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Format:	DVD	Edition:	Widescreen
Leading Role:	George C. Scott	Rating:	NR
Director:	Stanley Kubrick	Release Date:	Feb 27, 2001
Genre:	Comedy	UPC:	043396061873
Sub-Genre:	--	Region:	DVD: 1 (US, CA)
Condition:	Like New

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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.
Credits
Producer:	Stanley Kubrick
Cast:	George C. Scott, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens

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DVD Features: Region 1 Keep Case Full Frame - 1.33 Single Side - Dual Layer Audio: Dolby Digital Mono Additional Release Material: Trailers - 1.Original Theatrical Trailer Bonus Trailers - 1.FAIL SAFE 2.ANATOMY OF A MURDER Featurette - 1. THE ART OF STANLEY KUBRICK Documentary - 1. INSIDE THE MAKING OF DR. STRANGELOVE Interviews - 1.George C. Scott 2.Peter Sellers Text/Photo Galleries: Original Advertising Gallery Theatrical release: January 30, 1964. Filmed at Shepperton Studios, England. DR. STRANGELOVE was an original selection of the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1989. DR. STRANGELOVE is number 3 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Funniest Movies and number 26 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies. The film begins with the following disclaimer: "It is the stated position of the U.S. Air Force that their safeguards would prevent the occurrence of such events as are depicted in this film. Furthermore, it should be noted that none of the characters portrayed in this film are meant to represent any real persons living or dead." James Earl Jones makes his feature-film debut in DR. STRANGELOVE. The part of Major King Kong, played by Slim Pickens, was originally written for John Wayne, who turned the role down. Peter Sellers was then set to play the role, but due to an accident was unable to do so. Kubrick eventually chose Pickens because the two had worked together briefly on ONE EYED JACKS. The ending scene was originally going to contain a pie fight, but was considered too over the top by director Stanley Kubrick.
Editorial reviews
"...A supremely scary classic....If DR. STRANGELOVE is the most warmly remembered of cold war artifacts, thank its pitch-black humor..." -- Critic's Choice New York Times - p.C14 - Janet Maslin "...DR. STRANGELOVE is filled with great comic performances....Arguably the best political satire of the century..." Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (07/16/1999) "...The film, of course, hasn't lost a thing, starting with three exceptional performances by Peter Sellers and another by underrated Sterling Hayden..." USA Today - Mike Clark (06/19/1992) "...A movie that shocked the world into a new death-rattle irony..." Entertainment Weekly - Ty Burr (01/11/2002) "The blackest satire on the madness of war has grown more apt over time." Rolling Stone - Peter Relic (11/11/2004) "Kubrick's atomic-powered black comedy, scripted to perfection by Terry Southern." Uncut - Danny Leigh (04/01/2005) "Despite the despairing theme, it's still among the funniest films ever made -- and, in his three roles, Peter Sellers delivers several classic speeches that will live forever..." Empire - Kim Newman (12/01/2008)

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