![]() Satire is tricky to pull off and this theme doesn't lend itself to satire. The mood it strikes and maintains, the performances - a younger Larry Hagman as the interpreter - are brilliant, but I have to give the edge to Kubrick and Terry Southern for execution of the screenplay. I have seen Fail Safe a few times and it really is a great great film. ![]() Both films are brilliant but I give the edge to Strangelove if only for it's ability to lay on satire. Strangelove" drags a little bit, while the script of "Fail Safe" is pretty riveting.Ĭlick to expand.Dom DeLuise was in Fail Safe. Strangelove" feels like a trifle compared to "Fail Safe" and on reviewings, I find "Dr. I realize one is a comedy and one is a drama, but "Dr. If I had to bestow "classic" on just one, I'd pick "Fail Safe" for its gritty, hard hitting impact. Having watched both films within a week, I really find "Fail Safe" a much better film. Strangelove, to critical acclaim but mediocre ticket sales. The plan worked, and Fail Safe opened eight months behind Dr. And suddenly, this lawsuit arrived, filed by Stanley Kubrick and Columbia Pictures." Kubrick argued that Fail Safe's own 1960 source novel Fail-Safe had been plagiarized from Peter George's Red Alert, to which Kubrick owned creative rights and pointed out unmistakable similarities in intentions between the characters Groeteschele and Strangelove. which of course meant a big commitment in terms of money. Lumet recalled in the documentary Inside the Making of Dr. Kubrick decided to throw a legal wrench into Fail Safe's production gears. What worried Kubrick most was that Fail Safe boasted acclaimed director Sidney Lumet and first-rate dramatic actors Henry Fonda as the American President and Walter Matthau as the advisor to the Pentagon, Professor Groeteschele. Indeed, the novel Fail-Safe (on which the film is based) is so similar to Red Alert that Peter George sued on charges of plagiarism and settled out of court. Although Fail Safe was to be an ultrarealistic thriller, Kubrick feared that its plot resemblance would damage his film's box office potential, especially if it were released first. Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick learned that Fail Safe, a film with a similar theme, was being produced. Strangelove" is based.ĭuring the filming of Dr. I found this on Wikipedia, apparently Kubrick was worried about the similarities and slapped a lawsuit on "Fail Safe" based on the fact that the same lawsuit had been applied to the book "Fail Safe" and "Red Alert" on which "Dr. Strangelove." I wondered which film came out first, and it turns out they came out the same year! I had to do a little research because i was curious about "Fail Safe" vs "Dr. ![]() Strangelove" recently, I couldn't help but notice how similar they are storywise. The ultra-stark, high contrast B&W, the wonderful script, fantastic performances by world-weary looking men, and, of course, Sidney Lumet at the helm - one of the greatest! I loved every minute of "Fail Safe."īut having watched Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. I just watched the Cold War classic "Fail Safe" for the first time in many years (and now being an adult) absolutely loved it.
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