Fail Safe

Name: Fail Safe
Director: Stephen Frears
Released: 2000-01-01

2000 film directed by Stephen Frears

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Released: 2000
Director: Stephen Frears
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Screenwriter: Walter Bernstein
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Producer: Walter Bernstein
, Harvey Wheeler
Cast: George Clooney
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, Richard Dreyfuss
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, Noah Wyle
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, Harvey Keitel
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Runtime: 84 min
Genre: political thriller
, psychological thriller
, drama film
Country of origin: United States

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Fail Safe is a 2000 televised broadcast play, directed by Stephen Frears and based on Fail-Safe, the Cold War novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. The play, broadcast live in black and white on CBS, starred George Clooney, Richard Dreyfuss, Harvey Keitel, and Noah Wyle, and was one of the few live dramas on American television since its Golden Age in the 1950s and 1960s. The broadcast was introduced by Walter Cronkite; his introduction, also broadcast in black and white, is included in the DVD releases of the film.

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Main subject: aviation
Cold War
nuclear warfare
Network: CBS
Title: Fail Safe
Nominations: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special(2000)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special(2000)
TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials(2000)
Executive producer: George Clooney
Laura Ziskin
Director of photography: John A. Alonzo
Based on: Fail-Safe
After a work by: Eugene Burdick
Harvey Wheeler
Color: black-and-white
Medierådet rating: For ages 15 and up
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Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 100%(October 11, 2025) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 5 critic review
8.2/10(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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Has characteristic: film based on a novel

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