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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. 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 to stop.
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- Comedy, War
- Stanley Kubrick
- 1964-01-29
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A 1964 black comedy film by Stanley Kubrick about a nuclear war between the US and the USSR. The film satirizes the Cold War fears, features Peter Sellers in three roles, and was nominated for four Oscars.
May 2, 2021 · Watch the 1964 satire of Cold War anxiety by Stanley Kubrick, starring Peter Sellers in three roles. Find reviews, topics, and information about the film on Internet Archive.
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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. Deemed “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant” to America’s film heritage, it was among the first films selected in 1989 for inclusion in the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry.
(Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
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Set at the height of Cold War tensions, the story features a demented U.S. general (played by Sterling Hayden) who, frustrated by his sexual impotence, plans to launch a nuclear strike against the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, an eclectic group of political officials desperately try to avoid Armageddon. Peter Sellers played three roles in the film, including that of Dr. Strangelove, a weapons expert and barely reformed Nazi, and George C. Scott portrayed a hawkish general. The film was originally envisioned as a dramatic look at the Cold War (it is loosely based on the novel Red Alert by Peter George), but Kubrick felt it would be more effective as satire.
The scene of an air force major (played by Slim Pickens) riding atop a falling nuclear bomb is one of the most enduring images in cinematic history. The film originally ended with an elaborate pie fight inside the War Room. However, the scene was cut, and the revised ending features a series of nuclear explosions, all accompanied by Vera Lynn’s popular World War II song “We’ll Meet Again.”
•Studio: Columbia Pictures
•Director: Stanley Kubrick
•Writers: Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, and Peter George
•Music: Laurie Johnson
•Peter Sellers (Capt. Lionel Mandrake/Pres. Merkin Muffley/Dr. Strangelove)
•George C. Scott (Gen. Buck Turgidson)
•Sterling Hayden (Gen. Jack D. Ripper)
•Keenan Wynn (Col. Bat Guano)
Learn about the 1964 satirical film by Stanley Kubrick that depicts a nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Find out the plot, the cast, the production challenges, and the cultural significance of this classic comedy.
- Lee Pfeiffer
Oct 28, 1994 · A classic Cold War satire by Stanley Kubrick, starring Peter Sellers in three roles. The film depicts a nuclear crisis triggered by a paranoid general and a Soviet Doomsday Machine, with dark humor and brilliant dialogue.
A classic black comedy about a paranoid general who orders a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a global crisis. The film follows the attempts of the president, his advisors and a British officer to stop the madman and prevent a nuclear holocaust.
