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MSNBC reveals major plot changes in 'Thirteen Days', said to be first movie with LOTR trailer - Lord of the Rings news - J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings

August 06, 2000 at 16:31:02

Since millions of people are probably going to see the upcoming film 'Thirteen Days' just to get a glimpse of the first promotional trailer for Peter Jackson's 'The Lord of the Rings' epic, we thought this news article might be interesting.

It seems the "Thirteen Days" producers decided to dump a love story and focus more on the actual drama of the Cuban Missile Crisis itself (note: Xenite.Org's Michael Martinez has a CMC connection -- his father was sent to Guantanamo Base as part of a Spanish-language speaking army force prepared for "interaction" with the Cubans, but the orders never came through, fortunately).

MSNBC and Newsweek have posted a review of the upcoming film's own stormy history. The project cost $80,000,000.00 (US -- maybe $150,000,000.00 New Zealand). Kevin Costner stars in the major-budget drama.

"This is a movie that will make people think hard," they say. But will people be thinking about what Costner's film has to say or the trailer that Tolkien fans want to see?