DVD

Fail safe / Columbia Pictures ; screenplay, Walter Bernstein ; produced by Max E. Youngstein ; directed by Sidney Lumet.

Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011 (film director.). Bernstein, Walter, (screenwriter.). Youngstein, Max E., (film producer.). O'Herlihy, Dan, 1919-2005 (actor.). Matthau, Walter, (actor.). Binns, Edward, 1916-1990 (actor.). Hagman, Larry, (actor.). Weaver, Fritz, 1926-2016 (actor.). Overton, Frank, 1918-1967 (actor.). Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982 (actor.). Burdick, Eugene. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Fail-safe. (Added Author). Columbia Pictures, (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Edward Binns, Larry Hagman, Fritz Weaver, Henry Fonda. (Cast).

Summary:

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).