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Title:
Fail safe [DVD video]
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Edition:
DVD special edition.
Publication Date:
2020
Publication Information:
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781681436814
Abstract:
The unnerving procedural thriller painstakingly details an all-too-plausible nightmare scenario in which a mechanical failure jams the United States military's chain of command and sends the country hurtling toward nuclear war with the Soviet Union.
General Note:
Title from container.
Publisher varies; may have additional language tracks and subtitles.
From the novel by Eugene Burdick & Harvey Wheeler.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.
Wide screen (1.85:1)
Special features: audio commentary from 2000 featuring director Sidney Lumet; new interview with film critic J. Hoberman on 1960s nuclear paranoia and Cold War films; "Fail-safe revisited".
Performers:
Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Edward Binns, Larry Hagman, Fritz Weaver, Henry Fonda, William Hansen, Russell Hardie, Russell Collns, Sorrell Booke.
Technical Details:
DVD, NTSC, region 1; 16:9 wide screen presentation (1.85:1); Dolby digital mono.
Accessibility Note:
Optional English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Language:
English
Additional Language:
In English.
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Audience:
No CHV rating available.
