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The Resource Fail safe, Columbia Pictures ; director, Sidney Lumet, (videorecording)

Fail safe, Columbia Pictures ; director, Sidney Lumet, (videorecording)

Label
Fail safe
Title
Fail safe
Statement of responsibility
Columbia Pictures ; director, Sidney Lumet
Contributor
Actor
Film director
Production company
Publisher
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
The 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
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
Fail-safe (Motion picture : 1964)
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Rating: Not rated
Language note
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.F355 2020b
PerformerNote
Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Dan O'herlihy, Frank Overton
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1924-2011
  • 1905-1982
  • 1919-2005
  • 1918-1967
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Lumet, Sidney
  • Fonda, Henry
  • Matthau, Walter
  • O'Herlihy, Dan
  • Overton, Frank
  • Columbia Pictures
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
112
Series statement
Criterion collection
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • International relations
  • Nuclear weapons
  • Nuclear warfare
  • Cold War
Technique
live action
Label
Fail safe, Columbia Pictures ; director, Sidney Lumet, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from sell sheet
  • Wide screen (1.85:1)
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1964
  • Special features: audio commentary from 2000 featuring director Sidney Lumet; new interview with film critic J. Hoberman on 1960s nucklear paranoia and Cold War films; "Fail-safe revisited"; plus an essay by critic Bilge Ebiri
Bar code
  • 31223131842008
  • 31223131842040
  • 31223131842057
  • 31223131842156
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
DVD special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (112 min.)
Isbn
9781681436814
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515240512
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC3109DDVD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1129259966
System details
DVD, wide screen (1.85:1)
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Fail safe, Columbia Pictures ; director, Sidney Lumet, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • Title from sell sheet
  • Wide screen (1.85:1)
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1964
  • Special features: audio commentary from 2000 featuring director Sidney Lumet; new interview with film critic J. Hoberman on 1960s nucklear paranoia and Cold War films; "Fail-safe revisited"; plus an essay by critic Bilge Ebiri
Bar code
  • 31223131842008
  • 31223131842040
  • 31223131842057
  • 31223131842156
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
DVD special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (112 min.)
Isbn
9781681436814
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515240512
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC3109DDVD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1129259966
System details
DVD, wide screen (1.85:1)
Video recording format
DVD

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