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Main Authors: Burdick, Eugene 1918-1965 (Author), Wheeler, Harvey 1918-2004 (Author)
Other Authors: Bernstein, Walter 1919-2021 (Screenwriter), Hirschfeld, Gerald 1921-2017 (Cinematographer), Johnstone, Anna Hill 1913-1992 (Costume designer), O'Herlihy, Dan 1919-2005 (Actor), Matthau, Walter 1920-2000 (Actor), Overton, Frank 1918-1967 (Actor), Fonda, Henry 1905-1982 (Actor)
Format: Video Software
Language:English
Published: [New York, NY] <<The>> Criterion collection [2020]
Series:The Criterion collection 1011
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Abstract:"This 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. Working from a contemporary best seller, screenwriter Walter Bernstein and director Sidney Lumet wrench harrowing suspense from the doomsday fears of the Cold War era, making the most of a modest budget and limited sets to create an atmosphere of clammy claustrophobia and astronomically high stakes. Starring Henry Fonda as a coolheaded U.S. president and Walter Matthau as a trigger-happy political theorist, Fail Safe is a long-underappreciated alarm bell of a film, sounding an urgent warning about the deadly logic of mutually assured destruction." [criterion.com]
Item Description:Original: USA 1964
DVD special edition features: new 4k digital restoration ; 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" (2000) including interviews with Lumet, screenwriter Walter Bernstein, and actor Dan O'Herlihy ; plus: an essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri
Bildformat 1.85:1
Physical Description:1 DVD-Video (112 min) schwarz-weiß 12 cm 1 Beilage
ISBN:9781681436814