[FPSPACE] Thirteen Days

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>From N.Y. Times News Service:

"Thirteen Days" Distributor Pulls Inaccurate Ads

Washington -- Film critics describe "Thirteen Days," the new historical drama based on the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, as a "by-the-numbers recreation" and "close to perfect."  Print advertisements for the movie though, are not as precise.

New Line Cinema, which is distributing the film that stars Kevin Costner, is removing from circulation a two-page advertisement that ran Friday in some newspapers across the nation.

The advertisements included images of a Spruance-class destroyer and of F-15 jet fighters -- weapons systems not yet built in 1962.

The film company said that it stood by the accuracy and integrity of the movie--but not the ads.

"Every ship, plane, truck and craft that moves in the film is absolutely authentic to the time period," said Steve Elzer, a spokeman for New Line, a unit of Time Warner Inc.
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Guess that's a definitive answer from Mr. Elzer -- despite the fact that the missile launcher truck shown in the film is of U.S., and not Cuban or Russian origin or design (markings on the truck are wrong too. . .)

~JS~