Amazing! Same year as Dr Strangelove was made

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Fail-Safe

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marty099 — 12 years ago(January 06, 2014 12:38 PM)

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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Toshi51 — 10 years ago(April 05, 2015 01:35 PM)

Add "On the Beach" to that list.

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qfal — 10 years ago(December 23, 2015 07:14 AM)

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.

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tohu — 9 years ago(December 25, 2016 05:26 AM)

Read 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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• Quint, Jaws.

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Woodyanders — 5 years ago(March 19, 2021 12:23 AM)

I love how both films are similarly plotted, but radically different in tone.
You've seen Guy Standeven in something because the man was in everything.