Fail safe / Columbia Pictures ; screenplay, Walter Bernstein ; produced by Max E. Youngstein ; directed by Sidney Lumet.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781681436814
- ISBN: 1681436817
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet.
- Edition: DVD special edition.
- Publisher: [New York, N. Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
Content descriptions
General Note: | From the novel by Eugene Burdick & Harvey Wheeler. Widescreen (1.85:1) Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. 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"; plus an essay by critic Bilge Ebiri. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Edward Binns, Larry Hagman, Fritz Weaver, Henry Fonda. |
Target Audience Note: | Rating: Not rated. |
System Details Note: | DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1); mono. |
Language Note: | Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
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Subject: | International relations > Drama. Nuclear weapons > Drama. Nuclear warfare > Drama. Cold War > Drama. |
Genre: | Feature films. Fiction films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
Topic Heading: | Closed-captioned DVDs. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lower Macungie Library | DVD FIC FAI (Text) | 33400001496101 | Adult DVD | Checked Out | 04/01/2024 |