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DR STRANGELOVE is set at the height of the tensions between Russia and the United States, when all it would take to destroy the world was one push of a button and General Jack D. Ripper is just the man to do it. Convinced that the Russians have infiltrated America's 'vital essence', the crazed Ripper gives the go code to the 843rd bomb wing to attack Russia, setting in motion a series of darkly hilarious vignettes involving gung-ho soldiers, wacky generals, spying Russians, drunken premiers, battles with soda machines, fights in the War Room, and the Russians' top-secret Doomsday Machine.

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EAN5050629003536

eBay Product ID (ePID)21048562501

Product Key Features

ActorGeorge C. Scott, Peter Sellers, Slim Pickens, Sterling Hayden, Tracy Reed, James Earl Jones, Keenan Wynn, Peter Bull, Jack Creley

Film/TV TitleDr. Strangelove How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

DirectorStanley Kubrick

FormatBlu-ray

Release Year2016

LanguageEnglish

FeaturesCriterion Range

GenreGeneral, Comedy

Run Time91 Mins

Additional Product Features

CertificatePG

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerLaurie Johnson

ReviewsUncut - Kubrick's atomic-powered black comedy, scripted to perfection by Terry Southern, Rolling Stone - The blackest satire on the madness of war has grown more apt over time.

Additional InformationDR. STRANGELOVE is Stanley Kubrick's Cold War masterpiece. Based on the novel RED ALERT by Peter George, the film is set at the height of the tensions between Russia and the United States, when all it would take to destroy the world was one push of a button. And General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) is just the man to do it. Convinced that the Russians have infiltrated America's 'vital essence', the crazed Ripper gives the go code to the 843rd bomb wing to attack Russia, setting in motion a series of darkly hilarious vignettes involving gung-ho soldiers, wacky generals, spying Russians, drunken premiers, battles with soda machines, fights in the War Room, and the Russians' top-secret Doomsday Machine. Shot in black and white, the film has three main centers of action: one of the B-52 bombers, on which a group of loyal men know they are about to start World War III; Burpelson Air Force Base, where Group Captain Lionel Mandrake (Peter Sellers) is trying to convince everyone that Ripper has gone mad and the bombing must be stopped; and the War Room, where President Merkin Muffley (Sellers again) is trying to make peace with the Russians. The finale featuring Sellers as Dr. Strangelove is a comic gem. Hayden, George C. Scott, Slim Pickens, Keenan Wynn, and Sellers (in three roles) are especially terrific in what may be the funniest, most poignant black comedy ever made, a vicious satire on the farcical aspects of the military and the cold war.

ScreenwriterTerry Southern, Stanley Kubrick, Peter George

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleDr. Strangelove How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

EditorAnthony Harvey

Director of PhotographyGilbert Taylor

Consumer AdviceContains mild language, violence and sex references