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Summary: Gotta see it!
Review: What a movie! I have seen this film at least 10 times and my heart still races each time. This is one movie that had the guts to pull out all the stops. No happy hollywood ending here, they go all out, giving the viewer a good look at the cold war sixties, and the fallout of playing with nuclear fire. The small but powerfull role that walter matthau has is priceless. If you are looking for a good thriller, you won't be disapointed with this one.
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Summary: A companion to Strangelove
Review: I think the two films work well side by side. "Strange" offers up nuclear disaster via the failure of the "human element" while "Fail Safe" shows us what happens when the human element is taken out of the loop.
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Summary: The Most chilling Movie ever done on the Cold War.
Review: A Bomber squad has computers which say that war has been declared. The target is Moscow. The planes carry out their mission. Only it's a malfunction that has caused this and now World War III might start because of it. That's the plot of Fail Safe, starring Henry Fonda and an all star cast of good actors. Can they and the Russians stop the planes before Moscow is destroyed? How did the computers malfunction? Can a Thrid World War still be avoided even if Moscow is bombed? Watch this movie and find out. Fonda gives one of his best performances ever in this movie.
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Summary: SEE DR. STRANGELOVE NEXT !
Review: See this back to back (with an intermission of course)with Stanley Kubricks "Dr. Strangelove" 'Or I How I Stopped Worrying About The Bomb'. Black & White CLASSICS from different perspectives on the Cold War
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Summary: A Great Tele-feature.
Review: I sat my wife down to watch this film. She was kinda interested because I was - she was being polite. For the first 10 minutes she was bored, the next 10 minutes mildly interested. For the final hour or so it was impossible to pry her off the couch.This thirty-something year old classic has suspense the way it should be done. Without spoiling the film, it is mid-Cold War and the Americans have had a mishap - a squadron of bombers are on their way to Moscow. Originally done live, the performances are electric - Peter Fonda as the President and a VERY YOUNG Larry Hagman as his Russian Translator show the stress of the situation. If you know people who are too young to have had the fear of Nuclear War show them this film. Buy it - it is emotional no matter how often you see it.
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Summary: Good, but impact has lessened a little
Review: The flip side of `Dr. Strangelove' - no nuclear satire here. Due to a technical error, a nuclear bomb is headed towards Moscow. This crisis unfolds with the military, the President (Henry Fonda) and a pro-war professor played by Walter Matthau. Very talky, but a good cast, including Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, Fritz Weaver, Larry Hagman, and even Dom DeLuise. (!) The choices that must be made are terrifying, to be sure, but this film's impact has been lessened because there is no longer a Cold War. In 1964, or even in 1984, the impact would have been different for me. Also, because the Defense Department refused to provide aerial footage, stock footage was used, which looks incredibly cheap. If only I could have seen this during the Cold War...
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Summary: Ludicrous ending ruins movie
Review: Sadly, the ending of the film is ludicrous. The ending ruins the film. Let me get this straight: upon the accidental nuking of Moscow by an American strategic bomber, the President of the United States orders another American bomber to drop two 20 megaton H-bombs on Manhattan killing millions? Yeah sure. Wouldn't the President be impeached for doing a thing like that? Wouldn't that be High Crimes and Misdemeanors? The irony here is that, by comparison, the dark comedy Dr. Strangelove actually has a more plausible plot line. I recommend keeping a Fail Safe distance from this film. It's about as far from reality as you can get without dropping acid.
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Summary: Thrilling
Review: Just the thought still haunts me!
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Summary: It aint Hi-tech, but its great!
Review: Thgis movie is far from being a high-tech movie of its time orany time. But the acting is very impressive as well as its allstarcast. A must get for any collector of movies
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Summary: One of my all-time favorite movies.
Review: One reviewer above is very mistaken. Strangelove is a comedy. This is a tense, and intense drama. The first movie I ever saw that left me with my jaw-dropped and one where the good-guys were not the winner. This is a remarkable movie and should be seen by everyone.
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