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m78	May 2 2007, 12:31 PM
Monsterland Associate Posts: 1 Group: Members Member #68 Joined: May 1, 2007	packmule Oct 17 2006, 02:15 PM KaijuFanatic Oct 17 2006, 11:37 AM Wasn't, Dr Strangelove a bigger boxoffice success than, Fail Safe? I thought I recenly read that and was a bit surprised by that info. I'm not sure how either of these 1964 films did at the box office. The narrator at TCM(not Robert Osborne but the younger guy named "Ben") stated that "Dr. Strangelove" was a big hit with audiences, and that there was some ridicule heaped on "Failsafe" because it came out so soon afterwards(about two months after "Dr. Strangelove"). That "ridicule" came from film critics and, according to "Ben", many people who went to see "Failsafe" in theaters. If memory serves me correct the producers of Dr. Strangelove sued those who made Failsafe because of how closely the latter paralled the former in plot. Some kind of copyright infringement issue. I know there was a lawsuit filed. I do not know the outcome of that lawsuit. eyebrow The result of the lawsuit was that Dr Strangelove came out before failsafe and was given more of a publicity push by the studio. Kubrick actually initially intended to make Strangelove a dramatic feature, but migrated towards black humour after he found out failsafe was also in production, utilizing a dramatic theme.


Failsafe(1964) · Drama - Westerns - Comedies