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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Walter Cronkite | ... | Himself - Host | |
| Richard Dreyfuss | ... | President | |
| Noah Wyle | ... | Buck | |
| Brian Dennehy | ... | Gen. Bogan | |
| Sam Elliott | ... | Congressman Raskob | |
| James Cromwell | ... | Gordon Knapp | |
| John Diehl | ... | Col. Cascio | |
| Hank Azaria | ... | Prof. Groeteschele | |
| Norman Lloyd | ... | Defense Secretary Swenson | |
| Bill Smitrovich | ... | Gen. Stark (as William Smitrovich) | |
| Don Cheadle | ... | Lt. Jimmy Pierce | |
| George Clooney | ... | Col. Jack Grady | |
| Harvey Keitel | ... | Brig. Gen. Warren Black | |
| Doris Belack | ... | Mrs. Johnson | |
| Grant Heslov | ... | Jimmy | |
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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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cold war | political thriller | live broadcast | u.s. president | nuclear war |Taglines:
The World on The Brink of Accidental War -- UNFOLDING LIVE!Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
9 April 2000 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Fail Safe See more »Filming Locations:
Stage 15, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Buck: No, sir. Not yet. We've gone steady for a while, but we haven't set a date or anything. Is she in the government? State Department. She's a translator like me. Spanish, French and Italian. We met in translator school. When she gets mad she can curse in four languages.
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The movie was performed on live television in black and white, and required two soundstages on the Warner Brothers studio lot. Harvey Keitel (Brigadier General Warren Black) had to run between the two stages for some of his scenes. See more »Goofs
General Bogan refers to the enlisted missile technician as "Sergeant Collins" even though he is clearly wearing the stripes of a Chief Master Sergeant. In the A.F. a Chief Master Sergeant is always referred to as "Chief" and never as "Sergeant". See more »Quotes
President: Are you married, Buck?Buck: No, sir. Not yet. We've gone steady for a while, but we haven't set a date or anything. Is she in the government? State Department. She's a translator like me. Spanish, French and Italian. We met in translator school. When she gets mad she can curse in four languages.
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I was totally blown away by this production. Despite the fact that the material has been filmed before, I felt like I was watching something totally new and original. This is due in no small part to the fact that director Stephen Frears and crew had the guts to do this as a live production AND film it in black and white. It made me feel like I was watching an old news broadcast. It also had a bit of a glossy look to it, sort of like the black and white films of the '30s and '40s. The performances are uniformly excellent, especially Richard Dreyfuss, Noah Wyle and Hank Azaria. There is no musical score, so you are either hearing dialogue and a few SFX or dead silence, which only adds to the eerie effect. The scary thing is that a scenario like this one could happen. If this is repeated or comes out on video, RUN to see it. You won't see another like it.