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.
Additional Information
| Series | Criterion collection ; 1011. |
| Subjects |
Nuclear warfare
-- Drama.
International relations -- Drama. Nuclear weapons -- Drama. Cold War -- Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Film adaptations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | [Irvington, New York?] :The Criterion Collection,2020 |
| Edition | Blu-ray, Special edition, Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | Fail-safe. Fail-safe |
| Contributors |
Bernstein, Walter,
screenwriter. Youngstein, Max E., film producer. Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011, film director. O'Herlihy, Dan, 1919-2005, actor. Matthau, Walter, actor. Overton, Frank, 1918-1967, actor. Binns, Edward, 1916-1990, actor. Hagman, Larry, actor. Weaver, Fritz, 1926-2016, actor. Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982, actor. Burdick, Eugene. Fail-safe. Wheeler, Harvey, 1918-2004, author. Columbia Pictures Corporation, presenter, production company. Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Edward Binns, Larry Hagman, Fritz Weaver, Henry Fonda. |
| Language |
English In English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. Based on the novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. Accompanying material may include 1 folded sheet comprising an essay by critic Bilge Ebiri. Special features include: 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, a short documentary from 2000 including interviews with Lumet, screenwriter Walter Bernstein, and actor Dan O'Herlihy. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray Disc; region A; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; monaural; requires Blu-ray Disc player. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 9781681436807 1681436809 |
| Other | Classic View |