Amazing! Same year as Dr Strangelove was made
Everyone should watch this and Dr Strangelove to see what it was like in 1964 and the fear from total nuclear destruction.
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It was a concerted effort on the part of the film industry to influence the presidential election. Goldwater was portrayed as a hot head who would launch the bomb.
shareRead the trivia section on the main page: The two films were both made by the same company, and when he heard about fail-Safe Stanley Kubrick insisted that Strangelove be issued first so that it didn't look like he was copying FS. As a result a lot of people thought FS was copying DrS!
Even though I wasn't alive in 1964, I happened to see Srangelove first. I didn't see this one till years later but I still found it is actually hard to watch without creasing up a few times. Especially the president/premier phone calls! 8=0
Both are great films. I think the thing to do is, while watching one. try and forget the other one.
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"Maybe I should go alone"
- Quint, Jaws.
"Fail-Safe" has more than enough punch to make you forget about "Strangelove" while watching it.
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