Fail-safe / Columbia ; screenplay, Walter bernstein ; producer, Max E. Youngstein ; director, Sidney Lumet.
A computer malfunction causes nuclear-equipped American bombers to destroy Moscow and the president of the United States has to take terrible measures to appease the Soviets and prevent all-out nuclear war.
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| Uniform Title: | Fail-safe (Motion picture : 1964) |
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| Language: | English French Spanish Chinese Korean Thai |
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English, French and Spanish language soundtracks (mono) with optional subtitles in English, Chinese, French, Korean, Spanish or Thai ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired. |
| Published: |
[Culver City, Calif.] :
Columbia TriStar Home Video,
[2000], ©2000.
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| Edition: | Special edition. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Summary: |
A computer malfunction causes nuclear-equipped American bombers to destroy Moscow and the president of the United States has to take terrible measures to appease the Soviets and prevent all-out nuclear war. |
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| Note: | Widescreen version (aspect ratio 1.85:1). Originally relased as a motion picture in 1964. Based on the novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. Special features include: director's commentary ; featurette entitled Fail-safe revisited ; talent files ; theatrical trailers ; scene selections. Videorecording. |
| Call Number: | PS3503.U5972 F32 2000 VideoDVD |
| ISBN: | 0767854993 9780767854993 |
| Credits: | Editor, Ralph Rosenblum ; cinematographer, Gerald Hirschfield. |
| System Details: | DVD. |
| Cast: |
Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Edward Binns, Larry Hagman, Fritz Weaver. |