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1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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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
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
Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Dan O'herlihy, Frank Overton
Rating: Not rated
Blu-ray, wide screen (1.85:1); requires Blu-ray player
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)