Scary Movie- FAIL SAFE

Watching this clip inflicts a similar, chilling sense of paranoia comparing to the current fiscal fiascos revealing our goverment's frightful ineptitude- only here it means a qucik annihilation once the president (Henry Fonda) follows through on his promise to bomb NYC after accidently leveling Moscow. It's a pending cold war apocalypse in this film called Fail Safe 1964 which has an interesting relationship with Kuprick's Dr.Stanglove. Look it up.

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[MsEvaBliss]

Excellent comments ladies & men...glad somebody other Myself is paying attention to the power and use of the old films to enhance and inform our present

[MsEvaBliss]

I agree.

[XmXFLUXmX2]

Such a good movie. They just don't make them like this nowadays.

[estalker1647]

Sacrifice New York - to prevent a global catastrophe? It would be the only thing that might save the world. A lesser man might not follow this course...and you should read the book - his Wife and son were in NYC that day - he was offerring to expiate the sin, in a way that would make the Soviets STOP and take notice. Very chilling, and truth - we don't often get men of that moral character.

[RPenta]

It is a scary, chilling and brilliant movie; I cannot agree with the morality of what President Fonda did-to destroy an entire American City-he sure does not seem too conflicted about it-which always bothered me about the way Fonda played the character-ironically I think George C. Scott from Dr. Strangelove would have been better to the role.

[jagerfaust2009]

This films message as well as the acting is timeless. Brilliant performers, actors and actresses alike (can I still say that?)

After about 1975 the films went (in my oppinion) on a downward spiral where today a visit to the flicks for me is usually a dose of slow brain death..BTW Great channel, will sub.....jager!

[wpl955g]

Y'know, as good as Fonda is in this, Hagman's bloody brilliant.