15 Minutes/Frequency/Thirteen Days

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
• Screen: Color
• Subtitle: English, Spanish

AWARDS

• Hollywood Foreign Press Association

•     Nominated Best Original Song - 2000 (Garth Brooks)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Kevin Costner - Kenneth P. O'Donnell
       Robert De Niro - Eddie Flemming
       Dennis Quaid - Frank Sullivan
       Edward Burns - Jordy Warsaw
       James Caviezel - John Sullivan
       Bruce Greenwood - John F. Kennedy
       Andre Braugher - Satch DeLeon
       Steven Culp - Robert F. Kennedy
       Kelsey Grammer - Robert Hawkins
       Dylan Baker - Robert McNamara
       Avery Brooks - Leon Jackson
       Elizabeth Mitchell - Julia Sullivan
       Noah Emmerich - Gordon Hersch
       Michael Fairman - Adlai Stevenson
       Melina Kanakaredes - Nicolette

• Director:

  Roger Donaldson, John Herzfeld, Gregory Hoblit

• Producer:

  Keith Addis, Peter O. Almond, Armyan Bernstein, David Blocker, Bill Carraro, Kevin Costner, Toby Emmerich, John Herzfeld, Gregory Hoblit, Howard W. Koch, Nick Wechsler

• Book Author:

  Ernest R. May, Philip D. Zelikow

• Screenwriter:

  Toby Emmerich, John Herzfeld, David Self

• Cinematographer:

  Andrzej Bartkowiak, Jean-Yves Escoffier, Alar Kivilo

• Composer (Music Score):

  Trevor Jones, Michael Kamen, Anthony Marinelli, J. Peter Robinson

• Editor:

  Conrad Buff, Steven Cohen, David Rosenbloom

• Production Designer:

  Mayne Berke, Paul Bryan Eads, Dennis Washington

• Art Director:

  Dennis Davenport, Jess Gonchor, Ann Harris, John Kasarda, Tom Taylor

• Co-producer:

  Paul Deason, Mary Montiforte

• Associate Producer:

  James M. Freitag, David Gaines, Patricia Graf, Staci A. Silva

REVIEWS:

• {#Frequency} is sometimes referred to as a "tearjerker for men," since it deals movingly with the bonds between a father ({$Dennis Quaid}) and son ({$Jim Caviezel}). But a more complimentary gauge of its power is to compare it to {#Back to the Future}. That's because both films require a major suspension of disbelief for the viewer to swallow the otherwise preposterous time travel conundrums at their core. Once the viewer accepts the framework -- that a rift in the space-time continuum could allow {$Caviezel} to talk to his dead father, 30 years in the past, over ham radio waves -- the enjoyment that follows is pure and unfettered, because the movie stays true to the rules it establishes. Both leads turn in earnest, energetic performances, and the script doesn't fail them. It's the small elements of a cleverly devised time-twister story that really resonate. For example, in one memorable scene, {$Quaid} hides a key piece of evidence that may help his son solve a murder in the floorboards of the house where {$Caviezel} still lives. "Moments later," {$Caviezel} digs it up, covered with dust and cobwebs. Sports fans and New Yorkers will appreciate the nostalgic 1969 the film conjures, when everyone in the borough of Queens was electrified by the "Amazin'" Mets and their appearance in the World Series. It's a tall task to ask any film to duplicate the sublime experience of {#Back to the Future}, but the fact that this is even in the ballpark, so to speak, is a real testament. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
• Frequency is sometimes referred to as a "tearjerker for men," since it deals movingly with the bonds between a father (Dennis Quaid) and son (Jim Caviezel). But a more complimentary gauge of its power is to compare it to Back to the Future. That's because both films require a major suspension of disbelief for the viewer to swallow the otherwise preposterous time travel conundrums at their core. Once the viewer accepts the framework -- that a rift in the space-time continuum could allow Caviezel to talk to his dead father, 30 years in the past, over ham radio waves -- the enjoyment that follows is pure and unfettered, because the movie stays true to the rules it establishes. Both leads turn in earnest, energetic performances, and the script doesn't fail them. It's the small elements of a cleverly devised time-twister story that really resonate. For example, in one memorable scene, Quaid hides a key piece of evidence that may help his son solve a murder in the floorboards of the house where Caviezel still lives. "Moments later," Caviezel digs it up, covered with dust and cobwebs. Sports fans and New Yorkers will appreciate the nostalgic 1969 the film conjures, when everyone in the borough of Queens was electrified by the "Amazin'" Mets and their appearance in the World Series. It's a tall task to ask any film to duplicate the sublime experience of Back to the Future, but the fact that this is even in the ballpark, so to speak, is a real testament. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
• It may seem nearly impossible to create a taut, engaging thriller out of events where the outcome has already been predetermined (as they were in 1962), but the team that assembled this crackling political drama has succeeded. Thirteen Days triumphs as a story of the tests of human endurance, mostly because it never loses the sense of urgency of the situation at hand. With the aid of his perfectly in-sync cast, director Roger Donaldson never resorts to glossiness or pandering to present the film's tale of a conflicted president in the midst of chaos. Bruce Greenwood not only captures JFK's cadences and physicality, but also gives the former president an unmistakable core of integrity and believability. Kevin Costner and Steven Culp are equally nuanced as well; the film's most admirable trait is how it suggests the vitality of their friendship without resorting to pathos or cheap sentiment. It's rare to see a politically centered movie with this much heart: though Thirteen Days may not be as edgy or risk-taking as one might like, it is undeniably rooted in true emotion -- one of the rarest things to capture in popular entertainment. ~ Jason Clark, All Movie Guide

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