Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom
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. 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.
Direction Stanley Kubrick
Cast Peter Sellers · George C. Scott · Sterling Hayden · James Earl Jones · Keenan Wynn · Slim Pickens · Peter Bull · Tracy Reed · Jack Creley · Frank Berry · Glenn Beck · Shane Rimmer · Paul Tamarin · Gordon Tanner · Robert O'Neil · Roy Stephens
Soundtrack Laurie Johnson · Vera Lynn
Screenplay Stanley Kubrick · Terry Southern · Peter George
Cinematography Gilbert Taylor
Original title Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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