Fail Safe
Stephen Frears, Martin Pasetta, 2000
Fail-Safe
Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler, 1962
Fail Safe is a movie directed by Stephen Frears and Martin Pasetta in 2000 and based on the book Fail-Safe by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler, first published in 1962. The movie features Walter Cronkite, Richard Dreyfuss, Noah Wyle, Brian Dennehy, Sam Elliott, James Cromwell, and others.
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Storyline
The time is the early-to-mid-1960s, the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. An unknown aircraft approaches North America from Europe. American bombers of the Strategic Air Command are scrambled to their fail safe points near Russia. Due to a technical failure, the attack code is transmitted to Group Six, which consists of six Vindicator supersonic bombers and four escort fighters.
Movie vs Book
Year
2000
Minutes
86
Movie Rate
7.40
Source: IMDb
Movie
Fail Safe
Director: Stephen Frears, Martin Pasetta
Country: USA
Year: 2000
Length: 1h26m
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Year
1962
Pages
288
Book Rate
8.32
S: Goodreads
Book
Fail-Safe
Author: Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler
Country: USA
First published in: 1962
Length: 288 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Sidney Lumet
User polls & recommendations
“In screenplay terms, writing a novel is more like writing a full 22 episode season of a TV series, than it is a movie.”
JEFF LYONS (Screenwriter)
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