<p>A 1964 film about accidental nuclear war from a legendary director and featuring a German scientist with homicidal ideas? That's right, it's <em><s>Dr Strangelove</s></em>... hang on, no, it's <em>Fail Safe</em>. Overshadowed on release because of a lawsuit from a rival film (you can guess which), this parable from Sidney Lumet has come to be regarded as a classic, with fans including George Clooney.</p><br><p>The <em>Ocean's 11 </em>star couldn't be with us to make the case for it himself, so we're joined by a man known to many as the Clooney of British politics, Mark Pack: polling expert, Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords and Total Nerd.</p><br><p>You can watch the film on DVD, by streaming, or here: <a href="https://archive.org/details/fail-safe-1964_202408" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/fail-safe-1964_202408</a></p><br><p>Next week, we're back in the desert for a story of betrayal and sand: <em>The English Patient</em>.</p><h3>See our prospective movie list! Buy merch! Visit our website: <a href="https://warmovietheatre.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://warmovietheatre.com</a></h3><p><br></p><h3>Help us out by doing our listener survey: <a href="http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-survey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-survey</a></h3><p><br></p><h3>Suggestions? Comments? Drop us a line at warmovietheatre@gmail.com.</h3><h3>Visit us at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre</a> or on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/warmovietheatre.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky</a> and <a href="https://x.com/warmovietheatre" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://warmovietheatre.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">at our website</a>.</h3><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>