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starring: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott directed by: Stanley Kubrick

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Average Rating: Rating: - A Great Satire With A Scary Message. DR. STRANGELOVE is one of the greatest satirical movies ever made on any subject. It raises some very frightening questions which are still pertinent. Is it possible for one mad general to trigger World War III and a nuclear holocaust? Are there any idiots in positions of power at the pentagon? At the time the film was released in 1964 the Cuban missile crisis was very much in the public consciousness and an affirmative answer to the above questions seemed possible. Hopefully there have been enough safeguards put in place to prevent any such catastrophes from ever taking place. In a movie filled with several stellar acting performances Peter Sellers manages to stand out. He plays three very different roles as the former Nazi scientist Dr. Strangelove, a British officer and the American president. Pay attention because you may not recognize him as President Merkin Muffley. In the role of Captain Lionel Mandrake he serves as an aide to Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper. Sterling Hayden is brilliant and hilarious as the insane Ripper who launches his bombers for a nuclear strike against Russia. George C. Scott is superb as the hawkish General Turgidson and Slim Pickens is outrageous as Major T.J. Kong who pilots the B-52 which manages to penetrate Russia's air defenses. The film received Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director (Stanley Kubrick), Best Actor (Peter Sellers) and Best Adapted Screenplay. The competition for awards was intense in 1964 with MY FAIR LADY winning the Oscar for Best Picture. Rating: - My Favorite Kubrick Movie! Enshrine It! Now both George C. Scott and Peter Sellers are dead and if viewers haven't seen the full range of their acting powers, this film will make them fans forever. Sellers plays several roles in this brilliant, ultimate satire of the Cold War and "the bomb." He is the mad German scientist, Dr. Strangelove, who used to work for Hitler; the American President; and the soldier on the base trying to reason with its nutso commander who has set off the bomb's journey to detonation. Sellers, as the President, has marvelous phone conversations with "Dimitri," the Soviet premier, assuring him that he really likes him despite the fact that his atom bomb is about to explode in Russia. As the mad scientist, Sellers is so moved in the American War Room that he is able to finally get out of his wheelchair and salute the fuhrer! In comic justaposition is George C. Scott, who plays General Buck Turgidsin, the walking epitome of the American military establishment circa 1960s. He positively is reveling in the fact that the Americans are "accidentally" going to be bombing the hell out of the "Commies." He even graphically shows how a really great American pilot should be able to sneak right in there, batting his arms like wings to a plane to show the people in the War Room how it can be done. Scott is even dutifully outraged at points over the Commies being allowed in the American War Room and there possibly being a "Tunnel Gap" if both countries put all of their best people underground in the Post Nuclear Holocaust of earth. Sterling Hayen plays the American base commander who has gone totally nuts and sets the planes in motion to bomb Russia and his obsession over "precious bodily fluids" brings back the whole paranoid flavor of those times. Slim Pickens steals the show though by actually, physically riding atop an atom bomb with his cowboy hat on as if going to the last roundup in the sky. The late Stanley Kubrick even outdid himself when he made this fabulous film. Rating: - Dr. Strangelove Or: Stanley Kubrick's Finest Hour And A Half In 1964, the subject of nuclear war was very taken seriously. There were airborne alerts done 24/7. Aircraft sat on alert ramps at various bases. There were duck and cover drills at schools. So it was not exactly considered an ideal subject for black comedy. But the late Stanley Kubrick was ahead of his time. He produced a movie based on the novel 'Red Alert'. The plot was about a general (Sterling Hayden, in one of his finest roles) who goes insane, sends his bombers to attack Russia and jabbers on about bodily fluids. British actor Peter Sellers gave an oscar nominated performance as a British Group Captain, the President of the United States and the film's title character. 'Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb' became successful both critically and financially. In addition, over time, it has received honors from individuals and organizations. This includes being named Number # 1 on my favorite film list (Tying with King Kong, Number # 26 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest films of all time and number # 3 on their list of the funniest movies of all time. The version that is part of the Stanley Kubrick collection is a very good quality tape. The picture is clear and not grainy. The sound comes out fine. But the only problem is not the film itself, but with the box: It promises the original theatrical trailer before the film. There is an advertisement for the Stanley Kubrick Collection and a message before the presentation that says the events in the film can never happen, any relation with persons living or dead, blah, blah, blah. But the last time I checked, these did not count as trailers. Columbia-Tristar should keep their promises. But all things considered, Dr. Strangelove is still a classic of cinema. It is, in the words of Leonard Maltin, "A brilliant black comedy, which seems better with each passing year."

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