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

Format Video (DVD)
EditionSpecial ed.
Publication Info[Culver City, Calif.] : Columbia TriStar Home Video, ©2000.
Description1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Burdick, Eugene--Television adaptations.
Burdick, Eugene--Film adaptations.
Wheeler, Harvey, 1918-2004--Television adaptations.
Wheeler, Harvey, 1918-2004--Film adaptations.
International relations--Drama.
Nuclear weapons--Drama.
Cold War--Drama.
DVD-Video discs.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other author/creatorLumet, Sidney, 1924-2011.
Other author/creatorYoungstein, Max E.
Other author/creatorBernstein, Walter.
Other author/creatorFonda, Henry, 1905-1982.
Other author/creatorMatthau, Walter.
Other author/creatorO'Herlihy, Dan, 1919-2005.
Other author/creatorBurdick, Eugene. Fail-safe.
Other author/creatorWheeler, Harvey, 1918-2004. Fail-safe.
Other author/creatorColumbia Pictures.
Other author/creatorColumbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
Uniform titleFail-safe (Motion picture)
Variant title Fail safe
Abstract 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.
General noteWidescreen version (aspect ratio 1.85:1).
General noteOriginally relased as a motion picture in 1964.
General noteBased on the novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler.
General noteSpecial features include: director's commentary ; featurette entitled Fail-safe revisited ; talent files ; theatrical trailers ; scene selections.
CreditsEditor, Ralph Rosenblum ; cinematographer, Gerald Hirschfield.
Cast Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Edward Binns, Larry Hagman, Fritz Weaver.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageEnglish, 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.
ISBN0767854993
Publisher number05424 Columbia TriStar Home Video

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