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Fail-safe / Columbia Pictures ; screenplay, Walter Bernstein ; producer, Max E. Youngstein ; director, Sidney Lumet.
LIBRA DVD 012 029 disc + pamphlet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- French
- Korean
- Spanish
- Thai
- Subjects (All):
- Burdick, Eugene--Film adaptations.
- Burdick, Eugene.
- Wheeler, Harvey, 1918-2004--Film adaptations.
- Wheeler, Harvey.
- Wheeler, Harvey, 1918-2004.
- Nuclear warfare.
- Nuclear weapons.
- International relations.
- International relations--Drama.
- Nuclear weapons--Drama.
- Cold War--Drama.
- Cold War.
- United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command--Drama.
- United States.
- United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command.
- Nuclear warfare--Drama.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet ([4] pages ; 19 cm)
- monochrome
- Edition:
- Special edition ; Anamorphic widescreen version.
- Place of Publication:
- Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [2000]
- Language Note:
- In English, French and Spanish with optional subtitles in English, Chinese, French, Korean, Spanish or Thai.
- Closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD - NTSC; Dolby digital; Region 1.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- 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.
- Participant:
- Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Edward Binns, Larry Hagman, Fritz Weaver.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, Gerald Hirschfield ; editor, Ralph Rosenblum.
- Notes:
- Based on the novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler.
- Aspect ratio 1.85:1.
- Originally relased as a motion picture in 1964.
- Special features include: director's commentary ; exclusive featurette: "Fail-safe revisited" ; talent files ; theatrical trailers ; production notes.
- ISBN:
- 0767854993
- OCLC:
- 45430611
- Publisher Number:
- 043396054240
- 05424 Columbia TriStar Home Video
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