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MPAA RATING: PG
Starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Peter Bull, James Earl Jones, and Tracy Reed
Through a series of military and political accidents, a psychotic general - U.S. Air Force Commander Jack D. Ripper (Hayden) - triggers an ingenious, irrevocable scheme to attack Russia's strategic targets with nuclear bombs. The U.S. President (Sellers) and Dr. Strangelove (Sellers), a wheelchair-bound nuclear scientist who has bizarre ideas about man's future, work with the Soviet premier in a desperate effort to save the world.
| GENRE(S): | War |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Peter George (novel Red Alert, aka Two Hours to Doom)
Stanley Kubrick Terry Southern |
| DIRECTED BY: | Stanley Kubrick |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: November 2, 2004 Video: June 2, 1988 Theatrical: January 29, 1964 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 93 minutes, B/W |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
The film picked up four 1965 Academy Award nominations in the following categories: Best Actor (Sellers), Best Director (Kubrick), Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay, and Best Picture.
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The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 68 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jonathan R. gave it a10:
"Like fryin' chickens in the barnyard!!" I could strap in Clockwork Orange-style and watch this movie for the rest of my life.
kevin C. gave it a10:
For those of you too young to recall or to lazy research the height of the Cold War, the movie is technically very accurate (unlike Fail-Safe). In fact, the equivalent of "Attack Plan R" still exists today(and we're still flying the same bombers and tankers --scary). Those of you who miss the bone dry humor are missing out. I used to show the scene where Peter Sellers is captured to my troops, to show them how Americans are perceived, and I use quotes like -- "I don't think it's fair to condemn an entire program because of a single slip up." -- in business all the time. So, the delicious script, the fantastic camera work and lighting and the terrific characterizations make this a winner Boys, the world was a different place then; you have to slip into the millieu.
Clay T gave it a9:
Flouridation!!!
Charlie S. gave it a1:
Anyone who has given this a 10 must have no taste at all, or are followers to the point of being lemmings. I own this movie, and I have never made it all the way through because it is sooooooooo boring. Now now, before you go ape, I do enjoy most classic movies; but in the case of this pile, where is this "black comedy" everyone refers to? There is not a single funny moment in this movie. Who are you people that think this is laughable at any point? The funniest thing to me is how much people force themselves to love Kubrick. His movies are self important slop. Let the stones fly!
Josef K. gave it a10:
The greatest movie ever made. Sorry Godfather & Citizen Kane, that's just the way it has to be.
Brian H. gave it a10:
The reason I became a Kubrick fan in the first place. Who else could carry off "nucular" war as a satirical comedy. Numbr 2 on my all time favorite list, just behind Casablanca.
Jon L. gave it a10:
Freaking hilarious.

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