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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 1964

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

English, Russian

UK

Rating:8.6
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Profile of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb can be described as biting, cynical, and clever. The plot revolves around anti-war themes, military life, and chaos. Its comic aspect comes from dark humor and satire. Its main genres are comedy and independent. In approach, it is not serious. It is set, at least in part, on a military base. It takes place in the 1960s. Visually, it is black and white. It is based on a book. It has received attention for being original, a classic, and a masterpiece.

Summary of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB 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.

Details

Language: English, Russian
Country: UK
Release date: 29 January 1964
Runtime: 95 min

Cast and Crew

Peter Sellers as Group Captain Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Peter Sellers

as Group Captain Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove

George C. Scott as Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
George C. Scott

as Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson

Photos

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Clips

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb: Official Trailer

Critics Reviews

Chicago Tribune
This landmark movie's madcap humor and terrifying suspense remain undiminished by time.
The New York Times
The ultimate touch of ghoulish humor is when we see the bomb actually going off, dropped on some point in Russia, and a jazzy sound track comes in with a cheerful melodic rendition of "We'll Meet Again Some Sunny Day." Somehow, to me, it isn't...

Users Reviews

Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Smart, great social commentary and funny as hell. It is hard to believe this movie was made in the 60's. I can only wonder how much courage it must have taken to bash the military of the USA and the USSR in the middle of the cold war. After all...
There are very few perfect movies. I love "Citizen Kane" but sometimes Orson Welles' performance is just a shade too hammy and winking for my taste. "Psycho" is awesome but it has that babbling wrapup speech by the psychiatrist. Even my personal...
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