised speech of JFK addressing the nation. The footage is taken from a familiar setting, so most likely is available to publicists on an electronic press kit.
A full transcript of Bruce's interview follows:
I generally don't play people about whom there's so much archived and documented, so that was a luxury. Usually, you just read the script and kind of close your eyes and imagine. It's a great ride, this movie. It's an exciting political thriller set within the context of this huge Hollywood movie, which we've all kind of come to expect. And it's big and fast-moving and a thriller. And then, at the end of the day, you're not gonna believe that this really happened. I think we think now that somehow, no matter what oaf is in office in the White House, they'll figure it out....But if that had happened now...or next year....
For a limited time, this webcast can be viewed at:
http://entertainment.yahoo.com/entertainment/
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Internet Interviews Thirteen Days
