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Fail-safe Cover Image DVD DVD

Fail-safe / Columbia ; screenplay, Walter Bernstein ; producer, Max E. Youngstein ; director, Sidney Lumet.

Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011 (film director.). Bernstein, Walter, (screenwriter.). Youngstein, Max E., (film producer.). Hirschfeld, Gerald, (director of photography.). Rosenblum, Ralph, (editor of moving image work.). Brenner, Albert, 1926- (art director.). Johnstone, Anna Hill, 1913-1992 (costume designer.). O'Herlihy, Dan, 1919-2005 (actor.). Matthau, Walter, (actor.). Overton, Frank, 1918-1967 (actor.). Binns, Edward, 1916-1990 (actor.). Weaver, Fritz, 1926-2016 (actor.). Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982 (actor.). Hagman, Larry, (actor.). Hansen, William, 1911-1975 (actor.). Hardie, Russell, 1904-1973 (actor.). Collins, Russell, 1897-1965 (actor.). Booke, Sorrell, 1930-1994 (actor.). Berg, Nancy, 1931- (actor.). Connell, John, 1923-2015 (actor.). Simpson, Frank (Actor),active 1963-1988, (actor.). Parks, Hildy, 1926- (actor.). Ward, Janet, 1925-1995 (actor.). DeLuise, Dom, (actor.). Elcar, Dana, (actor.). Germain, Stewart, (actor.). Larabee, Louise, 1916-2002 (actor.). Altman, Frieda, 1904-2002 (actor.). Burdick, Eugene. Fail-safe. (Added Author). Wheeler, Harvey, 1918-2004 Motion picture adaptation of (work) Fail-safe. (Added Author). Columbia Pictures. (Added Author). Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Ed Binns, Fritz Weaver, Henry Fonda, Larry Hagman, William Hansen, Russell Hardy, Russell Collins, Sorrell Booke, Nancy Berg, John Connell, Frank Simpson, Hildy Parks, Janet Ward, Dom De Luise, Dana Elcar, Stewart Germain, Louise Larabee, Frieda Altman. (Cast).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0767854993
  • ISBN: 9780767854993
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Special edition; Widescreen version.
  • Publisher: [Culver City, Calif.] : Columba TriStar Home Video, [2000]

Content descriptions

General Note:
From the novel by Eugene Burdick & Harvey Wheeler.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1964.
Special features: Director's commentary; "Fail-safe revisited" featurette; Talent files; Theatrical trailers; Production notes.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Gerald Hirschfeld ; film editor, Ralph Rosenblum ; art director, Albert Brenner ; costumes by Anna Hill Johnstone.
Participant or Performer Note:
Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Ed Binns, Fritz Weaver, Henry Fonda, Larry Hagman, William Hansen, Russell Hardy, Russell Collins, Sorrell Booke, Nancy Berg, John Connell, Frank Simpson, Hildy Parks, Janet Ward, Dom De Luise, Dana Elcar, Stewart Germain, Louise Larabee, Frieda Altman.
System Details Note:
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Language Note:
In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish soundtracks with optional English, Chinese, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish or Thai subtitles; Closed-captioned.

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Genre: War films.
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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Kirtland Community College Library PN 1997 .F35 2000 30775305518723 Media Library-Circulating Collection Available -

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