Fail Safe [Region 2] | ![Fail Safe [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517K993JASL._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Stephen Frears
Actors: Walter Cronkite, Richard Dreyfuss, Noah Wyle, Brian Dennehy, Sam Elliott
Category: DVD
Buy New: $25.99
New (1) Used (4) from $21.13
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 166888
Format: Pal
Languages: German (Original Language), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), German (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), German (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Hebrew (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Greek (Subtitled), Czech (Subtitled), Turkish (Subtitled), Hungarian (Subtitled), Croatian (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), German (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 86 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.6 x 0.6
MPN: 18653
UPC: 732195018651
EAN: 0732195018651
ASIN: B000056PKJ
Theatrical Release Date: April 9, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 a flash from the past July 2, 2009
R. Bagula (Lakeside, Ca United States)
Machines fail: a computer system is at fault
for a cold war era near WWII incident.
The acting here is first rate: it is the script from the book that is dated.
My biggest fault of the movie is the rationality of the leaders
and generals.
The problems of nuclear over-kill and the possibility of not only massive radio active contamination, but a nuclear winter leaving the end result of such a war as a dead planet Earth has to be passed on to the next generation, but in the past rationality in the leadership has been the exception and not the rule. After 8 years of Bush we are glad he was never given this option?
Banning all nuclear weapons research in the USA certainly hasn't done any good: it has let smaller countries catch up and be less afraid of the bomb.
I liked the movie, but think a more modern approach
would have been more educational than a more than 20 year old plot.
 Fail Safe (2000) B&W May 5, 2009
Thomas Carr (Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada)
Fail Safe (2000) B&W
A remake of the Fail Safe 1964 movie, the 2000 version is a great disappointment. No where near the intensity of the Fail Safe 1964 version.
Great Product April 11, 2009
Henrique Pinheiro (Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil)
Couldn't find this movie anywhere in Brazil... So... Had to get it from abroad. Definitely a must-have. And got here in awesome condition. Great.
 Best Thing Clooney's Ever Done September 22, 2008
The Blue Baron (Los Angeles)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Good remake. I think what's remarkable about this version is that it was done LIVE twice on the same day (once each for the West Coast & East Coast). What really would have been COOL, Attention WARNER BROS HOME VIDEO, is if BOTH perforamnces would have been put on the DVD. In fact, I would have gladly paid more for a 2 DVD set containing BOTH performances. Warners, please reissue this DVD, and include BOTH performances of Failsafe. Thank you. P.S. Failsafe made it to T.V. in 2000, months before 9/11. Had the airing been scheduled after 9/11, it never would have made it to T.V. The dialog regarding New York would have been deemed way to harsh, and I would have agreed with this.
 Lousey remake July 10, 2008
Bryan Lambert (West Coast,USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
As a huge fan of the original film this remake was going to have a hard time impressing me anyway, but this production was dull and almost unwatchable. The 'live TV' attempt adds nothing and it fact makes you appreciate the value of editing in films because unintentionally the actors step on each others lines, and background stage noise is evident in the film.
I appreciate that they stayed true to the original story which was terrifying and gripping but the biggest diappontment are the scenes between the President and his translator. Done by Henry Fonda (and a suprisingly good) Larry Hagman in the original film, the dialogue between these two men is the high point of the film for me. But in this version with Richard Dryfuss and Noah Wiley, the scenes are totally 'flat' and undramatic.
Bought this for $5 in a bargain bin so I have no complaints but as a film and remake of a classic this was a waste of time.
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