Re: [BNW] Fail Safe

["Michelle B. Dixon" <mbdixon@netpath.net>]

At the risk of sounding old - this is a remake of an older film with Henry
Fonda which is based on the book "Fail Safe" by Eugene Berdick, not sure
of the last name there.  If was first released during the Cuban Missile
Crisis (no I was around for that one) in 1962 I believe.

Though somewhat dated, I strongly recommend the book to anyone
interested.  It was chilling and  thought provoking.


Michelle
Sean Michael Whipkey wrote:

> Mark Kilfoil wrote:
> >
> > At 04:32 PM 04/10/2000, you wrote:
> > >Anybody watch that last night?
> > >
> > >Is it just me, or is it screaming to be turned into a BNW scenario,
> > >perhaps one set further back in the timeline? :-)
> >
> > For those of us who didn't catch it, please summarize..
>
> Okay.
>
> SPOILERS
>
> Due to mechanical failures, a group of bombers are en route to nuke
> Moscow.  The USAF tries to stop them, but their fighters run out of
> fuel.  The Soviet air command tries to stop them as well, and only
> manages to get five of the six before the last one - piloted by George
> Clooney - nukes Moscow.
>
> The President of the US, in order to stop WWIII, has a USAF plane nuke
> NYC.
>
> It'd work well, possibly as a replacement for the "limited engagement"
> of the late 80s. :-)
>
> SeanMike
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