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Fail-Safe (1964)

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General Information

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Audio Format.........: MP3

Encoder..............: LAME

Bitrate..............: 128 (CBR)

Hz...................: 48,000

Channels.............: Joint Stereo



Video Format.........: XviD

Video Bitrate........: 832

Resolution...........: 640 x 352

FPS..................: 25

Source...............: DVD Region 2

Original Format......: PAL

Genre................: Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller | War

IMDb Rating..........: 8.0/10 (6,015 votes)

Size.................: 746 MB (764,461 KB / 782,809,060 bytes)

Duration.............: 1:47:34



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Release Notes

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It's Dr. Strangelove, but without the laughs. Fail Safe, made within a year of

Strangelove and at the height of cold war atomic anxiety, posits a similar

nightmare scenario. A U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered toward Moscow, ready

to drop its load. The U.S. president (Henry Fonda) and various military and

congressional leaders must then scramble to deal with the disaster. The built-in

suspense is well maintained by director Sidney Lumet, working from a script by

former blacklisted writer Walter Bernstein. The solemn, serious approach doesn't

begin to touch the brilliance of Strangelove's inspired take on the nuclear

nightmare, but Fail Safe is absorbing and well acted (a memorable role for

Walter Matthau, for instance). The movie enters unexpected territory in its

final minutes; conditioned for feel-good endings, viewers are still genuinely

shocked by the plot turns in the final reels. The climax comes as a sobering

slap in the face, intriguingly staged by Lumet. Now that the cold war has passed

on into history, Fail Safe stands as--thank goodness--an interesting period

piece.





Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058083/