Fail Safe

Program:

Retrospective program "Century"

Year:

1964

Country:

USA

Genre:

Fiction

Duration:

112’

A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?

Schedule

Sidney Arthur Lumet

An American film director. Lumet started his career in theatre before moving to film, where he gained a reputation for making realistic and gritty New York dramas which focused on the working class, tackled social injustices, and often questioned authority. He received several awards including an Academy Honorary Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for nine British Academy Film Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Filmography: A View from the Bridge (1962), Long Day's Journey into Night (1962), The Pawnbroker (1964), Fail Safe (1964), The Hill (1965), Serpico (1973), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Equus (1977), The Wiz (1978), The Morning After (1986), Running on Empty (1988) Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

Creative team

Director

Sidney Arthur Lumet

Screenplay

Walter Bernstein

Camera

Gerald Hirschfeld

Editing

Ralph Rosenblum

Production design

Albert Brenner

Sound Design