Fail Safe (The Criterion Collection) (DVD)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Fail Safe (The Criterion Collection)Format: DVDCondition: NewNumber Of Discs: 1Release Date: 01/28/2020Genre: Action & AdventureActors: Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Edward BinnsDirector: Sidney LumetAudio Language: EnglishRegion Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)Studio: The Criterion CollectionCertificate: MPAA Not RatedDescription: This unnerving procedural thriller painstakingly details an all-too-plausible nightmare scenario in which a mechanical failure jams the United States military’s chain of command and sends the country hurtling toward nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Working from a contemporary best seller, screenwriter Walter Bernstein and director Sidney Lumet wrench harrowing suspense from the doomsday fears of the Cold War era, making the most of a modest budget and limited sets to create an atmosphere of clammy claustrophobia and astronomically high stakes. Starring Henry Fonda as a coolheaded U.S. president and Walter Matthau as a trigger-happy political theorist, Fail Safe is a long-underappreciated alarm bell of a film, sounding an urgent warning about the deadly logic of mutually assured destruction. DVD SPECIAL EDITION 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 • PLUS: An essay by critic Bilge EbiriDVDs ARE REGION 1 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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