Fail Safe (2000 film)

Fail Safe
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Based on	Fail-Safe by Eugene Burdick Harvey Wheeler
Screenplay by	Walter Bernstein
Directed by	Stephen Frears
Starring	Hank Azaria Don Cheadle George Clooney James Cromwell Brian Dennehy John Diehl Sam Elliott Richard Dreyfuss Harvey Keitel Norman Lloyd Bill Smitrovich Noah Wyle
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Tom Park
Cinematography	John A. Alonzo
Running time	86 minutes
Production companies	Maysville Pictures Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	April 9, 2000 (2000-04-09)
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Fail Safe is a 2000 televised broadcast play, based on Fail-Safe, the Cold War novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. The play, broadcast live in black and white on CBS, starred George Clooney, Richard Dreyfuss, Harvey Keitel, and Noah Wyle, and was one of the few live dramas on American television since its Golden Age in the 1950s and 1960s. The broadcast was introduced by Walter Cronkite (his introduction, also broadcast in black and white, is included in the DVD releases of the film): it was directed by veteran British filmmaker Stephen Frears.

The novel was first adapted into a 1964 film of the same name directed by Sidney Lumet; the TV version is shorter than the 1964 film due to commercial airtime and omits a number of subplots.