Fail_safe
(DVD)
Published
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007].
Format
DVD
Edition
Widescreen.
ISBN
0790752360, 9780790752365
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
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Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Jonathan Bourne Public Library - Adult | DVD FAI | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Cold War -- Drama.
DVD-Video discs.
DVDs.
Made-for-TV movies
Nuclear warfare -- Drama.
Nuclear weapons -- Drama.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Drama.
Television adaptations
Thrillers (Television programs)
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
War television programs
DVD-Video discs.
DVDs.
Made-for-TV movies
Nuclear warfare -- Drama.
Nuclear weapons -- Drama.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Drama.
Television adaptations
Thrillers (Television programs)
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
War television programs
More Details
Published
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007].
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
ISBN
0790752360, 9780790752365
UPC
085391865322
Notes
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Based on the 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler and the 1964 motion picture.
Participants/Performers
Hank Azaria, Don Cheadle, George Clooney, James Cromwell, Brian Dennehy, John Diehl, Richard Dreyfuss, Sam Elliott, Harvey Keitel, Norman Lloyd, William Smitrovich, Noah Wyle.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Broadcast live as a made-for-TV movie on April 9, 2000.
Description
The retelling of the classic Cold War doomsday thriller. A computer malfunction triggers the transmission of nuclear-attack codes to a U.S. bomber squadron. The orders are irreversible, the primary target is Moscow, and the President, his advisors and military leaders race time to head off global catastrophe. Recalling the adrenaline-rush of early TV drama, this movie was staged and telecast live in black-and-white, establishing an immediate sense of history unfolding.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (matted) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Language
Closed-captioned.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Pasetta, M., Bernstein, W., Frears, S., Azaria, H., Cheadle, D., Clooney, G., Cromwell, J., Dennehy, B., Diehl, J., Dreyfuss, R., Elliott, S., Keitel, H., Lloyd, N., Smitrovich, B., Wyle, N., Burdick, E., & Wheeler, H. (2007). Fail_safe (Widescreen.). Distributed by Warner Home Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Martin Pasetta et al.. 2007. Fail_safe. Distributed by Warner Home Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Martin Pasetta et al.. Fail_safe Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Pasetta, Martin, et al. Fail_safe Widescreen., Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2007.
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