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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767854993
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Letterboxed, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767854993
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoSpanishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledPortugueseSubtitledGeorgianSubtitledThaiSubtitledFrenchDubbedDolby Digital 2.0 MonoPortugueseDubbedDolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: D05424D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: October 31, 2000
Running Time: 112 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: October 07, 1964
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Product Description:
One of the greatest anti-war thrillers ever Fail-Safe stars Henry Fonda Walter Matthau Dan O Herlihy Larry Hagman and Fritz Weaver (in his film debut) as a group of military men on the verge of World War III.When a military computer deploys a squadron of SAC bombers to destroy Moscow the American President (Fonda) tries to call them back. But their sophisticated fail-safe system prevents him from aborting the attack so he must convince the Soviets not to retaliate. In desperation the President offers to sacrifice an American city if his pilots succeed in their deadly mission over Moscow. A four-star techno-thriller that builds tension and suspense with every tick of the nuclear clock.System Requirements:Starring: Dan O Herlihy Walter Matthau Frank Overton Ed Binns Fritz Weaver Henry Fonda Larry Hagman and William Hansen. Directed By: Sidney Lumet. Running Time: 111 Min. B&W. This film is presented in "Widescreen" format. Copyright 2000 Columbia TriStar Home Video.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: G UPC: 043396054240 Manufacturer No: 5424
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It's Dr. Strangelove, but without the laughs. Fail Safe, made within a year of Strangelove and at the height of cold war atomic anxiety, posits a similar nightmare scenario. A U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered toward Moscow, ready to drop its load. The U.S. president (Henry Fonda) and various military and congressional leaders must then scramble to deal with the disaster. The built-in suspense is well maintained by director Sidney Lumet, working from a script by former blacklisted writer Walter Bernstein. The solemn, serious approach doesn't begin to touch the brilliance of Strangelove's inspired take on the nuclear nightmare, but Fail Safe is absorbing and well acted (a memorable role for Walter Matthau, for instance). The movie enters unexpected territory in its final minutes; conditioned for feel-good endings, viewers are still genuinely shocked by the plot turns in the final reels. The climax comes as a sobering slap in the face, intriguingly staged by Lumet. Now that the cold war has passed on into history, Fail Safe stands as--thank goodness--an interesting period piece. --Robert Horton
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Rating:  -
I've never cared for DR. STRANGELOVE (1964), and Sidney Lumet's FAIL-SAFE is precisely the reason why. FAIL-SAFE is THE Cold War masterpiece, while its predecessor is a clumsy, unamusing and ill-advised Stanley Kubrick work. The chance of nuclear annihilation really exists and is not something to make light of.
In FAIL-SAFE, Henry Fonda is brilliant as President of the United States and Larry Hagman in only his second motion picture is equally superb. It's Hagman's job to interpret what ... Read More
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Rather than echo the plaudits of the reviewers before me, all of which I am in full accord, I'd like to offer another observation.
The most frightening aspect of this movie is that it speaks of a mass fear that is specific to the last two or three generations. The fear of the willful destruction of all life on this planet through the technological method. Consider the kind of neurosis and fear that gripped the last three generations. A fear that any moment the whole of human society could ... Read More
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FAIL SAFE catches the mood of the fear of the sixties and viewings today confirm that fear has not waned. Director Sidney Lumet takes the bestselling novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler and presents a nightmare scenario of a nuclear holocaust that the concluding disclaimer of its unlikelihood cannot erase. This is one of those movies that invite repeat viewings with each one revealing an unappreciated aspect of the symbiosis between cast, crew, and filming technology.
There is a tendency ... Read More
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Viewed Fail-Safe a few days after Dr. Strangelove and found the movie actually better than I remembered from before.
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If you are into Pol-Sci, this is a must see. If you like nuclear war movies must see. I can go on. The 1964 version is so far supiriour to the remake of the same title. It is like you are living the cold war, even if you were not alive then. Like me for example I'm only 28, but it was so intense.
Unfortinenetly, I have to order another copy, because, the one I got from Amazon would not, could not read or load. There is no way I'm going to wait a month for a refund, so I'm just going to order ... Read More
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