CUBA: HOLLYWOOD ACTOR KEVIN COSTNER VISITS HAVANA FOR PREMIERE OF FILM "THIRTEEN DAYS"

Record ID: 221577

  • Title: CUBA: HOLLYWOOD ACTOR KEVIN COSTNER VISITS HAVANA FOR PREMIERE OF FILM "THIRTEEN DAYS"
  • Date: 12th April 2001
  • Summary: HAVANA, CUBA (APRIL 9, 2001) (REUTERS) 1. SLV AIRPORT BUS AS ACTOR KEVIN COSTNER EMERGES (2 SHOTS) 0.20 2. MV COSTNER AND HIS PARTNER DURING ARRIVAL (2 SHOTS) 0.35 3. MV COSTNER AND PARTNER ARRIVING AT HOTEL 0.41 4. MV COSTNER SURROUNDED BY MEDIA; SLV EXTERIOR HOTEL (4 SHOTS) 1.41 5. (SOUNDBITE)(Spanish) TOURIST, PATRICIA FERNANDEZ MATEO, SAYING "It was a great surprise because we have come here to have some coffee, (we are) two couples on a trip and suddenly we asked because we saw many cameras and inquired what was going on and the waiter told us Kevin was coming to promote his latest film. It has been a great moment." 1.58 6. SLV CUBAN MUSICIANS WELCOMING COSTNER AND HIS ENTOURAGE 2.06 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 27th April 2001 13:00
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  • Location: HAVANA, CUBA
  • Country: Cuba
  • Reuters ID: LVA4CSBECKWEQF3GUKPUL7BNAYAS
  • Story Text: Hollywood actor, Kevin Costner has visited Havana, for
    the Cuban premiere of his latest film, "Thirteen Days," based
    on the 1962 missile crisis between the United States (U.S.)
    and the island nation.

    Costner arrived in Havana Monday (April 9), for a
    special screening of the film, on the island that provided the
    context to the star's film dramatizing the 1962 Cuban missile
    crisis.

    Costner needed a U.S. government license to fly to the
    communist-run nation which, four decades after the Cold War
    flare-up over Soviet missiles on Cuba, is still subject to
    sanctions from Washington including a ban on American tourism.

    In "Thirteen Days," Costner plays an adviser to former
    U.S. President John F. Kennedy at the time of the standoff
    between Washington and Moscow that is considered by many the
    closest the world has come to nuclear war.

    The crisis ended when Moscow agreed to withdraw the
    missiles from Cuba, to the annoyance of Castro who resented
    the deal being cut over his head.

    The film has not yet been seen in Cuban cinemas, where the
    state cinema institute ICAIC is hosting Costner's trip, but
    sources have said Cuban President, Fidel Castro viewed the
    film overnight in a private screening.

    Costner's presence and the scheduled screenings of
    "Thirteen Days" will undoubtedly prick the interest of one of
    the 1962 crisis' protagonists, Cuban President Fidel Castro,
    who has said the missiles were intended to prevent a U.S.

    invasion.

    The film was scheduled to premiere in Cuban cinemas on
    Wednesday (April 11).


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