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.
Product Identifiers
EAN
5050630003532
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3050682985
Product Key Features
Film/TV Title
Dr. Strangelove How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Actor
George C. Scott, Peter Sellers, Slim Pickens, Sterling Hayden, Tracy Reed, James Earl Jones, Keenan Wynn, Peter Bull, Jack Creley
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Format
Blu-ray
Release Year
2021
Language
English
Features
Uhd Ext & Bd
Genre
General, Comedy
Additional Product Features
Certificate
PG
Number of Discs
2
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Director of Photography
Gilbert Taylor
Reviews
Uncut - 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 Information
DR. 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.
Movie/TV Title
Dr. Strangelove How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
Composer
Laurie Johnson
Sound source
Dolby Digital
Screenwriter
Terry Southern, Stanley Kubrick, Peter George
Editor
Anthony Harvey
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