Fail safe
(DVD) 

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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020].
Format
DVD
Edition
DVD special edition.
ISBN
9781681436814, 1681436817
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (48 x 33 cm folded to 12 x 18 cm). 
Status
Lawson McGhee Library - Feature Films - Media collection
DVD FEATURE FAIL
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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020].
Edition
DVD special edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781681436814, 1681436817
UPC
715515240512

Notes

General Note
Title and credits from screen.
General Note
Based on the novel of the same name by Eugene Burdick & Harvey Wheeler.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.
General Note
Wide screen (1.85:1).
General Note
Special features: 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 ; An essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Gerald Hirschfeld ; editor, Ralph Rosenblum ; costume designer, Anna Hill Johnstone.
Participants/Performers
Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Edward Binns, Larry Hagman, Fritz Weaver, Henry Fonda.
Description
A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital monaural.
Language
In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Lumet, S., Bernstein, W., Youngstein, M. E., O'Herlihy, D., Matthau, W., Overton, F., Binns, E., Hagman, L., Weaver, F., Fonda, H., Hirschfeld, G., Rosenblum, R., Johnstone, A. H., Burdick, E., & Wheeler, H. (2020). Fail safe (DVD special edition.). The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Sidney Lumet et al.. 2020. Fail Safe. The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Sidney Lumet et al.. Fail Safe The Criterion Collection, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Lumet, Sidney, et al. Fail Safe DVD special edition., The Criterion Collection, 2020.

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