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Fail-Safe or Strangelove? That Is the Question
8 years ago at Jan 7 14:03
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*** This review contains spoilers ***Fail-Safe is largely overshadowed by Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove due to both movies being released in the same year. Both films deal with the events leading up to a nuclear strike although Fail-Safe takes a serious approach as opposed to the comedic nature of Dr. Strangelove. I much prefer Fail-Safe which I feel is a considerably more suspenseful film t... read more
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3 years, 8 months ago at May 12 14:52
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Kubrick y su Dr Strangelove le robaron pantalla a este buen Lumet, que enerva el argumento del fin nuclear con un presidente Fonda ( a ese siempre me lo creo) que desturye NY para salvar al mundo en pacto con su homólogo ruso. Eso vale...y Matthau impecablemente facho
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7 months ago at Jul 6 6:28
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A stunning masterfully staged "huis-clos". To be seen imperatively in the light of the sad current context. It's almost frightening.
When a military computer error deploys a squadron of SAC bombers to destroy Moscow, the American President (Fonda) tries to call them back. But their sophisticated fail-safe system prevents him from aborting the attack, so he must convince the Soviets not to retaliate. In desperation, the President offers to sacrifice an American city if his pilots succeed in their deadly mission over Moscow.
Release date: 7 October 1964
UPC: 043396054240
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" Hal Schaefer wrote a score for the film but director Sidney Lumet decided to release it without any music. However a promotional single by The Hal Schaefer Quintet, "Fail Safe Parts 1 and 2" was released on the Colpix label."
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