Directed by: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp, Lucinda Jenney, Drake Cook, Shawn Driscoll
Continuity mistake: O'Donnell's son's report card has a grade D for effort. However, according to the scale printed directly below the grade, the awardable effort grades are A, B, C or U - not D. (00:04:01)
Suggested correction: The sons name on the report card is Kevin. His name was Kenneth, Jr. Kevin was younger.
Factual error: One of the scenes shows the buildup of American readiness as tensions mount. A B-52 bomber appears carrying four white menacing-looking missiles under her wings. Such missiles can easily be identified as the Hound Dog type, which was under test in the mid-60s but never became operational. America would never deploy those missiles either for real or for training, because the project was scrapped before even being accepted into the Air Force.
President Kennedy: Well, who the hell authorized this missile test?
Robert Kennedy: Who do you think? God knows what this is gonna communicate to the Soviets.
Kenny O'Donnell: Communicate with the Soviets? We can't communicate with the Pentagon - and it's just across the goddamn river.
Trivia: This is the second JFK-related film starring Kevin Costner in which he has played someone other than Kennedy. The first was 'JFK'.
Question: Was Air Force One actually 2 different planes, in the closeup shot a 747, but in the wider shot a different plane?