FAIL SAFE [IMPORT]

Details

• Release Year: 2000
• Genre: Drama, Suspense/Thriller, War
• Plot: 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. George Clooney executive-produces and joins a precision team of actors to retell the Classic Cold War doomsday thriller based on the 1962 Eugene Burdick/Harvey Wheeler book and the memorable 1964 film. Recalling the adrenaline-rush days of early TV drama, Fail Safe was staged and telecast live on April 9, 2000 in black-and-white, establishing an immediate sense of history unfolding. Historic, too, is the cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Brian Dennehy, Noah Wyle, Don Cheadle, Harvey Keitel, Hank Azaria and Sam Elliott.
• Cast: Walter Cronkite, Richard Dreyfuss, Noah Wyle, Brian Dennehy, Sam Elliott, James Cromwell, John Diehl, Hank Azaria, Norman Lloyd, Bill Smitrovich, Don Cheadle, George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Doris Belack, Grant Heslov, Tommy Hinkley, Thom Mathews, Cynthia Ettinger, Will Rothhaar, Ilia Volok, Evgeniy Lazarev, John Philbin, Matt Adler, John Vargas, Chris Hendrie, Vanessa Elgrichi, Reiley McClendon, Johnny Bolton, Stephen Frears, Martin Pasetta, Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler, Walter Bernstein
• Director: Stephen Frears
• Runtime: 1:24
• Company: Maysville Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Warner Home Video
• Media Format: Movie