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Fail Safe (2000)
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Walter Cronkite, Richard Dreyfuss, Noah Wyle, Brian Dennehy
7.3
100%Runtime86 min
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Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
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Fail Safe (2000) directed by Stephen Frears is a critically acclaimed Cold War drama-thriller television movie. The film received a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes and has a solid 7.3/10 rating on IMDb, indicating strong positive reception from both critics and audiences.
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Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Stephen Frears, the 2000 TV movie 'Fail Safe' is a taut, suspenseful thriller that explores the terrifying prospect of an accidental nuclear war during the Cold War era. With standout performances by Richard Dreyfuss and Noah Wyle, the film offers a gripping examination of the precarious balance of power and the human fallibility at the heart of high-stakes military operations.
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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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