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Fail Safe
At the height of the Cold War, during the standard investigation of a possible incursion into US airspace by the Soviets, the nuclear bombers that are always in the air are sent towards their Fail-Safe points, about which they orbit while waiting to be sent to their targets if a preemptive attack by the USSR is confirmed. The alert turns out to be false and the various flights are recalled, but a technical error occurs, and one flight of 6 aircraft, armed with multiple 20 megaton nuclear weapons, passes beyond its Fail-Safe point, and heads towards its assigned target of Moscow. With the World racing towards WWIII, can the US President and Soviet Premier overcome their distrust, and avoid nuclear annihilation?!
Details
- Length
- Rating NR
- Released:
- Added Dec 30 2019
- Production Year 2019
- Empire SKU 2765969
- UPC Code 715515240512
- Studio Criterion
- Packaging Keep
- Number of Discs 1
- Disc SS-SL
- Subtitles English
Features
Interactive Menus
Chapter Selections
Web Site Information
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, a short documentary from 2000 including interviews with Lumet, screenwriter Walter Bernstein, and actor Dan O’Herlihy
PLUS: An essay by critic Bilge Ebiri
Audio/Video
- Audio
English Dolby Digital 5.1
- Video
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color