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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (known simply and more commonly as Dr. Strangelove) is a 1964 political satire black comedy film cowritten, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Peter Sellers in three roles, including the title character.
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb: Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn. An unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries ...
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- Comedy, War
- Stanley Kubrick
- 1964-01-29
May 9, 2024 · Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, British satirical film, released in 1964, that was director and cowriter Stanley Kubrick’s landmark Cold War farce. It overcame a troubled production to become a film classic.
- Lee Pfeiffer
A film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and it played the situation for laughs. U.S. Air Force General Jack Ripper goes completely insane, and sends his ...
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- Stanley Kubrick
- PG
- Peter Sellers
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- The movie was supposed to be a drama. The international climate of the early 1960s piqued Stanley Kubrick’s interest in writing and directing a nuclear war thriller.
- Dr. Strangelove doesn't exist in the original book. Tone aside, the plot of Dr. Strangelove is strikingly similar to that of George’s novel. There’s one notable exception: Dr. Strangelove doesn’t appear in the novel—Kubrick and writer Terry Southern created the new character.
- The studio demanded that Peter Sellers play multiple roles. Columbia Pictures slapped Kubrick with a few conditions at the dawn of Dr. Strangelove’s production.
- Sellers was supposed to play Major Kong. Originally, Sellers was cast as four characters in Dr. Strangelove: Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, President Merkin Muffley, and the titular mad scientist (all of whom he played in the movie), as well as Major Kong.
Jan 29, 2024 · As Stanley Kubrick's satirical masterpiece Dr Strangelove turns 60, an ongoing mystery endures: who was the real-life inspiration for his demonic central character?
Jun 20, 2020 · DR. STRANGELOVE: FIRST 10 MINUTES OF THE FILM. Nominated for four Academy Awards® including Best Picture (1964), Stanley Kubrick’s black comedy about a group of paranoia-inspired, war-happy ...
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