Fail-safe

DVD 2020

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.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Cold War Fiction

International relations Fiction

Nuclear warfare Fiction

Nuclear weapons Fiction

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Feature films Fiction Thrillers (Motion pictures) Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 1011 Criterion collection ; 1011 DVD

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ISBN:

9781681436814

Edition:

DVD special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (112 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches
digital optical surround Dolby Digital monophonic
video file DVD video region 1
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: PG

Other Title:

Fail safe
Fail-safe (Motion picture : 1964) [DVD]

Notes:

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 nucklear paranoia and Cold War films; "Fail-safe revisited"; plus an essay by critic Bilge Ebiri
Title from container
Wide screen (1.85:1)
Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Dan O'herlihy, Frank Overton
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital monophonic
For private home use only
In English with English subtitles ; Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

Control Number:

2871525

UPC:

715515240512

Other Authors:

Columbia Pictures, production company
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982, actor
Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011, film director
Matthau, Walter, actor
O'Herlihy, Dan, 1919-2005, actor
Overton, Frank, 1918-1967, actor

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