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The Resource Fail safe, Columbia Pictures presents ; directed by Sidney Lumet, (videorecording)

Fail safe, Columbia Pictures presents ; directed by Sidney Lumet, (videorecording)

Label
Fail safe
Title
Fail safe
Statement of responsibility
Columbia Pictures presents ; directed by Sidney Lumet
Contributor
Actor
Film director
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
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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 2020
PerformerNote
Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Dan O'herlihy, Frank Overton
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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 presents ; directed by Sidney Lumet, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from sell sheet
  • Wide screen (1.85:1)
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1964
  • Based on the best-selling novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler
  • Special features: 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; Plus an essay by critic Bilge Ebiri
Bar code
  • 31223133000423
  • 31223133000407
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
Blu-ray edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (112 min.)
Isbn
9781681436807
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515240413
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC3108BD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1129259981
System details
Blu-ray, wide screen (1.85:1); requires Blu-ray player
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc
Label
Fail safe, Columbia Pictures presents ; directed by Sidney Lumet, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • Title from sell sheet
  • Wide screen (1.85:1)
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1964
  • Based on the best-selling novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler
  • Special features: 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; Plus an essay by critic Bilge Ebiri
Bar code
  • 31223133000423
  • 31223133000407
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
Blu-ray edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (112 min.)
Isbn
9781681436807
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515240413
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC3108BD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1129259981
System details
Blu-ray, wide screen (1.85:1); requires Blu-ray player
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc

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