Tag: Eugene Burdick

Fail Safe (1964) Script

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Year:1964
Director:Sidney Lumet
Written by:Eugene Burdick (Novel), Harvey Wheeler (Novel), Walter Bernstein (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
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Fail Safe Script

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Year:2000
Director:Stephen Frears
Written by:Eugene Burdick (Novel), Harvey Wheeler (Novel), Walter Bernstein (Teleplay)

Script Synopsis: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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